From: Greg Ward <gward@python.net>
Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2000 00:18:24 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Revised docstring so 'sources' isn't necessarily all C/C++ files (to
X-Git-Tag: v2.0b1~1436
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=cb18557de2a3f9b914b18f7b1d87183e3a80e663;p=python

Revised docstring so 'sources' isn't necessarily all C/C++ files (to
accomodate SWIG interface files, resource files, etc.).
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diff --git a/Lib/distutils/extension.py b/Lib/distutils/extension.py
index 9d2a6fa15c..f0f68b9390 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/extension.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/extension.py
@@ -31,9 +31,11 @@ class Extension:
         the full name of the extension, including any packages -- ie.
         *not* a filename or pathname, but Python dotted name
       sources : [string]
-        list of C/C++ source filenames, relative to the distribution
-        root (where the setup script lives), in Unix form
-        (slash-separated) for portability
+        list of source filenames, relative to the distribution root
+        (where the setup script lives), in Unix form (slash-separated)
+        for portability.  Source files may be C, C++, SWIG (.i),
+        platform-specific resource files, or whatever else is recognized
+        by the "build_ext" command as source for a Python extension.
       include_dirs : [string]
         list of directories to search for C/C++ header files (in Unix
         form for portability)