Éric Araujo <mer...@netwok.org> added the comment:
I agree this is a bug: it’s a broken feature, not a new one, even if it can be
argued that fixing a long-standing behavior enables new usages, and is thus
comparable to a new feature.
I found no mention of --libraries in the docs, so I looked at the file history,
and it’s clear that the intent of the code does not match its behavior. The
fix is simple:
- if isinstance(self.libraries, str):
- self.libraries = [self.libraries]
+ self.ensure_string_list('libraries')
I guess Greg forgot to change that line of code when he invented the ensure_*
methods. No test is broken by this change. Do we need a regression test for
this? It’s not strictly required IMO.
FTR, in distutils2, I want to make the types and formats clear for everything.
For example, build_ext.swig_opts is defined as “a list” in the current docs,
this time with an example that shows it’s space-separated
(“--swig-opts="-modern -I../include"”). The code does not use
ensure_string_list, and hence does not support comma-separated. IMO, any value
described as list should accept space-separated and comma-separated. This is
probably out of scope for distutils, but something I definitely want to improve
in distutils2. Supporting multiple options (-lm -lfoo) is IMO feasible too.
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assignee: tarek -> eric.araujo
components: +Distutils2
stage: -> unit test needed
type: feature request -> behavior
versions: +3rd party, Python 2.7, Python 3.1
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