[Scons-dev] g++.py tool mapping to gxx.py

[William Blevins]

Jason,

I don't see a technical reason that this cannot be done, but I am not sure
I understand the problem that this aims to solve. Can you give me a TR;DR
version? I skimmed the link above but I didn't see the immediate issue.

V/R,
William

On Tue, Dec 20, 2016 at 11:18 PM, Jason Kenny <dragon512 at live.com> wrote:

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> Hi guys,
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> I was just helping someone with a sample to get parts to select gcc
> version of the arm cross compiler. I need to add the core code Part proper
> for arm. However, the point of the e-mail was me noticing again the issue
> with g++ tool in scons. The sample you can find in this issue here:
> https://bitbucket.org/sconsparts/parts/issues/12/
> how-do-i-use-include_parts-for-including has to import the g++ tool. I
> almost forgot the pain this has caused me in the past. The code to import
> file looks like:
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> import importlib
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> gxx_module = importlib.import_module('parts.tools.g++')
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> which unless you are are really good with python is not so obvious.
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> I was thinking it would be a good idea to:
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> ·       make a gxx.py tool
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> ·       move g++.py content into gxx.py
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> ·       change g++.py to be a proxy to gxx.py. ie “from gxx import *” so
> nothing breaks
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> Does anyone have any concerns about such a pull request being made?
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> Thanks
>
> Jason
>
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