Fixed #6377: distutils compiler switch ignored (and added a deprecation warning…

Fixed #6377: distutils compiler switch ignored (and added a deprecation warning if compiler is not used as supposed = a string option)

Lib/distutils/command/build_ext.py

@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ __revision__ = "$Id$"
 
 import sys, os, string, re
 from types import *
+from warnings import warn
+
 from distutils.core import Command
 from distutils.errors import *
 from distutils.sysconfig import customize_compiler, get_python_version
@@ -113,6 +115,36 @@ class build_ext (Command):
          "list available compilers", show_compilers),
         ]
 
+
+    # making 'compiler' a property to deprecate
+    # its usage as something else than a compiler type
+    # e.g. like a compiler instance
+    def __init__(self, dist):
+        self._compiler = None
+        Command.__init__(self, dist)
+
+    def __setattr__(self, name, value):
+        # need this to make sure setattr() (used in distutils)
+        # doesn't kill our property
+        if name == 'compiler':
+            self._set_compiler(value)
+        else:
+            self.__dict__[name] = value
+
+    def _set_compiler(self, compiler):
+        if not isinstance(compiler, str) and compiler is not None:
+            # we don't want to allow that anymore in the future
+            warn("'compiler' specify the compiler type in build_ext. "
+                 "If you want to get the compiler object itself, "
+                 "use 'compiler_obj'", PendingDeprecationWarning)
+
+        self._compiler = compiler
+
+    def _get_compiler(self):
+        return self._compiler
+
+    compiler = property(_get_compiler, _set_compiler)
+
     def initialize_options (self):
         self.extensions = None
         self.build_lib = None
@@ -311,38 +343,38 @@ class build_ext (Command):
 
         # Setup the CCompiler object that we'll use to do all the
         # compiling and linking
-        self.compiler = new_compiler(compiler=None,
-                                     verbose=self.verbose,
-                                     dry_run=self.dry_run,
-                                     force=self.force)
-        customize_compiler(self.compiler)
+        self.compiler_obj = new_compiler(compiler=self.compiler,
+                                         verbose=self.verbose,
+                                         dry_run=self.dry_run,
+                                         force=self.force)
+        customize_compiler(self.compiler_obj)
         # If we are cross-compiling, init the compiler now (if we are not
         # cross-compiling, init would not hurt, but people may rely on
         # late initialization of compiler even if they shouldn't...)
         if os.name == 'nt' and self.plat_name != get_platform():
-            self.compiler.initialize(self.plat_name)
+            self.compiler_obj.initialize(self.plat_name)
 
         # And make sure that any compile/link-related options (which might
         # come from the command-line or from the setup script) are set in
         # that CCompiler object -- that way, they automatically apply to
         # all compiling and linking done here.
         if self.include_dirs is not None:
-            self.compiler.set_include_dirs(self.include_dirs)
+            self.compiler_obj.set_include_dirs(self.include_dirs)
         if self.define is not None:
             # 'define' option is a list of (name,value) tuples
             for (name, value) in self.define:
-                self.compiler.define_macro(name, value)
+                self.compiler_obj.define_macro(name, value)
         if self.undef is not None:
             for macro in self.undef:
-                self.compiler.undefine_macro(macro)
+                self.compiler_obj.undefine_macro(macro)
         if self.libraries is not None:
-            self.compiler.set_libraries(self.libraries)
+            self.compiler_obj.set_libraries(self.libraries)
         if self.library_dirs is not None:
-            self.compiler.set_library_dirs(self.library_dirs)
+            self.compiler_obj.set_library_dirs(self.library_dirs)
         if self.rpath is not None:
-            self.compiler.set_runtime_library_dirs(self.rpath)
+            self.compiler_obj.set_runtime_library_dirs(self.rpath)
         if self.link_objects is not None:
-            self.compiler.set_link_objects(self.link_objects)
+            self.compiler_obj.set_link_objects(self.link_objects)
 
         # Now actually compile and link everything.
         self.build_extensions()
@@ -504,13 +536,13 @@ class build_ext (Command):
         for undef in ext.undef_macros:
             macros.append((undef,))
 
-        objects = self.compiler.compile(sources,
-                                         output_dir=self.build_temp,
-                                         macros=macros,
-                                         include_dirs=ext.include_dirs,
-                                         debug=self.debug,
-                                         extra_postargs=extra_args,
-                                         depends=ext.depends)
+        objects = self.compiler_obj.compile(sources,
+                                            output_dir=self.build_temp,
+                                            macros=macros,
+                                            include_dirs=ext.include_dirs,
+                                            debug=self.debug,
+                                            extra_postargs=extra_args,
+                                            depends=ext.depends)
 
         # XXX -- this is a Vile HACK!
         #
@@ -531,9 +563,9 @@ class build_ext (Command):
         extra_args = ext.extra_link_args or []
 
         # Detect target language, if not provided
-        language = ext.language or self.compiler.detect_language(sources)
+        language = ext.language or self.compiler_obj.detect_language(sources)
 
-        self.compiler.link_shared_object(
+        self.compiler_obj.link_shared_object(
             objects, ext_path,
             libraries=self.get_libraries(ext),
             library_dirs=ext.library_dirs,
@@ -712,7 +744,7 @@ class build_ext (Command):
         # Append '_d' to the python import library on debug builds.
         if sys.platform == "win32":
             from distutils.msvccompiler import MSVCCompiler
-            if not isinstance(self.compiler, MSVCCompiler):
+            if not isinstance(self.compiler_obj, MSVCCompiler):
                 template = "python%d%d"
                 if self.debug:
                     template = template + '_d'

Lib/distutils/tests/test_build_ext.py

@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ import os
 import tempfile
 import shutil
 from StringIO import StringIO
+import warnings
+from test.test_support import check_warnings
+from test.test_support import captured_stdout
 
 from distutils.core import Extension, Distribution
 from distutils.command.build_ext import build_ext
@@ -395,6 +398,17 @@ class BuildExtTestCase(support.TempdirManager,
         wanted = os.path.join(curdir, 'twisted', 'runner', 'portmap.so')
         self.assertEquals(wanted, path)
 
+    def test_compiler_deprecation_warning(self):
+        dist = Distribution()
+        cmd = build_ext(dist)
+
+        with check_warnings() as w:
+            warnings.simplefilter("always")
+            cmd.compiler = object()
+            self.assertEquals(len(w.warnings), 1)
+            cmd.compile = 'unix'
+            self.assertEquals(len(w.warnings), 1)
+
 def test_suite():
     src = _get_source_filename()
     if not os.path.exists(src):

Misc/NEWS

@@ -347,6 +347,9 @@ Core and Builtins
 Library
 -------
 
+- Issue #6377: Enabled the compiler option, and deprecate its usage as an 
+  attribute.
+
 - Issue #6413: Fixed the log level in distutils.dist for announce.
 
 - Issue #3392: The subprocess communicate() method no longer fails in select()