[Distutils] Compiler abstractiom model

[Greg Stein]

Greg Ward wrote:
>...
> The way I see Distutils being extended is by people writing new command
> classes.  Let's say LLNL wants to distribute a Python module with a
> (shudder) FORTRAN back-end, and Distutils doesn't support FORTRAN.
> (Sorry, not a lot of call for it.)  The general idea, which I have not
> fully thought through, is that you would write a "BuildFortran" class,
> and include it with your code -- right there in setup.py if it's not too

You can also save yourself a lot of time by building something that
seems reasonable and waiting for the feedback from people who need it
and/or feel it is important.

No sense in getting yourself all bound up and unmoving, just because
you're trying to solve a 5% case. Build something for the 95% case and
delegate the 5% to the people who care about it.

Cheers,

-Greg "Minimalist" Stein

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Greg Stein, http://www.lyra.org/