[Python-Dev] -C in Setup files

[Andrew Kuchling]

On Fri, Mar 22, 2002 at 09:37:53PM -0500, Guido van Rossum wrote:
>to add "cpparg" to the compiler arguments?  Is that because you need a
>way to transparently pass compiler arguments, and the C in -C can
>stand for compiler???

Yes, this is what Pete is after.  Perhaps he thought -C was the
relevant option because of 'C for compiler', and because Setup.dist
says "<cpparg> is anything starting with -I, -D, -U or -C" in a
comment, which can be taken to imply that -C takes an argument (the
other three options all do).  

Why is -C in makesetup at all?  It only seems relevant when also used
with -E, and makesetup will add -E to the link line, not the compile
line.

Anyway, looking at makesetup, there's no way to add arbitrary switches
for the C compiler.  Maybe add -Xcompiler, by analogy with -Xlinker?

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