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+"""distutils.ccompiler
+
+Contains Compiler, an abstract base class that defines the interface
+for the Distutils compiler abstraction model."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import os
+import pathlib
+import re
+import sys
+import warnings
+from collections.abc import Callable, Iterable, MutableSequence, Sequence
+from typing import (
+    TYPE_CHECKING,
+    ClassVar,
+    Literal,
+    TypeVar,
+    Union,
+    overload,
+)
+
+from more_itertools import always_iterable
+
+from ..._log import log
+from ..._modified import newer_group
+from ...dir_util import mkpath
+from ...errors import (
+    DistutilsModuleError,
+    DistutilsPlatformError,
+)
+from ...file_util import move_file
+from ...spawn import spawn
+from ...util import execute, is_mingw, split_quoted
+from .errors import (
+    CompileError,
+    LinkError,
+    UnknownFileType,
+)
+
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from typing_extensions import TypeAlias, TypeVarTuple, Unpack
+
+    _Ts = TypeVarTuple("_Ts")
+
+_Macro: TypeAlias = Union[tuple[str], tuple[str, Union[str, None]]]
+_StrPathT = TypeVar("_StrPathT", bound="str | os.PathLike[str]")
+_BytesPathT = TypeVar("_BytesPathT", bound="bytes | os.PathLike[bytes]")
+
+
+class Compiler:
+    """Abstract base class to define the interface that must be implemented
+    by real compiler classes.  Also has some utility methods used by
+    several compiler classes.
+
+    The basic idea behind a compiler abstraction class is that each
+    instance can be used for all the compile/link steps in building a
+    single project.  Thus, attributes common to all of those compile and
+    link steps -- include directories, macros to define, libraries to link
+    against, etc. -- are attributes of the compiler instance.  To allow for
+    variability in how individual files are treated, most of those
+    attributes may be varied on a per-compilation or per-link basis.
+    """
+
+    # 'compiler_type' is a class attribute that identifies this class.  It
+    # keeps code that wants to know what kind of compiler it's dealing with
+    # from having to import all possible compiler classes just to do an
+    # 'isinstance'.  In concrete CCompiler subclasses, 'compiler_type'
+    # should really, really be one of the keys of the 'compiler_class'
+    # dictionary (see below -- used by the 'new_compiler()' factory
+    # function) -- authors of new compiler interface classes are
+    # responsible for updating 'compiler_class'!
+    compiler_type: ClassVar[str] = None  # type: ignore[assignment]
+
+    # XXX things not handled by this compiler abstraction model:
+    #   * client can't provide additional options for a compiler,
+    #     e.g. warning, optimization, debugging flags.  Perhaps this
+    #     should be the domain of concrete compiler abstraction classes
+    #     (UnixCCompiler, MSVCCompiler, etc.) -- or perhaps the base
+    #     class should have methods for the common ones.
+    #   * can't completely override the include or library searchg
+    #     path, ie. no "cc -I -Idir1 -Idir2" or "cc -L -Ldir1 -Ldir2".
+    #     I'm not sure how widely supported this is even by Unix
+    #     compilers, much less on other platforms.  And I'm even less
+    #     sure how useful it is; maybe for cross-compiling, but
+    #     support for that is a ways off.  (And anyways, cross
+    #     compilers probably have a dedicated binary with the
+    #     right paths compiled in.  I hope.)
+    #   * can't do really freaky things with the library list/library
+    #     dirs, e.g. "-Ldir1 -lfoo -Ldir2 -lfoo" to link against
+    #     different versions of libfoo.a in different locations.  I
+    #     think this is useless without the ability to null out the
+    #     library search path anyways.
+
+    executables: ClassVar[dict]
+
+    # Subclasses that rely on the standard filename generation methods
+    # implemented below should override these; see the comment near
+    # those methods ('object_filenames()' et. al.) for details:
+    src_extensions: ClassVar[list[str] | None] = None
+    obj_extension: ClassVar[str | None] = None
+    static_lib_extension: ClassVar[str | None] = None
+    shared_lib_extension: ClassVar[str | None] = None
+    static_lib_format: ClassVar[str | None] = None  # format string
+    shared_lib_format: ClassVar[str | None] = None  # prob. same as static_lib_format
+    exe_extension: ClassVar[str | None] = None
+
+    # Default language settings. language_map is used to detect a source
+    # file or Extension target language, checking source filenames.
+    # language_order is used to detect the language precedence, when deciding
+    # what language to use when mixing source types. For example, if some
+    # extension has two files with ".c" extension, and one with ".cpp", it
+    # is still linked as c++.
+    language_map: ClassVar[dict[str, str]] = {
+        ".c": "c",
+        ".cc": "c++",
+        ".cpp": "c++",
+        ".cxx": "c++",
+        ".m": "objc",
+    }
+    language_order: ClassVar[list[str]] = ["c++", "objc", "c"]
+
+    include_dirs: list[str] = []
+    """
+    include dirs specific to this compiler class
+    """
+
+    library_dirs: list[str] = []
+    """
+    library dirs specific to this compiler class
+    """
+
+    def __init__(
+        self, verbose: bool = False, dry_run: bool = False, force: bool = False
+    ) -> None:
+        self.dry_run = dry_run
+        self.force = force
+        self.verbose = verbose
+
+        # 'output_dir': a common output directory for object, library,
+        # shared object, and shared library files
+        self.output_dir: str | None = None
+
+        # 'macros': a list of macro definitions (or undefinitions).  A
+        # macro definition is a 2-tuple (name, value), where the value is
+        # either a string or None (no explicit value).  A macro
+        # undefinition is a 1-tuple (name,).
+        self.macros: list[_Macro] = []
+
+        # 'include_dirs': a list of directories to search for include files
+        self.include_dirs = []
+
+        # 'libraries': a list of libraries to include in any link
+        # (library names, not filenames: eg. "foo" not "libfoo.a")
+        self.libraries: list[str] = []
+
+        # 'library_dirs': a list of directories to search for libraries
+        self.library_dirs = []
+
+        # 'runtime_library_dirs': a list of directories to search for
+        # shared libraries/objects at runtime
+        self.runtime_library_dirs: list[str] = []
+
+        # 'objects': a list of object files (or similar, such as explicitly
+        # named library files) to include on any link
+        self.objects: list[str] = []
+
+        for key in self.executables.keys():
+            self.set_executable(key, self.executables[key])
+
+    def set_executables(self, **kwargs: str) -> None:
+        """Define the executables (and options for them) that will be run
+        to perform the various stages of compilation.  The exact set of
+        executables that may be specified here depends on the compiler
+        class (via the 'executables' class attribute), but most will have:
+          compiler      the C/C++ compiler
+          linker_so     linker used to create shared objects and libraries
+          linker_exe    linker used to create binary executables
+          archiver      static library creator
+
+        On platforms with a command-line (Unix, DOS/Windows), each of these
+        is a string that will be split into executable name and (optional)
+        list of arguments.  (Splitting the string is done similarly to how
+        Unix shells operate: words are delimited by spaces, but quotes and
+        backslashes can override this.  See
+        'distutils.util.split_quoted()'.)
+        """
+
+        # Note that some CCompiler implementation classes will define class
+        # attributes 'cpp', 'cc', etc. with hard-coded executable names;
+        # this is appropriate when a compiler class is for exactly one
+        # compiler/OS combination (eg. MSVCCompiler).  Other compiler
+        # classes (UnixCCompiler, in particular) are driven by information
+        # discovered at run-time, since there are many different ways to do
+        # basically the same things with Unix C compilers.
+
+        for key in kwargs:
+            if key not in self.executables:
+                raise ValueError(
+                    f"unknown executable '{key}' for class {self.__class__.__name__}"
+                )
+            self.set_executable(key, kwargs[key])
+
+    def set_executable(self, key, value):
+        if isinstance(value, str):
+            setattr(self, key, split_quoted(value))
+        else:
+            setattr(self, key, value)
+
+    def _find_macro(self, name):
+        i = 0
+        for defn in self.macros:
+            if defn[0] == name:
+                return i
+            i += 1
+        return None
+
+    def _check_macro_definitions(self, definitions):
+        """Ensure that every element of 'definitions' is valid."""
+        for defn in definitions:
+            self._check_macro_definition(*defn)
+
+    def _check_macro_definition(self, defn):
+        """
+        Raise a TypeError if defn is not valid.
+
+        A valid definition is either a (name, value) 2-tuple or a (name,) tuple.
+        """
+        if not isinstance(defn, tuple) or not self._is_valid_macro(*defn):
+            raise TypeError(
+                f"invalid macro definition '{defn}': "
+                "must be tuple (string,), (string, string), or (string, None)"
+            )
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _is_valid_macro(name, value=None):
+        """
+        A valid macro is a ``name : str`` and a ``value : str | None``.
+
+        >>> Compiler._is_valid_macro('foo', None)
+        True
+        """
+        return isinstance(name, str) and isinstance(value, (str, type(None)))
+
+    # -- Bookkeeping methods -------------------------------------------
+
+    def define_macro(self, name: str, value: str | None = None) -> None:
+        """Define a preprocessor macro for all compilations driven by this
+        compiler object.  The optional parameter 'value' should be a
+        string; if it is not supplied, then the macro will be defined
+        without an explicit value and the exact outcome depends on the
+        compiler used (XXX true? does ANSI say anything about this?)
+        """
+        # Delete from the list of macro definitions/undefinitions if
+        # already there (so that this one will take precedence).
+        i = self._find_macro(name)
+        if i is not None:
+            del self.macros[i]
+
+        self.macros.append((name, value))
+
+    def undefine_macro(self, name: str) -> None:
+        """Undefine a preprocessor macro for all compilations driven by
+        this compiler object.  If the same macro is defined by
+        'define_macro()' and undefined by 'undefine_macro()' the last call
+        takes precedence (including multiple redefinitions or
+        undefinitions).  If the macro is redefined/undefined on a
+        per-compilation basis (ie. in the call to 'compile()'), then that
+        takes precedence.
+        """
+        # Delete from the list of macro definitions/undefinitions if
+        # already there (so that this one will take precedence).
+        i = self._find_macro(name)
+        if i is not None:
+            del self.macros[i]
+
+        undefn = (name,)
+        self.macros.append(undefn)
+
+    def add_include_dir(self, dir: str) -> None:
+        """Add 'dir' to the list of directories that will be searched for
+        header files.  The compiler is instructed to search directories in
+        the order in which they are supplied by successive calls to
+        'add_include_dir()'.
+        """
+        self.include_dirs.append(dir)
+
+    def set_include_dirs(self, dirs: list[str]) -> None:
+        """Set the list of directories that will be searched to 'dirs' (a
+        list of strings).  Overrides any preceding calls to
+        'add_include_dir()'; subsequence calls to 'add_include_dir()' add
+        to the list passed to 'set_include_dirs()'.  This does not affect
+        any list of standard include directories that the compiler may
+        search by default.
+        """
+        self.include_dirs = dirs[:]
+
+    def add_library(self, libname: str) -> None:
+        """Add 'libname' to the list of libraries that will be included in
+        all links driven by this compiler object.  Note that 'libname'
+        should *not* be the name of a file containing a library, but the
+        name of the library itself: the actual filename will be inferred by
+        the linker, the compiler, or the compiler class (depending on the
+        platform).
+
+        The linker will be instructed to link against libraries in the
+        order they were supplied to 'add_library()' and/or
+        'set_libraries()'.  It is perfectly valid to duplicate library
+        names; the linker will be instructed to link against libraries as
+        many times as they are mentioned.
+        """
+        self.libraries.append(libname)
+
+    def set_libraries(self, libnames: list[str]) -> None:
+        """Set the list of libraries to be included in all links driven by
+        this compiler object to 'libnames' (a list of strings).  This does
+        not affect any standard system libraries that the linker may
+        include by default.
+        """
+        self.libraries = libnames[:]
+
+    def add_library_dir(self, dir: str) -> None:
+        """Add 'dir' to the list of directories that will be searched for
+        libraries specified to 'add_library()' and 'set_libraries()'.  The
+        linker will be instructed to search for libraries in the order they
+        are supplied to 'add_library_dir()' and/or 'set_library_dirs()'.
+        """
+        self.library_dirs.append(dir)
+
+    def set_library_dirs(self, dirs: list[str]) -> None:
+        """Set the list of library search directories to 'dirs' (a list of
+        strings).  This does not affect any standard library search path
+        that the linker may search by default.
+        """
+        self.library_dirs = dirs[:]
+
+    def add_runtime_library_dir(self, dir: str) -> None:
+        """Add 'dir' to the list of directories that will be searched for
+        shared libraries at runtime.
+        """
+        self.runtime_library_dirs.append(dir)
+
+    def set_runtime_library_dirs(self, dirs: list[str]) -> None:
+        """Set the list of directories to search for shared libraries at
+        runtime to 'dirs' (a list of strings).  This does not affect any
+        standard search path that the runtime linker may search by
+        default.
+        """
+        self.runtime_library_dirs = dirs[:]
+
+    def add_link_object(self, object: str) -> None:
+        """Add 'object' to the list of object files (or analogues, such as
+        explicitly named library files or the output of "resource
+        compilers") to be included in every link driven by this compiler
+        object.
+        """
+        self.objects.append(object)
+
+    def set_link_objects(self, objects: list[str]) -> None:
+        """Set the list of object files (or analogues) to be included in
+        every link to 'objects'.  This does not affect any standard object
+        files that the linker may include by default (such as system
+        libraries).
+        """
+        self.objects = objects[:]
+
+    # -- Private utility methods --------------------------------------
+    # (here for the convenience of subclasses)
+
+    # Helper method to prep compiler in subclass compile() methods
+
+    def _setup_compile(
+        self,
+        outdir: str | None,
+        macros: list[_Macro] | None,
+        incdirs: list[str] | tuple[str, ...] | None,
+        sources,
+        depends,
+        extra,
+    ):
+        """Process arguments and decide which source files to compile."""
+        outdir, macros, incdirs = self._fix_compile_args(outdir, macros, incdirs)
+
+        if extra is None:
+            extra = []
+
+        # Get the list of expected output (object) files
+        objects = self.object_filenames(sources, strip_dir=False, output_dir=outdir)
+        assert len(objects) == len(sources)
+
+        pp_opts = gen_preprocess_options(macros, incdirs)
+
+        build = {}
+        for i in range(len(sources)):
+            src = sources[i]
+            obj = objects[i]
+            ext = os.path.splitext(src)[1]
+            self.mkpath(os.path.dirname(obj))
+            build[obj] = (src, ext)
+
+        return macros, objects, extra, pp_opts, build
+
+    def _get_cc_args(self, pp_opts, debug, before):
+        # works for unixccompiler, cygwinccompiler
+        cc_args = pp_opts + ['-c']
+        if debug:
+            cc_args[:0] = ['-g']
+        if before:
+            cc_args[:0] = before
+        return cc_args
+
+    def _fix_compile_args(
+        self,
+        output_dir: str | None,
+        macros: list[_Macro] | None,
+        include_dirs: list[str] | tuple[str, ...] | None,
+    ) -> tuple[str, list[_Macro], list[str]]:
+        """Typecheck and fix-up some of the arguments to the 'compile()'
+        method, and return fixed-up values.  Specifically: if 'output_dir'
+        is None, replaces it with 'self.output_dir'; ensures that 'macros'
+        is a list, and augments it with 'self.macros'; ensures that
+        'include_dirs' is a list, and augments it with 'self.include_dirs'.
+        Guarantees that the returned values are of the correct type,
+        i.e. for 'output_dir' either string or None, and for 'macros' and
+        'include_dirs' either list or None.
+        """
+        if output_dir is None:
+            output_dir = self.output_dir
+        elif not isinstance(output_dir, str):
+            raise TypeError("'output_dir' must be a string or None")
+
+        if macros is None:
+            macros = list(self.macros)
+        elif isinstance(macros, list):
+            macros = macros + (self.macros or [])
+        else:
+            raise TypeError("'macros' (if supplied) must be a list of tuples")
+
+        if include_dirs is None:
+            include_dirs = list(self.include_dirs)
+        elif isinstance(include_dirs, (list, tuple)):
+            include_dirs = list(include_dirs) + (self.include_dirs or [])
+        else:
+            raise TypeError("'include_dirs' (if supplied) must be a list of strings")
+
+        # add include dirs for class
+        include_dirs += self.__class__.include_dirs
+
+        return output_dir, macros, include_dirs
+
+    def _prep_compile(self, sources, output_dir, depends=None):
+        """Decide which source files must be recompiled.
+
+        Determine the list of object files corresponding to 'sources',
+        and figure out which ones really need to be recompiled.
+        Return a list of all object files and a dictionary telling
+        which source files can be skipped.
+        """
+        # Get the list of expected output (object) files
+        objects = self.object_filenames(sources, output_dir=output_dir)
+        assert len(objects) == len(sources)
+
+        # Return an empty dict for the "which source files can be skipped"
+        # return value to preserve API compatibility.
+        return objects, {}
+
+    def _fix_object_args(
+        self, objects: list[str] | tuple[str, ...], output_dir: str | None
+    ) -> tuple[list[str], str]:
+        """Typecheck and fix up some arguments supplied to various methods.
+        Specifically: ensure that 'objects' is a list; if output_dir is
+        None, replace with self.output_dir.  Return fixed versions of
+        'objects' and 'output_dir'.
+        """
+        if not isinstance(objects, (list, tuple)):
+            raise TypeError("'objects' must be a list or tuple of strings")
+        objects = list(objects)
+
+        if output_dir is None:
+            output_dir = self.output_dir
+        elif not isinstance(output_dir, str):
+            raise TypeError("'output_dir' must be a string or None")
+
+        return (objects, output_dir)
+
+    def _fix_lib_args(
+        self,
+        libraries: list[str] | tuple[str, ...] | None,
+        library_dirs: list[str] | tuple[str, ...] | None,
+        runtime_library_dirs: list[str] | tuple[str, ...] | None,
+    ) -> tuple[list[str], list[str], list[str]]:
+        """Typecheck and fix up some of the arguments supplied to the
+        'link_*' methods.  Specifically: ensure that all arguments are
+        lists, and augment them with their permanent versions
+        (eg. 'self.libraries' augments 'libraries').  Return a tuple with
+        fixed versions of all arguments.
+        """
+        if libraries is None:
+            libraries = list(self.libraries)
+        elif isinstance(libraries, (list, tuple)):
+            libraries = list(libraries) + (self.libraries or [])
+        else:
+            raise TypeError("'libraries' (if supplied) must be a list of strings")
+
+        if library_dirs is None:
+            library_dirs = list(self.library_dirs)
+        elif isinstance(library_dirs, (list, tuple)):
+            library_dirs = list(library_dirs) + (self.library_dirs or [])
+        else:
+            raise TypeError("'library_dirs' (if supplied) must be a list of strings")
+
+        # add library dirs for class
+        library_dirs += self.__class__.library_dirs
+
+        if runtime_library_dirs is None:
+            runtime_library_dirs = list(self.runtime_library_dirs)
+        elif isinstance(runtime_library_dirs, (list, tuple)):
+            runtime_library_dirs = list(runtime_library_dirs) + (
+                self.runtime_library_dirs or []
+            )
+        else:
+            raise TypeError(
+                "'runtime_library_dirs' (if supplied) must be a list of strings"
+            )
+
+        return (libraries, library_dirs, runtime_library_dirs)
+
+    def _need_link(self, objects, output_file):
+        """Return true if we need to relink the files listed in 'objects'
+        to recreate 'output_file'.
+        """
+        if self.force:
+            return True
+        else:
+            if self.dry_run:
+                newer = newer_group(objects, output_file, missing='newer')
+            else:
+                newer = newer_group(objects, output_file)
+            return newer
+
+    def detect_language(self, sources: str | list[str]) -> str | None:
+        """Detect the language of a given file, or list of files. Uses
+        language_map, and language_order to do the job.
+        """
+        if not isinstance(sources, list):
+            sources = [sources]
+        lang = None
+        index = len(self.language_order)
+        for source in sources:
+            base, ext = os.path.splitext(source)
+            extlang = self.language_map.get(ext)
+            try:
+                extindex = self.language_order.index(extlang)
+                if extindex < index:
+                    lang = extlang
+                    index = extindex
+            except ValueError:
+                pass
+        return lang
+
+    # -- Worker methods ------------------------------------------------
+    # (must be implemented by subclasses)
+
+    def preprocess(
+        self,
+        source: str | os.PathLike[str],
+        output_file: str | os.PathLike[str] | None = None,
+        macros: list[_Macro] | None = None,
+        include_dirs: list[str] | tuple[str, ...] | None = None,
+        extra_preargs: list[str] | None = None,
+        extra_postargs: Iterable[str] | None = None,
+    ):
+        """Preprocess a single C/C++ source file, named in 'source'.
+        Output will be written to file named 'output_file', or stdout if
+        'output_file' not supplied.  'macros' is a list of macro
+        definitions as for 'compile()', which will augment the macros set
+        with 'define_macro()' and 'undefine_macro()'.  'include_dirs' is a
+        list of directory names that will be added to the default list.
+
+        Raises PreprocessError on failure.
+        """
+        pass
+
+    def compile(
+        self,
+        sources: Sequence[str | os.PathLike[str]],
+        output_dir: str | None = None,
+        macros: list[_Macro] | None = None,
+        include_dirs: list[str] | tuple[str, ...] | None = None,
+        debug: bool = False,
+        extra_preargs: list[str] | None = None,
+        extra_postargs: list[str] | None = None,
+        depends: list[str] | tuple[str, ...] | None = None,
+    ) -> list[str]:
+        """Compile one or more source files.
+
+        'sources' must be a list of filenames, most likely C/C++
+        files, but in reality anything that can be handled by a
+        particular compiler and compiler class (eg. MSVCCompiler can
+        handle resource files in 'sources').  Return a list of object
+        filenames, one per source filename in 'sources'.  Depending on
+        the implementation, not all source files will necessarily be
+        compiled, but all corresponding object filenames will be
+        returned.
+
+        If 'output_dir' is given, object files will be put under it, while
+        retaining their original path component.  That is, "foo/bar.c"
+        normally compiles to "foo/bar.o" (for a Unix implementation); if
+        'output_dir' is "build", then it would compile to
+        "build/foo/bar.o".
+
+        'macros', if given, must be a list of macro definitions.  A macro
+        definition is either a (name, value) 2-tuple or a (name,) 1-tuple.
+        The former defines a macro; if the value is None, the macro is
+        defined without an explicit value.  The 1-tuple case undefines a
+        macro.  Later definitions/redefinitions/ undefinitions take
+        precedence.
+
+        'include_dirs', if given, must be a list of strings, the
+        directories to add to the default include file search path for this
+        compilation only.
+
+        'debug' is a boolean; if true, the compiler will be instructed to
+        output debug symbols in (or alongside) the object file(s).
+
+        'extra_preargs' and 'extra_postargs' are implementation- dependent.
+        On platforms that have the notion of a command-line (e.g. Unix,
+        DOS/Windows), they are most likely lists of strings: extra
+        command-line arguments to prepend/append to the compiler command
+        line.  On other platforms, consult the implementation class
+        documentation.  In any event, they are intended as an escape hatch
+        for those occasions when the abstract compiler framework doesn't
+        cut the mustard.
+
+        'depends', if given, is a list of filenames that all targets
+        depend on.  If a source file is older than any file in
+        depends, then the source file will be recompiled.  This
+        supports dependency tracking, but only at a coarse
+        granularity.
+
+        Raises CompileError on failure.
+        """
+        # A concrete compiler class can either override this method
+        # entirely or implement _compile().
+        macros, objects, extra_postargs, pp_opts, build = self._setup_compile(
+            output_dir, macros, include_dirs, sources, depends, extra_postargs
+        )
+        cc_args = self._get_cc_args(pp_opts, debug, extra_preargs)
+
+        for obj in objects:
+            try:
+                src, ext = build[obj]
+            except KeyError:
+                continue
+            self._compile(obj, src, ext, cc_args, extra_postargs, pp_opts)
+
+        # Return *all* object filenames, not just the ones we just built.
+        return objects
+
+    def _compile(self, obj, src, ext, cc_args, extra_postargs, pp_opts):
+        """Compile 'src' to product 'obj'."""
+        # A concrete compiler class that does not override compile()
+        # should implement _compile().
+        pass
+
+    def create_static_lib(
+        self,
+        objects: list[str] | tuple[str, ...],
+        output_libname: str,
+        output_dir: str | None = None,
+        debug: bool = False,
+        target_lang: str | None = None,
+    ) -> None:
+        """Link a bunch of stuff together to create a static library file.
+        The "bunch of stuff" consists of the list of object files supplied
+        as 'objects', the extra object files supplied to
+        'add_link_object()' and/or 'set_link_objects()', the libraries
+        supplied to 'add_library()' and/or 'set_libraries()', and the
+        libraries supplied as 'libraries' (if any).
+
+        'output_libname' should be a library name, not a filename; the
+        filename will be inferred from the library name.  'output_dir' is
+        the directory where the library file will be put.
+
+        'debug' is a boolean; if true, debugging information will be
+        included in the library (note that on most platforms, it is the
+        compile step where this matters: the 'debug' flag is included here
+        just for consistency).
+
+        'target_lang' is the target language for which the given objects
+        are being compiled. This allows specific linkage time treatment of
+        certain languages.
+
+        Raises LibError on failure.
+        """
+        pass
+
+    # values for target_desc parameter in link()
+    SHARED_OBJECT = "shared_object"
+    SHARED_LIBRARY = "shared_library"
+    EXECUTABLE = "executable"
+
+    def link(
+        self,
+        target_desc: str,
+        objects: list[str] | tuple[str, ...],
+        output_filename: str,
+        output_dir: str | None = None,
+        libraries: list[str] | tuple[str, ...] | None = None,
+        library_dirs: list[str] | tuple[str, ...] | None = None,
+        runtime_library_dirs: list[str] | tuple[str, ...] | None = None,
+        export_symbols: Iterable[str] | None = None,
+        debug: bool = False,
+        extra_preargs: list[str] | None = None,
+        extra_postargs: list[str] | None = None,
+        build_temp: str | os.PathLike[str] | None = None,
+        target_lang: str | None = None,
+    ):
+        """Link a bunch of stuff together to create an executable or
+        shared library file.
+
+        The "bunch of stuff" consists of the list of object files supplied
+        as 'objects'.  'output_filename' should be a filename.  If
+        'output_dir' is supplied, 'output_filename' is relative to it
+        (i.e. 'output_filename' can provide directory components if
+        needed).
+
+        'libraries' is a list of libraries to link against.  These are
+        library names, not filenames, since they're translated into
+        filenames in a platform-specific way (eg. "foo" becomes "libfoo.a"
+        on Unix and "foo.lib" on DOS/Windows).  However, they can include a
+        directory component, which means the linker will look in that
+        specific directory rather than searching all the normal locations.
+
+        'library_dirs', if supplied, should be a list of directories to
+        search for libraries that were specified as bare library names
+        (ie. no directory component).  These are on top of the system
+        default and those supplied to 'add_library_dir()' and/or
+        'set_library_dirs()'.  'runtime_library_dirs' is a list of
+        directories that will be embedded into the shared library and used
+        to search for other shared libraries that *it* depends on at
+        run-time.  (This may only be relevant on Unix.)
+
+        'export_symbols' is a list of symbols that the shared library will
+        export.  (This appears to be relevant only on Windows.)
+
+        'debug' is as for 'compile()' and 'create_static_lib()', with the
+        slight distinction that it actually matters on most platforms (as
+        opposed to 'create_static_lib()', which includes a 'debug' flag
+        mostly for form's sake).
+
+        'extra_preargs' and 'extra_postargs' are as for 'compile()' (except
+        of course that they supply command-line arguments for the
+        particular linker being used).
+
+        'target_lang' is the target language for which the given objects
+        are being compiled. This allows specific linkage time treatment of
+        certain languages.
+
+        Raises LinkError on failure.
+        """
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    # Old 'link_*()' methods, rewritten to use the new 'link()' method.
+
+    def link_shared_lib(
+        self,
+        objects: list[str] | tuple[str, ...],
+        output_libname: str,
+        output_dir: str | None = None,
+        libraries: list[str] | tuple[str, ...] | None = None,
+        library_dirs: list[str] | tuple[str, ...] | None = None,
+        runtime_library_dirs: list[str] | tuple[str, ...] | None = None,
+        export_symbols: Iterable[str] | None = None,
+        debug: bool = False,
+        extra_preargs: list[str] | None = None,
+        extra_postargs: list[str] | None = None,
+        build_temp: str | os.PathLike[str] | None = None,
+        target_lang: str | None = None,
+    ):
+        self.link(
+            Compiler.SHARED_LIBRARY,
+            objects,
+            self.library_filename(output_libname, lib_type='shared'),
+            output_dir,
+            libraries,
+            library_dirs,
+            runtime_library_dirs,
+            export_symbols,
+            debug,
+            extra_preargs,
+            extra_postargs,
+            build_temp,
+            target_lang,
+        )
+
+    def link_shared_object(
+        self,
+        objects: list[str] | tuple[str, ...],
+        output_filename: str,
+        output_dir: str | None = None,
+        libraries: list[str] | tuple[str, ...] | None = None,
+        library_dirs: list[str] | tuple[str, ...] | None = None,
+        runtime_library_dirs: list[str] | tuple[str, ...] | None = None,
+        export_symbols: Iterable[str] | None = None,
+        debug: bool = False,
+        extra_preargs: list[str] | None = None,
+        extra_postargs: list[str] | None = None,
+        build_temp: str | os.PathLike[str] | None = None,
+        target_lang: str | None = None,
+    ):
+        self.link(
+            Compiler.SHARED_OBJECT,
+            objects,
+            output_filename,
+            output_dir,
+            libraries,
+            library_dirs,
+            runtime_library_dirs,
+            export_symbols,
+            debug,
+            extra_preargs,
+            extra_postargs,
+            build_temp,
+            target_lang,
+        )
+
+    def link_executable(
+        self,
+        objects: list[str] | tuple[str, ...],
+        output_progname: str,
+        output_dir: str | None = None,
+        libraries: list[str] | tuple[str, ...] | None = None,
+        library_dirs: list[str] | tuple[str, ...] | None = None,
+        runtime_library_dirs: list[str] | tuple[str, ...] | None = None,
+        debug: bool = False,
+        extra_preargs: list[str] | None = None,
+        extra_postargs: list[str] | None = None,
+        target_lang: str | None = None,
+    ):
+        self.link(
+            Compiler.EXECUTABLE,
+            objects,
+            self.executable_filename(output_progname),
+            output_dir,
+            libraries,
+            library_dirs,
+            runtime_library_dirs,
+            None,
+            debug,
+            extra_preargs,
+            extra_postargs,
+            None,
+            target_lang,
+        )
+
+    # -- Miscellaneous methods -----------------------------------------
+    # These are all used by the 'gen_lib_options() function; there is
+    # no appropriate default implementation so subclasses should
+    # implement all of these.
+
+    def library_dir_option(self, dir: str) -> str:
+        """Return the compiler option to add 'dir' to the list of
+        directories searched for libraries.
+        """
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    def runtime_library_dir_option(self, dir: str) -> str:
+        """Return the compiler option to add 'dir' to the list of
+        directories searched for runtime libraries.
+        """
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    def library_option(self, lib: str) -> str:
+        """Return the compiler option to add 'lib' to the list of libraries
+        linked into the shared library or executable.
+        """
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    def has_function(  # noqa: C901
+        self,
+        funcname: str,
+        includes: Iterable[str] | None = None,
+        include_dirs: list[str] | tuple[str, ...] | None = None,
+        libraries: list[str] | None = None,
+        library_dirs: list[str] | tuple[str, ...] | None = None,
+    ) -> bool:
+        """Return a boolean indicating whether funcname is provided as
+        a symbol on the current platform.  The optional arguments can
+        be used to augment the compilation environment.
+
+        The libraries argument is a list of flags to be passed to the
+        linker to make additional symbol definitions available for
+        linking.
+
+        The includes and include_dirs arguments are deprecated.
+        Usually, supplying include files with function declarations
+        will cause function detection to fail even in cases where the
+        symbol is available for linking.
+
+        """
+        # this can't be included at module scope because it tries to
+        # import math which might not be available at that point - maybe
+        # the necessary logic should just be inlined?
+        import tempfile
+
+        if includes is None:
+            includes = []
+        else:
+            warnings.warn("includes is deprecated", DeprecationWarning)
+        if include_dirs is None:
+            include_dirs = []
+        else:
+            warnings.warn("include_dirs is deprecated", DeprecationWarning)
+        if libraries is None:
+            libraries = []
+        if library_dirs is None:
+            library_dirs = []
+        fd, fname = tempfile.mkstemp(".c", funcname, text=True)
+        with os.fdopen(fd, "w", encoding='utf-8') as f:
+            for incl in includes:
+                f.write(f"""#include "{incl}"\n""")
+            if not includes:
+                # Use "char func(void);" as the prototype to follow
+                # what autoconf does.  This prototype does not match
+                # any well-known function the compiler might recognize
+                # as a builtin, so this ends up as a true link test.
+                # Without a fake prototype, the test would need to
+                # know the exact argument types, and the has_function
+                # interface does not provide that level of information.
+                f.write(
+                    f"""\
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C"
+#endif
+char {funcname}(void);
+"""
+                )
+            f.write(
+                f"""\
+int main (int argc, char **argv) {{
+    {funcname}();
+    return 0;
+}}
+"""
+            )
+
+        try:
+            objects = self.compile([fname], include_dirs=include_dirs)
+        except CompileError:
+            return False
+        finally:
+            os.remove(fname)
+
+        try:
+            self.link_executable(
+                objects, "a.out", libraries=libraries, library_dirs=library_dirs
+            )
+        except (LinkError, TypeError):
+            return False
+        else:
+            os.remove(
+                self.executable_filename("a.out", output_dir=self.output_dir or '')
+            )
+        finally:
+            for fn in objects:
+                os.remove(fn)
+        return True
+
+    def find_library_file(
+        self, dirs: Iterable[str], lib: str, debug: bool = False
+    ) -> str | None:
+        """Search the specified list of directories for a static or shared
+        library file 'lib' and return the full path to that file.  If
+        'debug' true, look for a debugging version (if that makes sense on
+        the current platform).  Return None if 'lib' wasn't found in any of
+        the specified directories.
+        """
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    # -- Filename generation methods -----------------------------------
+
+    # The default implementation of the filename generating methods are
+    # prejudiced towards the Unix/DOS/Windows view of the world:
+    #   * object files are named by replacing the source file extension
+    #     (eg. .c/.cpp -> .o/.obj)
+    #   * library files (shared or static) are named by plugging the
+    #     library name and extension into a format string, eg.
+    #     "lib%s.%s" % (lib_name, ".a") for Unix static libraries
+    #   * executables are named by appending an extension (possibly
+    #     empty) to the program name: eg. progname + ".exe" for
+    #     Windows
+    #
+    # To reduce redundant code, these methods expect to find
+    # several attributes in the current object (presumably defined
+    # as class attributes):
+    #   * src_extensions -
+    #     list of C/C++ source file extensions, eg. ['.c', '.cpp']
+    #   * obj_extension -
+    #     object file extension, eg. '.o' or '.obj'
+    #   * static_lib_extension -
+    #     extension for static library files, eg. '.a' or '.lib'
+    #   * shared_lib_extension -
+    #     extension for shared library/object files, eg. '.so', '.dll'
+    #   * static_lib_format -
+    #     format string for generating static library filenames,
+    #     eg. 'lib%s.%s' or '%s.%s'
+    #   * shared_lib_format
+    #     format string for generating shared library filenames
+    #     (probably same as static_lib_format, since the extension
+    #     is one of the intended parameters to the format string)
+    #   * exe_extension -
+    #     extension for executable files, eg. '' or '.exe'
+
+    def object_filenames(
+        self,
+        source_filenames: Iterable[str | os.PathLike[str]],
+        strip_dir: bool = False,
+        output_dir: str | os.PathLike[str] | None = '',
+    ) -> list[str]:
+        if output_dir is None:
+            output_dir = ''
+        return list(
+            self._make_out_path(output_dir, strip_dir, src_name)
+            for src_name in source_filenames
+        )
+
+    @property
+    def out_extensions(self):
+        return dict.fromkeys(self.src_extensions, self.obj_extension)
+
+    def _make_out_path(self, output_dir, strip_dir, src_name):
+        return self._make_out_path_exts(
+            output_dir, strip_dir, src_name, self.out_extensions
+        )
+
+    @classmethod
+    def _make_out_path_exts(cls, output_dir, strip_dir, src_name, extensions):
+        r"""
+        >>> exts = {'.c': '.o'}
+        >>> Compiler._make_out_path_exts('.', False, '/foo/bar.c', exts).replace('\\', '/')
+        './foo/bar.o'
+        >>> Compiler._make_out_path_exts('.', True, '/foo/bar.c', exts).replace('\\', '/')
+        './bar.o'
+        """
+        src = pathlib.PurePath(src_name)
+        # Ensure base is relative to honor output_dir (python/cpython#37775).
+        base = cls._make_relative(src)
+        try:
+            new_ext = extensions[src.suffix]
+        except LookupError:
+            raise UnknownFileType(f"unknown file type '{src.suffix}' (from '{src}')")
+        if strip_dir:
+            base = pathlib.PurePath(base.name)
+        return os.path.join(output_dir, base.with_suffix(new_ext))
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _make_relative(base: pathlib.Path):
+        return base.relative_to(base.anchor)
+
+    @overload
+    def shared_object_filename(
+        self,
+        basename: str,
+        strip_dir: Literal[False] = False,
+        output_dir: str | os.PathLike[str] = "",
+    ) -> str: ...
+    @overload
+    def shared_object_filename(
+        self,
+        basename: str | os.PathLike[str],
+        strip_dir: Literal[True],
+        output_dir: str | os.PathLike[str] = "",
+    ) -> str: ...
+    def shared_object_filename(
+        self,
+        basename: str | os.PathLike[str],
+        strip_dir: bool = False,
+        output_dir: str | os.PathLike[str] = '',
+    ) -> str:
+        assert output_dir is not None
+        if strip_dir:
+            basename = os.path.basename(basename)
+        return os.path.join(output_dir, basename + self.shared_lib_extension)
+
+    @overload
+    def executable_filename(
+        self,
+        basename: str,
+        strip_dir: Literal[False] = False,
+        output_dir: str | os.PathLike[str] = "",
+    ) -> str: ...
+    @overload
+    def executable_filename(
+        self,
+        basename: str | os.PathLike[str],
+        strip_dir: Literal[True],
+        output_dir: str | os.PathLike[str] = "",
+    ) -> str: ...
+    def executable_filename(
+        self,
+        basename: str | os.PathLike[str],
+        strip_dir: bool = False,
+        output_dir: str | os.PathLike[str] = '',
+    ) -> str:
+        assert output_dir is not None
+        if strip_dir:
+            basename = os.path.basename(basename)
+        return os.path.join(output_dir, basename + (self.exe_extension or ''))
+
+    def library_filename(
+        self,
+        libname: str,
+        lib_type: str = "static",
+        strip_dir: bool = False,
+        output_dir: str | os.PathLike[str] = "",  # or 'shared'
+    ):
+        assert output_dir is not None
+        expected = '"static", "shared", "dylib", "xcode_stub"'
+        if lib_type not in eval(expected):
+            raise ValueError(f"'lib_type' must be {expected}")
+        fmt = getattr(self, lib_type + "_lib_format")
+        ext = getattr(self, lib_type + "_lib_extension")
+
+        dir, base = os.path.split(libname)
+        filename = fmt % (base, ext)
+        if strip_dir:
+            dir = ''
+
+        return os.path.join(output_dir, dir, filename)
+
+    # -- Utility methods -----------------------------------------------
+
+    def announce(self, msg: object, level: int = 1) -> None:
+        log.debug(msg)
+
+    def debug_print(self, msg: object) -> None:
+        from distutils.debug import DEBUG
+
+        if DEBUG:
+            print(msg)
+
+    def warn(self, msg: object) -> None:
+        sys.stderr.write(f"warning: {msg}\n")
+
+    def execute(
+        self,
+        func: Callable[[Unpack[_Ts]], object],
+        args: tuple[Unpack[_Ts]],
+        msg: object = None,
+        level: int = 1,
+    ) -> None:
+        execute(func, args, msg, self.dry_run)
+
+    def spawn(
+        self, cmd: MutableSequence[bytes | str | os.PathLike[str]], **kwargs
+    ) -> None:
+        spawn(cmd, dry_run=self.dry_run, **kwargs)
+
+    @overload
+    def move_file(
+        self, src: str | os.PathLike[str], dst: _StrPathT
+    ) -> _StrPathT | str: ...
+    @overload
+    def move_file(
+        self, src: bytes | os.PathLike[bytes], dst: _BytesPathT
+    ) -> _BytesPathT | bytes: ...
+    def move_file(
+        self,
+        src: str | os.PathLike[str] | bytes | os.PathLike[bytes],
+        dst: str | os.PathLike[str] | bytes | os.PathLike[bytes],
+    ) -> str | os.PathLike[str] | bytes | os.PathLike[bytes]:
+        return move_file(src, dst, dry_run=self.dry_run)
+
+    def mkpath(self, name, mode=0o777):
+        mkpath(name, mode, dry_run=self.dry_run)
+
+
+# Map a sys.platform/os.name ('posix', 'nt') to the default compiler
+# type for that platform. Keys are interpreted as re match
+# patterns. Order is important; platform mappings are preferred over
+# OS names.
+_default_compilers = (
+    # Platform string mappings
+    # on a cygwin built python we can use gcc like an ordinary UNIXish
+    # compiler
+    ('cygwin.*', 'unix'),
+    ('zos', 'zos'),
+    # OS name mappings
+    ('posix', 'unix'),
+    ('nt', 'msvc'),
+)
+
+
+def get_default_compiler(osname: str | None = None, platform: str | None = None) -> str:
+    """Determine the default compiler to use for the given platform.
+
+    osname should be one of the standard Python OS names (i.e. the
+    ones returned by os.name) and platform the common value
+    returned by sys.platform for the platform in question.
+
+    The default values are os.name and sys.platform in case the
+    parameters are not given.
+    """
+    if osname is None:
+        osname = os.name
+    if platform is None:
+        platform = sys.platform
+    # Mingw is a special case where sys.platform is 'win32' but we
+    # want to use the 'mingw32' compiler, so check it first
+    if is_mingw():
+        return 'mingw32'
+    for pattern, compiler in _default_compilers:
+        if (
+            re.match(pattern, platform) is not None
+            or re.match(pattern, osname) is not None
+        ):
+            return compiler
+    # Default to Unix compiler
+    return 'unix'
+
+
+# Map compiler types to (module_name, class_name) pairs -- ie. where to
+# find the code that implements an interface to this compiler.  (The module
+# is assumed to be in the 'distutils' package.)
+compiler_class = {
+    'unix': ('unixccompiler', 'UnixCCompiler', "standard UNIX-style compiler"),
+    'msvc': ('_msvccompiler', 'MSVCCompiler', "Microsoft Visual C++"),
+    'cygwin': (
+        'cygwinccompiler',
+        'CygwinCCompiler',
+        "Cygwin port of GNU C Compiler for Win32",
+    ),
+    'mingw32': (
+        'cygwinccompiler',
+        'Mingw32CCompiler',
+        "Mingw32 port of GNU C Compiler for Win32",
+    ),
+    'bcpp': ('bcppcompiler', 'BCPPCompiler', "Borland C++ Compiler"),
+    'zos': ('zosccompiler', 'zOSCCompiler', 'IBM XL C/C++ Compilers'),
+}
+
+
+def show_compilers() -> None:
+    """Print list of available compilers (used by the "--help-compiler"
+    options to "build", "build_ext", "build_clib").
+    """
+    # XXX this "knows" that the compiler option it's describing is
+    # "--compiler", which just happens to be the case for the three
+    # commands that use it.
+    from distutils.fancy_getopt import FancyGetopt
+
+    compilers = sorted(
+        ("compiler=" + compiler, None, compiler_class[compiler][2])
+        for compiler in compiler_class.keys()
+    )
+    pretty_printer = FancyGetopt(compilers)
+    pretty_printer.print_help("List of available compilers:")
+
+
+def new_compiler(
+    plat: str | None = None,
+    compiler: str | None = None,
+    verbose: bool = False,
+    dry_run: bool = False,
+    force: bool = False,
+) -> Compiler:
+    """Generate an instance of some CCompiler subclass for the supplied
+    platform/compiler combination.  'plat' defaults to 'os.name'
+    (eg. 'posix', 'nt'), and 'compiler' defaults to the default compiler
+    for that platform.  Currently only 'posix' and 'nt' are supported, and
+    the default compilers are "traditional Unix interface" (UnixCCompiler
+    class) and Visual C++ (MSVCCompiler class).  Note that it's perfectly
+    possible to ask for a Unix compiler object under Windows, and a
+    Microsoft compiler object under Unix -- if you supply a value for
+    'compiler', 'plat' is ignored.
+    """
+    if plat is None:
+        plat = os.name
+
+    try:
+        if compiler is None:
+            compiler = get_default_compiler(plat)
+
+        (module_name, class_name, long_description) = compiler_class[compiler]
+    except KeyError:
+        msg = f"don't know how to compile C/C++ code on platform '{plat}'"
+        if compiler is not None:
+            msg = msg + f" with '{compiler}' compiler"
+        raise DistutilsPlatformError(msg)
+
+    try:
+        module_name = "distutils." + module_name
+        __import__(module_name)
+        module = sys.modules[module_name]
+        klass = vars(module)[class_name]
+    except ImportError:
+        raise DistutilsModuleError(
+            f"can't compile C/C++ code: unable to load module '{module_name}'"
+        )
+    except KeyError:
+        raise DistutilsModuleError(
+            f"can't compile C/C++ code: unable to find class '{class_name}' "
+            f"in module '{module_name}'"
+        )
+
+    # XXX The None is necessary to preserve backwards compatibility
+    # with classes that expect verbose to be the first positional
+    # argument.
+    return klass(None, dry_run, force)
+
+
+def gen_preprocess_options(
+    macros: Iterable[_Macro], include_dirs: Iterable[str]
+) -> list[str]:
+    """Generate C pre-processor options (-D, -U, -I) as used by at least
+    two types of compilers: the typical Unix compiler and Visual C++.
+    'macros' is the usual thing, a list of 1- or 2-tuples, where (name,)
+    means undefine (-U) macro 'name', and (name,value) means define (-D)
+    macro 'name' to 'value'.  'include_dirs' is just a list of directory
+    names to be added to the header file search path (-I).  Returns a list
+    of command-line options suitable for either Unix compilers or Visual
+    C++.
+    """
+    # XXX it would be nice (mainly aesthetic, and so we don't generate
+    # stupid-looking command lines) to go over 'macros' and eliminate
+    # redundant definitions/undefinitions (ie. ensure that only the
+    # latest mention of a particular macro winds up on the command
+    # line).  I don't think it's essential, though, since most (all?)
+    # Unix C compilers only pay attention to the latest -D or -U
+    # mention of a macro on their command line.  Similar situation for
+    # 'include_dirs'.  I'm punting on both for now.  Anyways, weeding out
+    # redundancies like this should probably be the province of
+    # CCompiler, since the data structures used are inherited from it
+    # and therefore common to all CCompiler classes.
+    pp_opts = []
+    for macro in macros:
+        if not (isinstance(macro, tuple) and 1 <= len(macro) <= 2):
+            raise TypeError(
+                f"bad macro definition '{macro}': "
+                "each element of 'macros' list must be a 1- or 2-tuple"
+            )
+
+        if len(macro) == 1:  # undefine this macro
+            pp_opts.append(f"-U{macro[0]}")
+        elif len(macro) == 2:
+            if macro[1] is None:  # define with no explicit value
+                pp_opts.append(f"-D{macro[0]}")
+            else:
+                # XXX *don't* need to be clever about quoting the
+                # macro value here, because we're going to avoid the
+                # shell at all costs when we spawn the command!
+                pp_opts.append("-D{}={}".format(*macro))
+
+    pp_opts.extend(f"-I{dir}" for dir in include_dirs)
+    return pp_opts
+
+
+def gen_lib_options(
+    compiler: Compiler,
+    library_dirs: Iterable[str],
+    runtime_library_dirs: Iterable[str],
+    libraries: Iterable[str],
+) -> list[str]:
+    """Generate linker options for searching library directories and
+    linking with specific libraries.  'libraries' and 'library_dirs' are,
+    respectively, lists of library names (not filenames!) and search
+    directories.  Returns a list of command-line options suitable for use
+    with some compiler (depending on the two format strings passed in).
+    """
+    lib_opts = [compiler.library_dir_option(dir) for dir in library_dirs]
+
+    for dir in runtime_library_dirs:
+        lib_opts.extend(always_iterable(compiler.runtime_library_dir_option(dir)))
+
+    # XXX it's important that we *not* remove redundant library mentions!
+    # sometimes you really do have to say "-lfoo -lbar -lfoo" in order to
+    # resolve all symbols.  I just hope we never have to say "-lfoo obj.o
+    # -lbar" to get things to work -- that's certainly a possibility, but a
+    # pretty nasty way to arrange your C code.
+
+    for lib in libraries:
+        (lib_dir, lib_name) = os.path.split(lib)
+        if lib_dir:
+            lib_file = compiler.find_library_file([lib_dir], lib_name)
+            if lib_file:
+                lib_opts.append(lib_file)
+            else:
+                compiler.warn(
+                    f"no library file corresponding to '{lib}' found (skipping)"
+                )
+        else:
+            lib_opts.append(compiler.library_option(lib))
+    return lib_opts