Deleted some crufty code.

completely (was already commented-out).

Python modules, pure and extensions.

Python and extensions, into the same directory.

longer needed, and can't possibly work anyways.

these must come from the 'build' command.  This means we no longer need
the misconceived 'set_peer_option()' method in Command and, more importantly,
sweeps away a bunch of potential future complexity to handle this tricky
case.

Tightened up some logic in 'native_path()'.
Added 'subst_vars()' and '_check_environ()'.

Fix 'Command.set_undefined_option()' to call 'ensure_ready()' rather
  than 'finalize_options()' (which is only supposed to be called once,
  which is the whole point of 'ensure_ready()').
Added comment to 'set_peer_option()' to remind myself that this method
  cannot work and is fundamentally wrong-headed.

this command for a while; this implements roughly the plan cooked up by
Guido, Fred, and me.  Seems to strike a nice balance between usability in
the common cases (just set one option), expandability for more types of
files to install in future, and customizability of installation
directories.

This revision isn't completely working: standard and alternate
installations work fine, but there are still some kinks to work out of
customized installations.

irrelevant because this file is about to go away, but oh well.

have been checked in: was passing the PLAT environment variable as the
'plat' argument to 'new_compiler()'.

Added 'clean' to list of commands.

that broke parsing command-line options.  Instead call it in
'Command.find_peer()', which is why I added it to 'find_command_obj()'
in the first place.

  * improve help strings
  * warn if user supplies non-existing directories
  * don't try to 'remove_tree()' non-existing directories
  * try to remove the build_base after cleanup (but don't do or say
    anything if it fails -- this is just in case we made it empty)

use 'util.remove_tree()' instead of 'nuke_release_tree()'.

the Distutils 'clean' command.

option in the 'build_ext' command):
  * in ccompiler.py: 'gen_lib_options()' now takes 'runtime_library_dirs'
    parameter
  * in unixccompiler.py and msvccompiler.py: now pass
    'self.runtime_library_dirs' to 'gen_lib_options()', and define
    'runtime_library_dir_option()' (although in msvccompiler.py it
    blows up with a DistutilsPlatformError right now!)

'link_static_lib()'.

a static library (using lib.exe as found by '__init__()', hopefully through
registry entries pointing to DevStudio).

sure it's imported!  ;)

Re-wrap the docstrings on get_python_inc() and get_python_lib() to be
closer to the "normal" Python style.  See GvR's "style guide" on the
essays page (http://www.python.org/doc/essays/).

There should never be a space between a function name and the '(' that
opens the argument list (see the style guide again).

  the platform-neutral include dir by default and with Mac support.
Added 'get_python_lib()', inspired by 'get_python_inc()'.
Rewrote 'get_config_h_filename()' and 'get_makefile_filename()'
  in terms of 'get_python_inc()' and 'get_python_lib()'.
Changed '_init_nt()' and '_init_mac()' to use 'get_python_inc()' and
  'get_python_lib()' for directory names.

changed 'copy_file()' to use the native Mac file copy routine.

slashes, and put back together again using the local directory separator.

in a rather half-assed, but probably effective, way.

simpler implementation.

implement it (so far):
  * moved filename generation methods into CCompiler base class,
    driven by data supplied by implementation classes
  * moved a bunch of common code from UnixCCompiler to convenience
    methods in CCompiler
  * overhauled MSVCCompiler's compile/link methods to look and act
    as much as possible like UnixCCompiler's, in order to regularize
    both interface and behaviour (especially by using those new
    convenience methods)

Don't assume that the 'libraries' and 'library_dirs' elements of the
  build info dict are always lists.

Fixed all DistutilsFileError messages to wrap file/dir names in quotes.

  * replaced build_lib.py with build_clib.py
  * renamed the class in build_clib.py
  * changed all references to 'build_lib' command in other command classes

  when building extensions (uses build_lib's 'get_library_names()' method).
Ensure that the relative structure of source filenames is preserved in
  the temporary build tree, eg. foo/bar.c compiles to
  build/temp.<plat>/foo/bar.o.

Added 'build_clib' and 'build_temp' options (where to put C libraries
  and where to put temporary compiler by-products, ie. object files).
Moved the call to 'check_library_list()' from 'run()' to 'finalize_options()'
  -- that way, if we're going to crash we do so earlier, and we guarantee
  that the library list is valid before we do anything (not just run).
Disallow directory separators in library names -- the compiled library
  always goes right in 'build_clib'.
Added 'get_library_names()', so the "build_ext" command knows what
  libraries to link every extension with.

filenames when constructing object filenames, even if output_dir given --
eg. "foo/bar.c" will compile to "foo/bar.o" without an output_dir, and to
"temp/foo/bar.o" if output_dir is "temp".

exists before calling the compiler/linker.