[Python-Dev] Adding a sysconfig module in the stdlib
Hello, I am trying to refactor distutils.log in order to use logging but I have been bugged by the fact that site.py uses distutils.util.get_platform() in addbuilddir. The problem is the order of imports at initialization time : importing logging into distutils will make the initialization/build fail because site.py wil break when trying to import logging, then time. Anyways, So why site.py looks into distutils ? because distutils has a few functions to get some info about the platform and about the Makefile and some other header files like pyconfig.h etc. But I don't think it's the best place for this, and I have a proposal : let's create a dedicated sysconfig module in the standard library that will provide all the (refactored) functions located in distutils.sysconfig (but not customize_compiler) and disutils.util.get_platform. This module can be used by site.py, by distutils, and others, and will focus on this role. Regards Tarek -- Tarek Ziadé | http://ziade.org ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
Re: [Python-Dev] Adding a sysconfig module in the stdlib
On Fri, May 08, 2009, Tarek Ziad? wrote: This module can be used by site.py, by distutils, and others, and will focus on this role. This should get kicked around on python-ideas; I don't think it will require a full-blown PEP unless there's disagreement about what it should contain. -- Aahz (a...@pythoncraft.com) * http://www.pythoncraft.com/ It is easier to optimize correct code than to correct optimized code. --Bill Harlan ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
Re: [Python-Dev] Adding a sysconfig module in the stdlib
On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 9:36 AM, Tarek Ziadé ziade.ta...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, I am trying to refactor distutils.log in order to use logging but I have been bugged by the fact that site.py uses distutils.util.get_platform() in addbuilddir. The problem is the order of imports at initialization time : importing logging into distutils will make the initialization/build fail because site.py wil break when trying to import logging, then time. Anyways, So why site.py looks into distutils ? because distutils has a few functions to get some info about the platform and about the Makefile and some other header files like pyconfig.h etc. But I don't think it's the best place for this, and I have a proposal : let's create a dedicated sysconfig module in the standard library that will provide all the (refactored) functions located in distutils.sysconfig (but not customize_compiler) and disutils.util.get_platform. If we are talking about putting this into the stdlib proper, I would suggest thinking about putting information for every platform in sysconfig, instead of just Unix. I understand it is not an easy problem (because windows builds are totally different than every other platform), but it would really help for interoperability with other build tools. If sysconfig is to become independent of distutils, it should be cross platform and not unix specific. cheers, David ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
