[Python-ideas] Add Clang to distutils

[Ryan]

Sorry...I meant building Python C extensions with Clang.

Steven D'Aprano <steve at pearwood.info> wrote:

>On 25/08/13 07:54, Ryan Gonzalez wrote:
>> Well, the name is pretty self-explanatory. I'm working on a patch
>right
>> now. It my tests(I went through the file and replaced all occurrences
>of
>> 'gcc' with 'clang'), everything compiled fine. I can't see an reason
>why
>> it'd hurt something.
>
>Are you suggesting that the maintainer of distutils should take over
>maintenance of clang, in order to make clang a part of distutils? Do
>the current maintainers of clang get a say in this?
>
>If that's not what you mean, perhaps what you mean isn't quite so
>self-explanatory as you think. In what sense should clang be added to
>distutils? gcc isn't currently part of distutils. It's an external
>dependency, not an internal component.
>
>
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