[Distutils] Fortran compiler (updated SF patch)

[M.-A. Lemburg]

Pearu Peterson wrote:
> On Wed, 5 Jun 2002, M.-A. Lemburg wrote:
> 
> 
>>eremy Hylton wrote:
>>
>>>>>>>>"PP" == Pearu Peterson <pearu@cens.ioc.ee> writes:
>>>>>>>
>>>  PP> For your information, the module scipy_distutils from the SciPy
>>>  PP> (www.scipy.org) package extends distutils quite a bit: it
>>>  PP> provides definitions for a dozen of Fortran 77/90/95 compilers
>>>  PP> from different vendors, it supports compilation of Fortran
>>>  PP> sources and building (automatically generated) extension modules
>>>  PP> to wrap Fortran and C libraries, etc.
>>
>>Wouldn't it be a good idea to move some of those into the
>>distutils core ?
> 
> 
> Additing Fortran stuff to distutils would mean that somebody must also
> maintain it. Currently, I think, scipy is most active in using Fortran
> stuff in Python and therefore ideal also for maintaining these hooks.
> 
> But on the other hand, Fortran stuff in scipy_distutils is generic in
> the sense that it can be used in other projects as well (and indeed,
> scipy_distutils is used separately from scipy already). So, ideal
> place for Fortran stuff would be in the standard distutils, IMHO.

How much code are we talking about here ?

> However, there might be some voices against adding Fortran stuff to
> distutils core. See the thread starting at
> 
> http://mail.python.org/pipermail/distutils-sig/2001-August/002569.html   

Paul may be right in the sense that
a) Fortran isn't generally used
b) the code is too compiler specific

> I would volunteer to work with moving Fortran stuff to distutils provided
> that it will not be too painful -- due to relatively low interest in
> Fortran among Python users and developers I am a bit afraid to hit my
> head against a wall for nothing.

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Marc-Andre Lemburg
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