initial import of the packaging package in the standard library
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+"""CCompiler implementation for the Borland C++ compiler."""
+
+# This implementation by Lyle Johnson, based on the original msvccompiler.py
+# module and using the directions originally published by Gordon Williams.
+
+# XXX looks like there's a LOT of overlap between these two classes:
+# someone should sit down and factor out the common code as
+# WindowsCCompiler!  --GPW
+
+import os
+
+from packaging.errors import (PackagingExecError, CompileError, LibError,
+                              LinkError, UnknownFileError)
+from packaging.compiler.ccompiler import CCompiler
+from packaging.compiler import gen_preprocess_options
+from packaging.file_util import write_file
+from packaging.dep_util import newer
+from packaging import logger
+
+
+class BCPPCompiler(CCompiler) :
+    """Concrete class that implements an interface to the Borland C/C++
+    compiler, as defined by the CCompiler abstract class.
+    """
+
+    name = 'bcpp'
+    description = 'Borland C++ Compiler'
+
+    # Just set this so CCompiler's constructor doesn't barf.  We currently
+    # don't use the 'set_executables()' bureaucracy provided by CCompiler,
+    # as it really isn't necessary for this sort of single-compiler class.
+    # Would be nice to have a consistent interface with UnixCCompiler,
+    # though, so it's worth thinking about.
+    executables = {}
+
+    # Private class data (need to distinguish C from C++ source for compiler)
+    _c_extensions = ['.c']
+    _cpp_extensions = ['.cc', '.cpp', '.cxx']
+
+    # Needed for the filename generation methods provided by the
+    # base class, CCompiler.
+    src_extensions = _c_extensions + _cpp_extensions
+    obj_extension = '.obj'
+    static_lib_extension = '.lib'
+    shared_lib_extension = '.dll'
+    static_lib_format = shared_lib_format = '%s%s'
+    exe_extension = '.exe'
+
+
+    def __init__(self, verbose=0, dry_run=False, force=False):
+        CCompiler.__init__(self, verbose, dry_run, force)
+
+        # These executables are assumed to all be in the path.
+        # Borland doesn't seem to use any special registry settings to
+        # indicate their installation locations.
+
+        self.cc = "bcc32.exe"
+        self.linker = "ilink32.exe"
+        self.lib = "tlib.exe"
+
+        self.preprocess_options = None
+        self.compile_options = ['/tWM', '/O2', '/q', '/g0']
+        self.compile_options_debug = ['/tWM', '/Od', '/q', '/g0']
+
+        self.ldflags_shared = ['/Tpd', '/Gn', '/q', '/x']
+        self.ldflags_shared_debug = ['/Tpd', '/Gn', '/q', '/x']
+        self.ldflags_static = []
+        self.ldflags_exe = ['/Gn', '/q', '/x']
+        self.ldflags_exe_debug = ['/Gn', '/q', '/x','/r']
+
+
+    # -- Worker methods ------------------------------------------------
+
+    def compile(self, sources,
+                output_dir=None, macros=None, include_dirs=None, debug=False,
+                extra_preargs=None, extra_postargs=None, depends=None):
+
+        macros, objects, extra_postargs, pp_opts, build = \
+                self._setup_compile(output_dir, macros, include_dirs, sources,
+                                    depends, extra_postargs)
+        compile_opts = extra_preargs or []
+        compile_opts.append('-c')
+        if debug:
+            compile_opts.extend(self.compile_options_debug)
+        else:
+            compile_opts.extend(self.compile_options)
+
+        for obj in objects:
+            try:
+                src, ext = build[obj]
+            except KeyError:
+                continue
+            # XXX why do the normpath here?
+            src = os.path.normpath(src)
+            obj = os.path.normpath(obj)
+            # XXX _setup_compile() did a mkpath() too but before the normpath.
+            # Is it possible to skip the normpath?
+            self.mkpath(os.path.dirname(obj))
+
+            if ext == '.res':
+                # This is already a binary file -- skip it.
+                continue # the 'for' loop
+            if ext == '.rc':
+                # This needs to be compiled to a .res file -- do it now.
+                try:
+                    self.spawn(["brcc32", "-fo", obj, src])
+                except PackagingExecError as msg:
+                    raise CompileError(msg)
+                continue # the 'for' loop
+
+            # The next two are both for the real compiler.
+            if ext in self._c_extensions:
+                input_opt = ""
+            elif ext in self._cpp_extensions:
+                input_opt = "-P"
+            else:
+                # Unknown file type -- no extra options.  The compiler
+                # will probably fail, but let it just in case this is a
+                # file the compiler recognizes even if we don't.
+                input_opt = ""
+
+            output_opt = "-o" + obj
+
+            # Compiler command line syntax is: "bcc32 [options] file(s)".
+            # Note that the source file names must appear at the end of
+            # the command line.
+            try:
+                self.spawn([self.cc] + compile_opts + pp_opts +
+                           [input_opt, output_opt] +
+                           extra_postargs + [src])
+            except PackagingExecError as msg:
+                raise CompileError(msg)
+
+        return objects
+
+
+    def create_static_lib(self, objects, output_libname, output_dir=None,
+                          debug=False, target_lang=None):
+        objects, output_dir = self._fix_object_args(objects, output_dir)
+        output_filename = \
+            self.library_filename(output_libname, output_dir=output_dir)
+
+        if self._need_link(objects, output_filename):
+            lib_args = [output_filename, '/u'] + objects
+            if debug:
+                pass                    # XXX what goes here?
+            try:
+                self.spawn([self.lib] + lib_args)
+            except PackagingExecError as msg:
+                raise LibError(msg)
+        else:
+            logger.debug("skipping %s (up-to-date)", output_filename)
+
+
+    def link(self, target_desc, objects, output_filename, output_dir=None,
+             libraries=None, library_dirs=None, runtime_library_dirs=None,
+             export_symbols=None, debug=False, extra_preargs=None,
+             extra_postargs=None, build_temp=None, target_lang=None):
+
+        # XXX this ignores 'build_temp'!  should follow the lead of
+        # msvccompiler.py
+
+        objects, output_dir = self._fix_object_args(objects, output_dir)
+        libraries, library_dirs, runtime_library_dirs = \
+            self._fix_lib_args(libraries, library_dirs, runtime_library_dirs)
+
+        if runtime_library_dirs:
+            logger.warning("don't know what to do with "
+                           "'runtime_library_dirs': %r", runtime_library_dirs)
+
+        if output_dir is not None:
+            output_filename = os.path.join(output_dir, output_filename)
+
+        if self._need_link(objects, output_filename):
+
+            # Figure out linker args based on type of target.
+            if target_desc == CCompiler.EXECUTABLE:
+                startup_obj = 'c0w32'
+                if debug:
+                    ld_args = self.ldflags_exe_debug[:]
+                else:
+                    ld_args = self.ldflags_exe[:]
+            else:
+                startup_obj = 'c0d32'
+                if debug:
+                    ld_args = self.ldflags_shared_debug[:]
+                else:
+                    ld_args = self.ldflags_shared[:]
+
+
+            # Create a temporary exports file for use by the linker
+            if export_symbols is None:
+                def_file = ''
+            else:
+                head, tail = os.path.split(output_filename)
+                modname, ext = os.path.splitext(tail)
+                temp_dir = os.path.dirname(objects[0]) # preserve tree structure
+                def_file = os.path.join(temp_dir, '%s.def' % modname)
+                contents = ['EXPORTS']
+                for sym in (export_symbols or []):
+                    contents.append('  %s=_%s' % (sym, sym))
+                self.execute(write_file, (def_file, contents),
+                             "writing %s" % def_file)
+
+            # Borland C++ has problems with '/' in paths
+            objects2 = [os.path.normpath(o) for o in objects]
+            # split objects in .obj and .res files
+            # Borland C++ needs them at different positions in the command line
+            objects = [startup_obj]
+            resources = []
+            for file in objects2:
+                base, ext = os.path.splitext(os.path.normcase(file))
+                if ext == '.res':
+                    resources.append(file)
+                else:
+                    objects.append(file)
+
+
+            for l in library_dirs:
+                ld_args.append("/L%s" % os.path.normpath(l))
+            ld_args.append("/L.") # we sometimes use relative paths
+
+            # list of object files
+            ld_args.extend(objects)
+
+            # XXX the command line syntax for Borland C++ is a bit wonky;
+            # certain filenames are jammed together in one big string, but
+            # comma-delimited.  This doesn't mesh too well with the
+            # Unix-centric attitude (with a DOS/Windows quoting hack) of
+            # 'spawn()', so constructing the argument list is a bit
+            # awkward.  Note that doing the obvious thing and jamming all
+            # the filenames and commas into one argument would be wrong,
+            # because 'spawn()' would quote any filenames with spaces in
+            # them.  Arghghh!.  Apparently it works fine as coded...
+
+            # name of dll/exe file
+            ld_args.extend((',',output_filename))
+            # no map file and start libraries
+            ld_args.append(',,')
+
+            for lib in libraries:
+                # see if we find it and if there is a bcpp specific lib
+                # (xxx_bcpp.lib)
+                libfile = self.find_library_file(library_dirs, lib, debug)
+                if libfile is None:
+                    ld_args.append(lib)
+                    # probably a BCPP internal library -- don't warn
+                else:
+                    # full name which prefers bcpp_xxx.lib over xxx.lib
+                    ld_args.append(libfile)
+
+            # some default libraries
+            ld_args.append('import32')
+            ld_args.append('cw32mt')
+
+            # def file for export symbols
+            ld_args.extend((',',def_file))
+            # add resource files
+            ld_args.append(',')
+            ld_args.extend(resources)
+
+
+            if extra_preargs:
+                ld_args[:0] = extra_preargs
+            if extra_postargs:
+                ld_args.extend(extra_postargs)
+
+            self.mkpath(os.path.dirname(output_filename))
+            try:
+                self.spawn([self.linker] + ld_args)
+            except PackagingExecError as msg:
+                raise LinkError(msg)
+
+        else:
+            logger.debug("skipping %s (up-to-date)", output_filename)
+
+    # -- Miscellaneous methods -----------------------------------------
+
+
+    def find_library_file(self, dirs, lib, debug=False):
+        # List of effective library names to try, in order of preference:
+        # xxx_bcpp.lib is better than xxx.lib
+        # and xxx_d.lib is better than xxx.lib if debug is set
+        #
+        # The "_bcpp" suffix is to handle a Python installation for people
+        # with multiple compilers (primarily Packaging hackers, I suspect
+        # ;-).  The idea is they'd have one static library for each
+        # compiler they care about, since (almost?) every Windows compiler
+        # seems to have a different format for static libraries.
+        if debug:
+            dlib = (lib + "_d")
+            try_names = (dlib + "_bcpp", lib + "_bcpp", dlib, lib)
+        else:
+            try_names = (lib + "_bcpp", lib)
+
+        for dir in dirs:
+            for name in try_names:
+                libfile = os.path.join(dir, self.library_filename(name))
+                if os.path.exists(libfile):
+                    return libfile
+        else:
+            # Oops, didn't find it in *any* of 'dirs'
+            return None
+
+    # overwrite the one from CCompiler to support rc and res-files
+    def object_filenames(self, source_filenames, strip_dir=False,
+                         output_dir=''):
+        if output_dir is None:
+            output_dir = ''
+        obj_names = []
+        for src_name in source_filenames:
+            # use normcase to make sure '.rc' is really '.rc' and not '.RC'
+            base, ext = os.path.splitext(os.path.normcase(src_name))
+            if ext not in (self.src_extensions + ['.rc','.res']):
+                raise UnknownFileError("unknown file type '%s' (from '%s')" % \
+                      (ext, src_name))
+            if strip_dir:
+                base = os.path.basename(base)
+            if ext == '.res':
+                # these can go unchanged
+                obj_names.append(os.path.join(output_dir, base + ext))
+            elif ext == '.rc':
+                # these need to be compiled to .res-files
+                obj_names.append(os.path.join(output_dir, base + '.res'))
+            else:
+                obj_names.append(os.path.join(output_dir,
+                                              base + self.obj_extension))
+        return obj_names
+
+
+    def preprocess(self, source, output_file=None, macros=None,
+                   include_dirs=None, extra_preargs=None,
+                   extra_postargs=None):
+        _, macros, include_dirs = \
+            self._fix_compile_args(None, macros, include_dirs)
+        pp_opts = gen_preprocess_options(macros, include_dirs)
+        pp_args = ['cpp32.exe'] + pp_opts
+        if output_file is not None:
+            pp_args.append('-o' + output_file)
+        if extra_preargs:
+            pp_args[:0] = extra_preargs
+        if extra_postargs:
+            pp_args.extend(extra_postargs)
+        pp_args.append(source)
+
+        # We need to preprocess: either we're being forced to, or the
+        # source file is newer than the target (or the target doesn't
+        # exist).
+        if self.force or output_file is None or newer(source, output_file):
+            if output_file:
+                self.mkpath(os.path.dirname(output_file))
+            try:
+                self.spawn(pp_args)
+            except PackagingExecError as msg:
+                print(msg)
+                raise CompileError(msg)