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diff --git a/Doc/distutils/apiref.rst b/Doc/distutils/apiref.rst index b3def22..e15dc76 100644 --- a/Doc/distutils/apiref.rst +++ b/Doc/distutils/apiref.rst @@ -449,7 +449,9 @@ This module provides the following functions. Define a preprocessor macro for all compilations driven by this compiler object. The optional parameter *value* should be a string; if it is not supplied, then the macro will be defined without an explicit value and the exact outcome - depends on the compiler used (XXX true? does ANSI say anything about this?) + depends on the compiler used. + + .. XXX true? does ANSI say anything about this? .. method:: CCompiler.undefine_macro(name) @@ -603,7 +605,9 @@ This module provides the following functions. *output_libname* should be a library name, not a filename; the filename will be inferred from the library name. *output_dir* is the directory where the library - file will be put. XXX defaults to what? + file will be put. + + .. XXX defaults to what? *debug* is a boolean; if true, debugging information will be included in the library (note that on most platforms, it is the compile step where this matters: @@ -723,30 +727,29 @@ This module provides the following functions. Invokes :func:`distutils.util.execute` This method invokes a Python function *func* with the given arguments *args*, after logging and taking into account - the *dry_run* flag. XXX see also. + the *dry_run* flag. .. method:: CCompiler.spawn(cmd) Invokes :func:`distutils.util.spawn`. This invokes an external process to run - the given command. XXX see also. + the given command. .. method:: CCompiler.mkpath(name[, mode=511]) Invokes :func:`distutils.dir_util.mkpath`. This creates a directory and any - missing ancestor directories. XXX see also. + missing ancestor directories. .. method:: CCompiler.move_file(src, dst) - Invokes :meth:`distutils.file_util.move_file`. Renames *src* to *dst*. XXX see - also. + Invokes :meth:`distutils.file_util.move_file`. Renames *src* to *dst*. .. method:: CCompiler.announce(msg[, level=1]) - Write a message using :func:`distutils.log.debug`. XXX see also. + Write a message using :func:`distutils.log.debug`. .. method:: CCompiler.warn(msg) @@ -874,8 +877,6 @@ tarballs or zipfiles. prefix of all files and directories in the archive. *root_dir* and *base_dir* both default to the current directory. Returns the name of the archive file. - .. XXX This should be changed to support bz2 files. - .. function:: make_tarball(base_name, base_dir[, compress='gzip', verbose=0, dry_run=0]) @@ -887,8 +888,6 @@ tarballs or zipfiles. possibly plus the appropriate compression extension (:file:`.gz`, :file:`.bz2` or :file:`.Z`). Return the output filename. - .. XXX This should be replaced with calls to the :mod:`tarfile` module. - .. function:: make_zipfile(base_name, base_dir[, verbose=0, dry_run=0]) @@ -1000,8 +999,6 @@ directories. errors are ignored (apart from being reported to ``sys.stdout`` if *verbose* is true). -.. XXX Some of this could be replaced with the shutil module? - :mod:`distutils.file_util` --- Single file operations ===================================================== @@ -1115,8 +1112,6 @@ other utility module. * ``macosx-10.6-intel`` - .. % XXX isn't this also provided by some other non-distutils module? - .. function:: convert_path(pathname) @@ -1321,8 +1316,6 @@ provides the following additional features: the "negative alias" of :option:`--verbose`, then :option:`--quiet` on the command line sets *verbose* to false. -.. XXX Should be replaced with optparse - .. function:: fancy_getopt(options, negative_opt, object, args) Wrapper function. *options* is a list of ``(long_option, short_option, @@ -1338,9 +1331,6 @@ provides the following additional features: Wraps *text* to less than *width* wide. - .. XXX Should be replaced with :mod:`textwrap` (which is available in Python - 2.3 and later). - .. class:: FancyGetopt([option_table=None]) @@ -1403,10 +1393,6 @@ filesystem and building lists of files. :synopsis: A simple logging mechanism, 282-style -.. XXX Should be replaced with standard :mod:`logging` module. - - - :mod:`distutils.spawn` --- Spawn a sub-process ============================================== |