[New-bugs-announce] [issue36146] Refactor setup.py

[STINNER Victor]

New submission from STINNER Victor <vstinner at redhat.com>:

The detect_modules() method of setup.py became longer and longer over
the years. It is now 1128 lines long. It's way too long: it becomes
very hard to track the lifetime of a variable and many variables are
overriden on purpose or not. Shorter functions help to track the
lifetime of variables, ease review and reduce the number of bugs.

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components: Build
messages: 336841
nosy: vstinner
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: Refactor setup.py
versions: Python 3.8

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