[Distutils] Proposed patch: allowing unknown keywords

[Juergen Hermann]

On Thu, 31 Oct 2002 14:38:45 -0500, A.M. Kuchling wrote:

>On Thu, Oct 31, 2002 at 10:24:41AM +0200, Juergen Hermann wrote:
>>	from distutils.dist import Distribution
>>	assert hasattr(Distribution, "getSupportedOptions")
>>	assert "foo" in Distribution.getSupportedOptions()
>
>Now that I look at, why would this be a method on Distribution?

Because that is the class the setup attributes are finally handed into. =

Of course, a function in core.py is ok, too.

Whether the list should initially be empty or contain the currently 
handled attributes is a point too (but I have no real preference).



Ciao, J=FCrgen

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