Paul Moore wrote:
4. The point of all this is that the definition of build_directory
says "If build_directory is None, the backend may do an 'in place'
build which modifies the source directory and may produce different
results from those that would be obtained by exporting an sdist
first".

Is it really necessary for pip to specify exactly *where* to do
an out-of-place build? Why should it care, as long as the end
result is a clean wheel?

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Greg
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