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-rw-r--r--Lib/distutils/ccompiler.py26
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/ccompiler.py b/Lib/distutils/ccompiler.py
index 8c2ddf7..036cbe9 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/ccompiler.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/ccompiler.py
@@ -292,17 +292,10 @@ class CCompiler:
pass
- # XXX this is kind of useless without 'link_binary()' or
- # 'link_executable()' or something -- or maybe 'link_static_lib()'
- # should not exist at all, and we just have 'link_binary()'?
def link_static_lib (self,
objects,
output_libname,
- output_dir=None,
- libraries=None,
- library_dirs=None,
- extra_preargs=None,
- extra_postargs=None):
+ output_dir=None):
"""Link a bunch of stuff together to create a static library
file. The "bunch of stuff" consists of the list of object
files supplied as 'objects', the extra object files supplied
@@ -368,6 +361,23 @@ class CCompiler:
pass
+ def link_executable (self,
+ objects,
+ output_progname,
+ output_dir=None,
+ libraries=None,
+ library_dirs=None,
+ extra_preargs=None,
+ extra_postargs=None):
+ """Link a bunch of stuff together to create a binary executable
+ file. The "bunch of stuff" is as for 'link_static_lib()'.
+ 'output_progname' should be the base name of the executable
+ program--e.g. on Unix the same as the output filename, but
+ on DOS/Windows ".exe" will be appended."""
+ pass
+
+
+
# -- Filename mangling methods -------------------------------------
# General principle for the filename-mangling methods: by default,