[Distutils] Suggested additions to function argument list
Thomas Heller
thomas.heller@ion-tof.com
Fri, 12 May 2000 18:42:04 +0200
> Changing the subject, it might also be appropriate to pass down the
> temporary files directory for the current extension's build, unless this
> kind of code:
>
> build_ext = self.find_peer ('build_ext')
> build_temp = build_ext.build_temp
>
> is considered safe. If this doesn't violate encapsulation (for the
compiler
> object to know that the build_ext object has an attribute named
> "build_temp") then I'll just do this and sleep soundly ;)
As far as I understood distutils design philosophie (sp?) Greg will not like
this.
The CCompiler classes should remain usable outside distutils.
Thomas