step-node-agent 0.0.1

package/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/gyp/pylib/gyp/input.py

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+# Copyright (c) 2012 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
+# Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
+# found in the LICENSE file.
+
+from __future__ import print_function
+
+import ast
+
+import gyp.common
+import gyp.simple_copy
+import multiprocessing
+import optparse
+import os.path
+import re
+import shlex
+import signal
+import subprocess
+import sys
+import threading
+import time
+import traceback
+from gyp.common import GypError
+from gyp.common import OrderedSet
+
+PY3 = bytes != str
+
+# A list of types that are treated as linkable.
+linkable_types = [
+  'executable',
+  'shared_library',
+  'loadable_module',
+  'mac_kernel_extension',
+]
+
+# A list of sections that contain links to other targets.
+dependency_sections = ['dependencies', 'export_dependent_settings']
+
+# base_path_sections is a list of sections defined by GYP that contain
+# pathnames.  The generators can provide more keys, the two lists are merged
+# into path_sections, but you should call IsPathSection instead of using either
+# list directly.
+base_path_sections = [
+  'destination',
+  'files',
+  'include_dirs',
+  'inputs',
+  'libraries',
+  'outputs',
+  'sources',
+]
+path_sections = set()
+
+# These per-process dictionaries are used to cache build file data when loading
+# in parallel mode.
+per_process_data = {}
+per_process_aux_data = {}
+
+def IsPathSection(section):
+  # If section ends in one of the '=+?!' characters, it's applied to a section
+  # without the trailing characters.  '/' is notably absent from this list,
+  # because there's no way for a regular expression to be treated as a path.
+  while section and section[-1:] in '=+?!':
+    section = section[:-1]
+
+  if section in path_sections:
+    return True
+
+  # Sections mathing the regexp '_(dir|file|path)s?$' are also
+  # considered PathSections. Using manual string matching since that
+  # is much faster than the regexp and this can be called hundreds of
+  # thousands of times so micro performance matters.
+  if "_" in section:
+    tail = section[-6:]
+    if tail[-1] == 's':
+      tail = tail[:-1]
+    if tail[-5:] in ('_file', '_path'):
+      return True
+    return tail[-4:] == '_dir'
+
+  return False
+
+# base_non_configuration_keys is a list of key names that belong in the target
+# itself and should not be propagated into its configurations.  It is merged
+# with a list that can come from the generator to
+# create non_configuration_keys.
+base_non_configuration_keys = [
+  # Sections that must exist inside targets and not configurations.
+  'actions',
+  'configurations',
+  'copies',
+  'default_configuration',
+  'dependencies',
+  'dependencies_original',
+  'libraries',
+  'postbuilds',
+  'product_dir',
+  'product_extension',
+  'product_name',
+  'product_prefix',
+  'rules',
+  'run_as',
+  'sources',
+  'standalone_static_library',
+  'suppress_wildcard',
+  'target_name',
+  'toolset',
+  'toolsets',
+  'type',
+
+  # Sections that can be found inside targets or configurations, but that
+  # should not be propagated from targets into their configurations.
+  'variables',
+]
+non_configuration_keys = []
+
+# Keys that do not belong inside a configuration dictionary.
+invalid_configuration_keys = [
+  'actions',
+  'all_dependent_settings',
+  'configurations',
+  'dependencies',
+  'direct_dependent_settings',
+  'libraries',
+  'link_settings',
+  'sources',
+  'standalone_static_library',
+  'target_name',
+  'type',
+]
+
+# Controls whether or not the generator supports multiple toolsets.
+multiple_toolsets = False
+
+# Paths for converting filelist paths to output paths: {
+#   toplevel,
+#   qualified_output_dir,
+# }
+generator_filelist_paths = None
+
+def GetIncludedBuildFiles(build_file_path, aux_data, included=None):
+  """Return a list of all build files included into build_file_path.
+
+  The returned list will contain build_file_path as well as all other files
+  that it included, either directly or indirectly.  Note that the list may
+  contain files that were included into a conditional section that evaluated
+  to false and was not merged into build_file_path's dict.
+
+  aux_data is a dict containing a key for each build file or included build
+  file.  Those keys provide access to dicts whose "included" keys contain
+  lists of all other files included by the build file.
+
+  included should be left at its default None value by external callers.  It
+  is used for recursion.
+
+  The returned list will not contain any duplicate entries.  Each build file
+  in the list will be relative to the current directory.
+  """
+
+  if included is None:
+    included = []
+
+  if build_file_path in included:
+    return included
+
+  included.append(build_file_path)
+
+  for included_build_file in aux_data[build_file_path].get('included', []):
+    GetIncludedBuildFiles(included_build_file, aux_data, included)
+
+  return included
+
+
+def CheckedEval(file_contents):
+  """Return the eval of a gyp file.
+
+  The gyp file is restricted to dictionaries and lists only, and
+  repeated keys are not allowed.
+
+  Note that this is slower than eval() is.
+  """
+
+  syntax_tree = ast.parse(file_contents)
+  assert isinstance(syntax_tree, ast.Module)
+  c1 = syntax_tree.body
+  assert len(c1) == 1
+  c2 = c1[0]
+  assert isinstance(c2, ast.Expr)
+  return CheckNode(c2.value, [])
+
+
+def CheckNode(node, keypath):
+  if isinstance(node, ast.Dict):
+    c = node.getChildren()
+    dict = {}
+    for key, value in zip(node.keys, node.values):
+      assert isinstance(key, ast.Str)
+      key = key.s
+      if key in dict:
+        raise GypError("Key '" + key + "' repeated at level " +
+              repr(len(keypath) + 1) + " with key path '" +
+              '.'.join(keypath) + "'")
+      kp = list(keypath)  # Make a copy of the list for descending this node.
+      kp.append(key)
+      dict[key] = CheckNode(value, kp)
+    return dict
+  elif isinstance(node, ast.List):
+    children = []
+    for index, child in enumerate(node.elts):
+      kp = list(keypath)  # Copy list.
+      kp.append(repr(index))
+      children.append(CheckNode(child, kp))
+    return children
+  elif isinstance(node, ast.Str):
+    return node.s
+  else:
+    raise TypeError("Unknown AST node at key path '" + '.'.join(keypath) +
+         "': " + repr(node))
+
+
+def LoadOneBuildFile(build_file_path, data, aux_data, includes,
+                     is_target, check):
+  if build_file_path in data:
+    return data[build_file_path]
+
+  if os.path.exists(build_file_path):
+    # Open the build file for read ('r') with universal-newlines mode ('U')
+    # to make sure platform specific newlines ('\r\n' or '\r') are converted to '\n'
+    # which otherwise will fail eval()
+    if sys.platform == 'zos':
+      # On z/OS, universal-newlines mode treats the file as an ascii file. But since
+      # node-gyp produces ebcdic files, do not use that mode.
+      build_file_contents = open(build_file_path, 'r').read()
+    else:
+      build_file_contents = open(build_file_path, 'rU').read()
+  else:
+    raise GypError("%s not found (cwd: %s)" % (build_file_path, os.getcwd()))
+
+  build_file_data = None
+  try:
+    if check:
+      build_file_data = CheckedEval(build_file_contents)
+    else:
+      build_file_data = eval(build_file_contents, {'__builtins__': {}},
+                             None)
+  except SyntaxError as e:
+    e.filename = build_file_path
+    raise
+  except Exception as e:
+    gyp.common.ExceptionAppend(e, 'while reading ' + build_file_path)
+    raise
+
+  if type(build_file_data) is not dict:
+    raise GypError("%s does not evaluate to a dictionary." % build_file_path)
+
+  data[build_file_path] = build_file_data
+  aux_data[build_file_path] = {}
+
+  # Scan for includes and merge them in.
+  if ('skip_includes' not in build_file_data or
+      not build_file_data['skip_includes']):
+    try:
+      if is_target:
+        LoadBuildFileIncludesIntoDict(build_file_data, build_file_path, data,
+                                      aux_data, includes, check)
+      else:
+        LoadBuildFileIncludesIntoDict(build_file_data, build_file_path, data,
+                                      aux_data, None, check)
+    except Exception as e:
+      gyp.common.ExceptionAppend(e,
+                                 'while reading includes of ' + build_file_path)
+      raise
+
+  return build_file_data
+
+
+def LoadBuildFileIncludesIntoDict(subdict, subdict_path, data, aux_data,
+                                  includes, check):
+  includes_list = []
+  if includes != None:
+    includes_list.extend(includes)
+  if 'includes' in subdict:
+    for include in subdict['includes']:
+      # "include" is specified relative to subdict_path, so compute the real
+      # path to include by appending the provided "include" to the directory
+      # in which subdict_path resides.
+      relative_include = \
+          os.path.normpath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(subdict_path), include))
+      includes_list.append(relative_include)
+    # Unhook the includes list, it's no longer needed.
+    del subdict['includes']
+
+  # Merge in the included files.
+  for include in includes_list:
+    if not 'included' in aux_data[subdict_path]:
+      aux_data[subdict_path]['included'] = []
+    aux_data[subdict_path]['included'].append(include)
+
+    gyp.DebugOutput(gyp.DEBUG_INCLUDES, "Loading Included File: '%s'", include)
+
+    MergeDicts(subdict,
+               LoadOneBuildFile(include, data, aux_data, None, False, check),
+               subdict_path, include)
+
+  # Recurse into subdictionaries.
+  for k, v in subdict.items():
+    if type(v) is dict:
+      LoadBuildFileIncludesIntoDict(v, subdict_path, data, aux_data,
+                                    None, check)
+    elif type(v) is list:
+      LoadBuildFileIncludesIntoList(v, subdict_path, data, aux_data,
+                                    check)
+
+
+# This recurses into lists so that it can look for dicts.
+def LoadBuildFileIncludesIntoList(sublist, sublist_path, data, aux_data, check):
+  for item in sublist:
+    if type(item) is dict:
+      LoadBuildFileIncludesIntoDict(item, sublist_path, data, aux_data,
+                                    None, check)
+    elif type(item) is list:
+      LoadBuildFileIncludesIntoList(item, sublist_path, data, aux_data, check)
+
+# Processes toolsets in all the targets. This recurses into condition entries
+# since they can contain toolsets as well.
+def ProcessToolsetsInDict(data):
+  if 'targets' in data:
+    target_list = data['targets']
+    new_target_list = []
+    for target in target_list:
+      # If this target already has an explicit 'toolset', and no 'toolsets'
+      # list, don't modify it further.
+      if 'toolset' in target and 'toolsets' not in target:
+        new_target_list.append(target)
+        continue
+      if multiple_toolsets:
+        toolsets = target.get('toolsets', ['target'])
+      else:
+        toolsets = ['target']
+      # Make sure this 'toolsets' definition is only processed once.
+      if 'toolsets' in target:
+        del target['toolsets']
+      if len(toolsets) > 0:
+        # Optimization: only do copies if more than one toolset is specified.
+        for build in toolsets[1:]:
+          new_target = gyp.simple_copy.deepcopy(target)
+          new_target['toolset'] = build
+          new_target_list.append(new_target)
+        target['toolset'] = toolsets[0]
+        new_target_list.append(target)
+    data['targets'] = new_target_list
+  if 'conditions' in data:
+    for condition in data['conditions']:
+      if type(condition) is list:
+        for condition_dict in condition[1:]:
+          if type(condition_dict) is dict:
+            ProcessToolsetsInDict(condition_dict)
+
+
+# TODO(mark): I don't love this name.  It just means that it's going to load
+# a build file that contains targets and is expected to provide a targets dict
+# that contains the targets...
+def LoadTargetBuildFile(build_file_path, data, aux_data, variables, includes,
+                        depth, check, load_dependencies):
+  # If depth is set, predefine the DEPTH variable to be a relative path from
+  # this build file's directory to the directory identified by depth.
+  if depth:
+    # TODO(dglazkov) The backslash/forward-slash replacement at the end is a
+    # temporary measure. This should really be addressed by keeping all paths
+    # in POSIX until actual project generation.
+    d = gyp.common.RelativePath(depth, os.path.dirname(build_file_path))
+    if d == '':
+      variables['DEPTH'] = '.'
+    else:
+      variables['DEPTH'] = d.replace('\\', '/')
+
+  # The 'target_build_files' key is only set when loading target build files in
+  # the non-parallel code path, where LoadTargetBuildFile is called
+  # recursively.  In the parallel code path, we don't need to check whether the
+  # |build_file_path| has already been loaded, because the 'scheduled' set in
+  # ParallelState guarantees that we never load the same |build_file_path|
+  # twice.
+  if 'target_build_files' in data:
+    if build_file_path in data['target_build_files']:
+      # Already loaded.
+      return False
+    data['target_build_files'].add(build_file_path)
+
+  gyp.DebugOutput(gyp.DEBUG_INCLUDES,
+                  "Loading Target Build File '%s'", build_file_path)
+
+  build_file_data = LoadOneBuildFile(build_file_path, data, aux_data,
+                                     includes, True, check)
+
+  # Store DEPTH for later use in generators.
+  build_file_data['_DEPTH'] = depth
+
+  # Set up the included_files key indicating which .gyp files contributed to
+  # this target dict.
+  if 'included_files' in build_file_data:
+    raise GypError(build_file_path + ' must not contain included_files key')
+
+  included = GetIncludedBuildFiles(build_file_path, aux_data)
+  build_file_data['included_files'] = []
+  for included_file in included:
+    # included_file is relative to the current directory, but it needs to
+    # be made relative to build_file_path's directory.
+    included_relative = \
+        gyp.common.RelativePath(included_file,
+                                os.path.dirname(build_file_path))
+    build_file_data['included_files'].append(included_relative)
+
+  # Do a first round of toolsets expansion so that conditions can be defined
+  # per toolset.
+  ProcessToolsetsInDict(build_file_data)
+
+  # Apply "pre"/"early" variable expansions and condition evaluations.
+  ProcessVariablesAndConditionsInDict(
+      build_file_data, PHASE_EARLY, variables, build_file_path)
+
+  # Since some toolsets might have been defined conditionally, perform
+  # a second round of toolsets expansion now.
+  ProcessToolsetsInDict(build_file_data)
+
+  # Look at each project's target_defaults dict, and merge settings into
+  # targets.
+  if 'target_defaults' in build_file_data:
+    if 'targets' not in build_file_data:
+      raise GypError("Unable to find targets in build file %s" %
+                     build_file_path)
+
+    index = 0
+    while index < len(build_file_data['targets']):
+      # This procedure needs to give the impression that target_defaults is
+      # used as defaults, and the individual targets inherit from that.
+      # The individual targets need to be merged into the defaults.  Make
+      # a deep copy of the defaults for each target, merge the target dict
+      # as found in the input file into that copy, and then hook up the
+      # copy with the target-specific data merged into it as the replacement
+      # target dict.
+      old_target_dict = build_file_data['targets'][index]
+      new_target_dict = gyp.simple_copy.deepcopy(
+        build_file_data['target_defaults'])
+      MergeDicts(new_target_dict, old_target_dict,
+                 build_file_path, build_file_path)
+      build_file_data['targets'][index] = new_target_dict
+      index += 1
+
+    # No longer needed.
+    del build_file_data['target_defaults']
+
+  # Look for dependencies.  This means that dependency resolution occurs
+  # after "pre" conditionals and variable expansion, but before "post" -
+  # in other words, you can't put a "dependencies" section inside a "post"
+  # conditional within a target.
+
+  dependencies = []
+  if 'targets' in build_file_data:
+    for target_dict in build_file_data['targets']:
+      if 'dependencies' not in target_dict:
+        continue
+      for dependency in target_dict['dependencies']:
+        dependencies.append(
+            gyp.common.ResolveTarget(build_file_path, dependency, None)[0])
+
+  if load_dependencies:
+    for dependency in dependencies:
+      try:
+        LoadTargetBuildFile(dependency, data, aux_data, variables,
+                            includes, depth, check, load_dependencies)
+      except Exception as e:
+        gyp.common.ExceptionAppend(
+          e, 'while loading dependencies of %s' % build_file_path)
+        raise
+  else:
+    return (build_file_path, dependencies)
+
+def CallLoadTargetBuildFile(global_flags,
+                            build_file_path, variables,
+                            includes, depth, check,
+                            generator_input_info):
+  """Wrapper around LoadTargetBuildFile for parallel processing.
+
+     This wrapper is used when LoadTargetBuildFile is executed in
+     a worker process.
+  """
+
+  try:
+    signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, signal.SIG_IGN)
+
+    # Apply globals so that the worker process behaves the same.
+    for key, value in global_flags.items():
+      globals()[key] = value
+
+    SetGeneratorGlobals(generator_input_info)
+    result = LoadTargetBuildFile(build_file_path, per_process_data,
+                                 per_process_aux_data, variables,
+                                 includes, depth, check, False)
+    if not result:
+      return result
+
+    (build_file_path, dependencies) = result
+
+    # We can safely pop the build_file_data from per_process_data because it
+    # will never be referenced by this process again, so we don't need to keep
+    # it in the cache.
+    build_file_data = per_process_data.pop(build_file_path)
+
+    # This gets serialized and sent back to the main process via a pipe.
+    # It's handled in LoadTargetBuildFileCallback.
+    return (build_file_path,
+            build_file_data,
+            dependencies)
+  except GypError as e:
+    sys.stderr.write("gyp: %s\n" % e)
+    return None
+  except Exception as e:
+    print('Exception:', e, file=sys.stderr)
+    print(traceback.format_exc(), file=sys.stderr)
+    return None
+
+
+class ParallelProcessingError(Exception):
+  pass
+
+
+class ParallelState(object):
+  """Class to keep track of state when processing input files in parallel.
+
+  If build files are loaded in parallel, use this to keep track of
+  state during farming out and processing parallel jobs. It's stored
+  in a global so that the callback function can have access to it.
+  """
+
+  def __init__(self):
+    # The multiprocessing pool.
+    self.pool = None
+    # The condition variable used to protect this object and notify
+    # the main loop when there might be more data to process.
+    self.condition = None
+    # The "data" dict that was passed to LoadTargetBuildFileParallel
+    self.data = None
+    # The number of parallel calls outstanding; decremented when a response
+    # was received.
+    self.pending = 0
+    # The set of all build files that have been scheduled, so we don't
+    # schedule the same one twice.
+    self.scheduled = set()
+    # A list of dependency build file paths that haven't been scheduled yet.
+    self.dependencies = []
+    # Flag to indicate if there was an error in a child process.
+    self.error = False
+
+  def LoadTargetBuildFileCallback(self, result):
+    """Handle the results of running LoadTargetBuildFile in another process.
+    """
+    self.condition.acquire()
+    if not result:
+      self.error = True
+      self.condition.notify()
+      self.condition.release()
+      return
+    (build_file_path0, build_file_data0, dependencies0) = result
+    self.data[build_file_path0] = build_file_data0
+    self.data['target_build_files'].add(build_file_path0)
+    for new_dependency in dependencies0:
+      if new_dependency not in self.scheduled:
+        self.scheduled.add(new_dependency)
+        self.dependencies.append(new_dependency)
+    self.pending -= 1
+    self.condition.notify()
+    self.condition.release()
+
+
+def LoadTargetBuildFilesParallel(build_files, data, variables, includes, depth,
+                                 check, generator_input_info):
+  parallel_state = ParallelState()
+  parallel_state.condition = threading.Condition()
+  # Make copies of the build_files argument that we can modify while working.
+  parallel_state.dependencies = list(build_files)
+  parallel_state.scheduled = set(build_files)
+  parallel_state.pending = 0
+  parallel_state.data = data
+
+  try:
+    parallel_state.condition.acquire()
+    while parallel_state.dependencies or parallel_state.pending:
+      if parallel_state.error:
+        break
+      if not parallel_state.dependencies:
+        parallel_state.condition.wait()
+        continue
+
+      dependency = parallel_state.dependencies.pop()
+
+      parallel_state.pending += 1
+      global_flags = {
+        'path_sections': globals()['path_sections'],
+        'non_configuration_keys': globals()['non_configuration_keys'],
+        'multiple_toolsets': globals()['multiple_toolsets']}
+
+      if not parallel_state.pool:
+        parallel_state.pool = multiprocessing.Pool(multiprocessing.cpu_count())
+      parallel_state.pool.apply_async(
+          CallLoadTargetBuildFile,
+          args = (global_flags, dependency,
+                  variables, includes, depth, check, generator_input_info),
+          callback = parallel_state.LoadTargetBuildFileCallback)
+  except KeyboardInterrupt as e:
+    parallel_state.pool.terminate()
+    raise e
+
+  parallel_state.condition.release()
+
+  parallel_state.pool.close()
+  parallel_state.pool.join()
+  parallel_state.pool = None
+
+  if parallel_state.error:
+    sys.exit(1)
+
+# Look for the bracket that matches the first bracket seen in a
+# string, and return the start and end as a tuple.  For example, if
+# the input is something like "<(foo <(bar)) blah", then it would
+# return (1, 13), indicating the entire string except for the leading
+# "<" and trailing " blah".
+LBRACKETS= set('{[(')
+BRACKETS = {'}': '{', ']': '[', ')': '('}
+def FindEnclosingBracketGroup(input_str):
+  stack = []
+  start = -1
+  for index, char in enumerate(input_str):
+    if char in LBRACKETS:
+      stack.append(char)
+      if start == -1:
+        start = index
+    elif char in BRACKETS:
+      if not stack:
+        return (-1, -1)
+      if stack.pop() != BRACKETS[char]:
+        return (-1, -1)
+      if not stack:
+        return (start, index + 1)
+  return (-1, -1)
+
+
+def IsStrCanonicalInt(string):
+  """Returns True if |string| is in its canonical integer form.
+
+  The canonical form is such that str(int(string)) == string.
+  """
+  if type(string) is str:
+    # This function is called a lot so for maximum performance, avoid
+    # involving regexps which would otherwise make the code much
+    # shorter. Regexps would need twice the time of this function.
+    if string:
+      if string == "0":
+        return True
+      if string[0] == "-":
+        string = string[1:]
+        if not string:
+          return False
+      if '1' <= string[0] <= '9':
+        return string.isdigit()
+
+  return False
+
+
+# This matches things like "<(asdf)", "<!(cmd)", "<!@(cmd)", "<|(list)",
+# "<!interpreter(arguments)", "<([list])", and even "<([)" and "<(<())".
+# In the last case, the inner "<()" is captured in match['content'].
+early_variable_re = re.compile(
+    r'(?P<replace>(?P<type><(?:(?:!?@?)|\|)?)'
+    r'(?P<command_string>[-a-zA-Z0-9_.]+)?'
+    r'\((?P<is_array>\s*\[?)'
+    r'(?P<content>.*?)(\]?)\))')
+
+# This matches the same as early_variable_re, but with '>' instead of '<'.
+late_variable_re = re.compile(
+    r'(?P<replace>(?P<type>>(?:(?:!?@?)|\|)?)'
+    r'(?P<command_string>[-a-zA-Z0-9_.]+)?'
+    r'\((?P<is_array>\s*\[?)'
+    r'(?P<content>.*?)(\]?)\))')
+
+# This matches the same as early_variable_re, but with '^' instead of '<'.
+latelate_variable_re = re.compile(
+    r'(?P<replace>(?P<type>[\^](?:(?:!?@?)|\|)?)'
+    r'(?P<command_string>[-a-zA-Z0-9_.]+)?'
+    r'\((?P<is_array>\s*\[?)'
+    r'(?P<content>.*?)(\]?)\))')
+
+# Global cache of results from running commands so they don't have to be run
+# more then once.
+cached_command_results = {}
+
+
+def FixupPlatformCommand(cmd):
+  if sys.platform == 'win32':
+    if type(cmd) is list:
+      cmd = [re.sub('^cat ', 'type ', cmd[0])] + cmd[1:]
+    else:
+      cmd = re.sub('^cat ', 'type ', cmd)
+  return cmd
+
+
+PHASE_EARLY = 0
+PHASE_LATE = 1
+PHASE_LATELATE = 2
+
+
+def ExpandVariables(input, phase, variables, build_file):
+  # Look for the pattern that gets expanded into variables
+  if phase == PHASE_EARLY:
+    variable_re = early_variable_re
+    expansion_symbol = '<'
+  elif phase == PHASE_LATE:
+    variable_re = late_variable_re
+    expansion_symbol = '>'
+  elif phase == PHASE_LATELATE:
+    variable_re = latelate_variable_re
+    expansion_symbol = '^'
+  else:
+    assert False
+
+  input_str = str(input)
+  if IsStrCanonicalInt(input_str):
+    return int(input_str)
+
+  # Do a quick scan to determine if an expensive regex search is warranted.
+  if expansion_symbol not in input_str:
+    return input_str
+
+  # Get the entire list of matches as a list of MatchObject instances.
+  # (using findall here would return strings instead of MatchObjects).
+  matches = list(variable_re.finditer(input_str))
+  if not matches:
+    return input_str
+
+  output = input_str
+  # Reverse the list of matches so that replacements are done right-to-left.
+  # That ensures that earlier replacements won't mess up the string in a
+  # way that causes later calls to find the earlier substituted text instead
+  # of what's intended for replacement.
+  matches.reverse()
+  for match_group in matches:
+    match = match_group.groupdict()
+    gyp.DebugOutput(gyp.DEBUG_VARIABLES, "Matches: %r", match)
+    # match['replace'] is the substring to look for, match['type']
+    # is the character code for the replacement type (< > <! >! <| >| <@
+    # >@ <!@ >!@), match['is_array'] contains a '[' for command
+    # arrays, and match['content'] is the name of the variable (< >)
+    # or command to run (<! >!). match['command_string'] is an optional
+    # command string. Currently, only 'pymod_do_main' is supported.
+
+    # run_command is true if a ! variant is used.
+    run_command = '!' in match['type']
+    command_string = match['command_string']
+
+    # file_list is true if a | variant is used.
+    file_list = '|' in match['type']
+
+    # Capture these now so we can adjust them later.
+    replace_start = match_group.start('replace')
+    replace_end = match_group.end('replace')
+
+    # Find the ending paren, and re-evaluate the contained string.
+    (c_start, c_end) = FindEnclosingBracketGroup(input_str[replace_start:])
+
+    # Adjust the replacement range to match the entire command
+    # found by FindEnclosingBracketGroup (since the variable_re
+    # probably doesn't match the entire command if it contained
+    # nested variables).
+    replace_end = replace_start + c_end
+
+    # Find the "real" replacement, matching the appropriate closing
+    # paren, and adjust the replacement start and end.
+    replacement = input_str[replace_start:replace_end]
+
+    # Figure out what the contents of the variable parens are.
+    contents_start = replace_start + c_start + 1
+    contents_end = replace_end - 1
+    contents = input_str[contents_start:contents_end]
+
+    # Do filter substitution now for <|().
+    # Admittedly, this is different than the evaluation order in other
+    # contexts. However, since filtration has no chance to run on <|(),
+    # this seems like the only obvious way to give them access to filters.
+    if file_list:
+      processed_variables = gyp.simple_copy.deepcopy(variables)
+      ProcessListFiltersInDict(contents, processed_variables)
+      # Recurse to expand variables in the contents
+      contents = ExpandVariables(contents, phase,
+                                 processed_variables, build_file)
+    else:
+      # Recurse to expand variables in the contents
+      contents = ExpandVariables(contents, phase, variables, build_file)
+
+    # Strip off leading/trailing whitespace so that variable matches are
+    # simpler below (and because they are rarely needed).
+    contents = contents.strip()
+
+    # expand_to_list is true if an @ variant is used.  In that case,
+    # the expansion should result in a list.  Note that the caller
+    # is to be expecting a list in return, and not all callers do
+    # because not all are working in list context.  Also, for list
+    # expansions, there can be no other text besides the variable
+    # expansion in the input string.
+    expand_to_list = '@' in match['type'] and input_str == replacement
+
+    if run_command or file_list:
+      # Find the build file's directory, so commands can be run or file lists
+      # generated relative to it.
+      build_file_dir = os.path.dirname(build_file)
+      if build_file_dir == '' and not file_list:
+        # If build_file is just a leaf filename indicating a file in the
+        # current directory, build_file_dir might be an empty string.  Set
+        # it to None to signal to subprocess.Popen that it should run the
+        # command in the current directory.
+        build_file_dir = None
+
+    # Support <|(listfile.txt ...) which generates a file
+    # containing items from a gyp list, generated at gyp time.
+    # This works around actions/rules which have more inputs than will
+    # fit on the command line.
+    if file_list:
+      if type(contents) is list:
+        contents_list = contents
+      else:
+        contents_list = contents.split(' ')
+      replacement = contents_list[0]
+      if os.path.isabs(replacement):
+        raise GypError('| cannot handle absolute paths, got "%s"' % replacement)
+
+      if not generator_filelist_paths:
+        path = os.path.join(build_file_dir, replacement)
+      else:
+        if os.path.isabs(build_file_dir):
+          toplevel = generator_filelist_paths['toplevel']
+          rel_build_file_dir = gyp.common.RelativePath(build_file_dir, toplevel)
+        else:
+          rel_build_file_dir = build_file_dir
+        qualified_out_dir = generator_filelist_paths['qualified_out_dir']
+        path = os.path.join(qualified_out_dir, rel_build_file_dir, replacement)
+        gyp.common.EnsureDirExists(path)
+
+      replacement = gyp.common.RelativePath(path, build_file_dir)
+      f = gyp.common.WriteOnDiff(path)
+      for i in contents_list[1:]:
+        f.write('%s\n' % i)
+      f.close()
+
+    elif run_command:
+      use_shell = True
+      if match['is_array']:
+        contents = eval(contents)
+        use_shell = False
+
+      # Check for a cached value to avoid executing commands, or generating
+      # file lists more than once. The cache key contains the command to be
+      # run as well as the directory to run it from, to account for commands
+      # that depend on their current directory.
+      # TODO(http://code.google.com/p/gyp/issues/detail?id=111): In theory,
+      # someone could author a set of GYP files where each time the command
+      # is invoked it produces different output by design. When the need
+      # arises, the syntax should be extended to support no caching off a
+      # command's output so it is run every time.
+      cache_key = (str(contents), build_file_dir)
+      cached_value = cached_command_results.get(cache_key, None)
+      if cached_value is None:
+        gyp.DebugOutput(gyp.DEBUG_VARIABLES,
+                        "Executing command '%s' in directory '%s'",
+                        contents, build_file_dir)
+
+        replacement = ''
+
+        if command_string == 'pymod_do_main':
+          # <!pymod_do_main(modulename param eters) loads |modulename| as a
+          # python module and then calls that module's DoMain() function,
+          # passing ["param", "eters"] as a single list argument. For modules
+          # that don't load quickly, this can be faster than
+          # <!(python modulename param eters). Do this in |build_file_dir|.
+          oldwd = os.getcwd()  # Python doesn't like os.open('.'): no fchdir.
+          if build_file_dir:  # build_file_dir may be None (see above).
+            os.chdir(build_file_dir)
+          try:
+
+            parsed_contents = shlex.split(contents)
+            try:
+              py_module = __import__(parsed_contents[0])
+            except ImportError as e:
+              raise GypError("Error importing pymod_do_main"
+                             "module (%s): %s" % (parsed_contents[0], e))
+            replacement = str(py_module.DoMain(parsed_contents[1:])).rstrip()
+          finally:
+            os.chdir(oldwd)
+          assert replacement != None
+        elif command_string:
+          raise GypError("Unknown command string '%s' in '%s'." %
+                         (command_string, contents))
+        else:
+          # Fix up command with platform specific workarounds.
+          contents = FixupPlatformCommand(contents)
+          try:
+            p = subprocess.Popen(contents, shell=use_shell,
+                                 stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
+                                 stderr=subprocess.PIPE,
+                                 stdin=subprocess.PIPE,
+                                 cwd=build_file_dir)
+          except Exception as e:
+            raise GypError("%s while executing command '%s' in %s" %
+                           (e, contents, build_file))
+
+          p_stdout, p_stderr = p.communicate('')
+          if PY3:
+            p_stdout = p_stdout.decode('utf-8')
+            p_stderr = p_stderr.decode('utf-8')
+
+          if p.wait() != 0 or p_stderr:
+            sys.stderr.write(p_stderr)
+            # Simulate check_call behavior, since check_call only exists
+            # in python 2.5 and later.
+            raise GypError("Call to '%s' returned exit status %d while in %s." %
+                           (contents, p.returncode, build_file))
+          replacement = p_stdout.rstrip()
+
+        cached_command_results[cache_key] = replacement
+      else:
+        gyp.DebugOutput(gyp.DEBUG_VARIABLES,
+                        "Had cache value for command '%s' in directory '%s'",
+                        contents,build_file_dir)
+        replacement = cached_value
+
+    else:
+      if not contents in variables:
+        if contents[-1] in ['!', '/']:
+          # In order to allow cross-compiles (nacl) to happen more naturally,
+          # we will allow references to >(sources/) etc. to resolve to
+          # and empty list if undefined. This allows actions to:
+          # 'action!': [
+          #   '>@(_sources!)',
+          # ],
+          # 'action/': [
+          #   '>@(_sources/)',
+          # ],
+          replacement = []
+        else:
+          raise GypError('Undefined variable ' + contents +
+                         ' in ' + build_file)
+      else:
+        replacement = variables[contents]
+
+    if isinstance(replacement, bytes) and not isinstance(replacement, str):
+          replacement = replacement.decode("utf-8")  # done on Python 3 only
+    if type(replacement) is list:
+      for item in replacement:
+        if isinstance(item, bytes) and not isinstance(item, str):
+          item = item.decode("utf-8")  # done on Python 3 only
+        if not contents[-1] == '/' and type(item) not in (str, int):
+          raise GypError('Variable ' + contents +
+                         ' must expand to a string or list of strings; ' +
+                         'list contains a ' +
+                         item.__class__.__name__)
+      # Run through the list and handle variable expansions in it.  Since
+      # the list is guaranteed not to contain dicts, this won't do anything
+      # with conditions sections.
+      ProcessVariablesAndConditionsInList(replacement, phase, variables,
+                                          build_file)
+    elif type(replacement) not in (str, int):
+          raise GypError('Variable ' + contents +
+                         ' must expand to a string or list of strings; ' +
+                         'found a ' + replacement.__class__.__name__)
+
+    if expand_to_list:
+      # Expanding in list context.  It's guaranteed that there's only one
+      # replacement to do in |input_str| and that it's this replacement.  See
+      # above.
+      if type(replacement) is list:
+        # If it's already a list, make a copy.
+        output = replacement[:]
+      else:
+        # Split it the same way sh would split arguments.
+        output = shlex.split(str(replacement))
+    else:
+      # Expanding in string context.
+      encoded_replacement = ''
+      if type(replacement) is list:
+        # When expanding a list into string context, turn the list items
+        # into a string in a way that will work with a subprocess call.
+        #
+        # TODO(mark): This isn't completely correct.  This should
+        # call a generator-provided function that observes the
+        # proper list-to-argument quoting rules on a specific
+        # platform instead of just calling the POSIX encoding
+        # routine.
+        encoded_replacement = gyp.common.EncodePOSIXShellList(replacement)
+      else:
+        encoded_replacement = replacement
+
+      output = output[:replace_start] + str(encoded_replacement) + \
+               output[replace_end:]
+    # Prepare for the next match iteration.
+    input_str = output
+
+  if output == input:
+    gyp.DebugOutput(gyp.DEBUG_VARIABLES,
+                    "Found only identity matches on %r, avoiding infinite "
+                    "recursion.",
+                    output)
+  else:
+    # Look for more matches now that we've replaced some, to deal with
+    # expanding local variables (variables defined in the same
+    # variables block as this one).
+    gyp.DebugOutput(gyp.DEBUG_VARIABLES, "Found output %r, recursing.", output)
+    if type(output) is list:
+      if output and type(output[0]) is list:
+        # Leave output alone if it's a list of lists.
+        # We don't want such lists to be stringified.
+        pass
+      else:
+        new_output = []
+        for item in output:
+          new_output.append(
+              ExpandVariables(item, phase, variables, build_file))
+        output = new_output
+    else:
+      output = ExpandVariables(output, phase, variables, build_file)
+
+  # Convert all strings that are canonically-represented integers into integers.
+  if type(output) is list:
+    for index in range(0, len(output)):
+      if IsStrCanonicalInt(output[index]):
+        output[index] = int(output[index])
+  elif IsStrCanonicalInt(output):
+    output = int(output)
+
+  return output
+
+# The same condition is often evaluated over and over again so it
+# makes sense to cache as much as possible between evaluations.
+cached_conditions_asts = {}
+
+def EvalCondition(condition, conditions_key, phase, variables, build_file):
+  """Returns the dict that should be used or None if the result was
+  that nothing should be used."""
+  if type(condition) is not list:
+    raise GypError(conditions_key + ' must be a list')
+  if len(condition) < 2:
+    # It's possible that condition[0] won't work in which case this
+    # attempt will raise its own IndexError.  That's probably fine.
+    raise GypError(conditions_key + ' ' + condition[0] +
+                   ' must be at least length 2, not ' + str(len(condition)))
+
+  i = 0
+  result = None
+  while i < len(condition):
+    cond_expr = condition[i]
+    true_dict = condition[i + 1]
+    if type(true_dict) is not dict:
+      raise GypError('{} {} must be followed by a dictionary, not {}'.format(
+        conditions_key, cond_expr, type(true_dict)))
+    if len(condition) > i + 2 and type(condition[i + 2]) is dict:
+      false_dict = condition[i + 2]
+      i = i + 3
+      if i != len(condition):
+        raise GypError('{} {} has {} unexpected trailing items'.format(
+          conditions_key, cond_expr, len(condition) - i))
+    else:
+      false_dict = None
+      i = i + 2
+    if result is None:
+      result = EvalSingleCondition(
+          cond_expr, true_dict, false_dict, phase, variables, build_file)
+
+  return result
+
+
+def EvalSingleCondition(
+    cond_expr, true_dict, false_dict, phase, variables, build_file):
+  """Returns true_dict if cond_expr evaluates to true, and false_dict
+  otherwise."""
+  # Do expansions on the condition itself.  Since the condition can naturally
+  # contain variable references without needing to resort to GYP expansion
+  # syntax, this is of dubious value for variables, but someone might want to
+  # use a command expansion directly inside a condition.
+  cond_expr_expanded = ExpandVariables(cond_expr, phase, variables,
+                                       build_file)
+  if type(cond_expr_expanded) not in (str, int):
+    raise ValueError(
+          'Variable expansion in this context permits str and int ' + \
+            'only, found ' + cond_expr_expanded.__class__.__name__)
+
+  try:
+    if cond_expr_expanded in cached_conditions_asts:
+      ast_code = cached_conditions_asts[cond_expr_expanded]
+    else:
+      ast_code = compile(cond_expr_expanded, '<string>', 'eval')
+      cached_conditions_asts[cond_expr_expanded] = ast_code
+    if eval(ast_code, {'__builtins__': {}}, variables):
+      return true_dict
+    return false_dict
+  except SyntaxError as e:
+    syntax_error = SyntaxError('%s while evaluating condition \'%s\' in %s '
+                               'at character %d.' %
+                               (str(e.args[0]), e.text, build_file, e.offset),
+                               e.filename, e.lineno, e.offset, e.text)
+    raise syntax_error
+  except NameError as e:
+    gyp.common.ExceptionAppend(e, 'while evaluating condition \'%s\' in %s' %
+                               (cond_expr_expanded, build_file))
+    raise GypError(e)
+
+
+def ProcessConditionsInDict(the_dict, phase, variables, build_file):
+  # Process a 'conditions' or 'target_conditions' section in the_dict,
+  # depending on phase.
+  # early -> conditions
+  # late -> target_conditions
+  # latelate -> no conditions
+  #
+  # Each item in a conditions list consists of cond_expr, a string expression
+  # evaluated as the condition, and true_dict, a dict that will be merged into
+  # the_dict if cond_expr evaluates to true.  Optionally, a third item,
+  # false_dict, may be present.  false_dict is merged into the_dict if
+  # cond_expr evaluates to false.
+  #
+  # Any dict merged into the_dict will be recursively processed for nested
+  # conditionals and other expansions, also according to phase, immediately
+  # prior to being merged.
+
+  if phase == PHASE_EARLY:
+    conditions_key = 'conditions'
+  elif phase == PHASE_LATE:
+    conditions_key = 'target_conditions'
+  elif phase == PHASE_LATELATE:
+    return
+  else:
+    assert False
+
+  if not conditions_key in the_dict:
+    return
+
+  conditions_list = the_dict[conditions_key]
+  # Unhook the conditions list, it's no longer needed.
+  del the_dict[conditions_key]
+
+  for condition in conditions_list:
+    merge_dict = EvalCondition(condition, conditions_key, phase, variables,
+                               build_file)
+
+    if merge_dict != None:
+      # Expand variables and nested conditinals in the merge_dict before
+      # merging it.
+      ProcessVariablesAndConditionsInDict(merge_dict, phase,
+                                          variables, build_file)
+
+      MergeDicts(the_dict, merge_dict, build_file, build_file)
+
+
+def LoadAutomaticVariablesFromDict(variables, the_dict):
+  # Any keys with plain string values in the_dict become automatic variables.
+  # The variable name is the key name with a "_" character prepended.
+  for key, value in the_dict.items():
+    if type(value) in (str, int, list):
+      variables['_' + key] = value
+
+
+def LoadVariablesFromVariablesDict(variables, the_dict, the_dict_key):
+  # Any keys in the_dict's "variables" dict, if it has one, becomes a
+  # variable.  The variable name is the key name in the "variables" dict.
+  # Variables that end with the % character are set only if they are unset in
+  # the variables dict.  the_dict_key is the name of the key that accesses
+  # the_dict in the_dict's parent dict.  If the_dict's parent is not a dict
+  # (it could be a list or it could be parentless because it is a root dict),
+  # the_dict_key will be None.
+  for key, value in the_dict.get('variables', {}).items():
+    if type(value) not in (str, int, list):
+      continue
+
+    if key.endswith('%'):
+      variable_name = key[:-1]
+      if variable_name in variables:
+        # If the variable is already set, don't set it.
+        continue
+      if the_dict_key == 'variables' and variable_name in the_dict:
+        # If the variable is set without a % in the_dict, and the_dict is a
+        # variables dict (making |variables| a variables sub-dict of a
+        # variables dict), use the_dict's definition.
+        value = the_dict[variable_name]
+    else:
+      variable_name = key
+
+    variables[variable_name] = value
+
+
+def ProcessVariablesAndConditionsInDict(the_dict, phase, variables_in,
+                                        build_file, the_dict_key=None):
+  """Handle all variable and command expansion and conditional evaluation.
+
+  This function is the public entry point for all variable expansions and
+  conditional evaluations.  The variables_in dictionary will not be modified
+  by this function.
+  """
+
+  # Make a copy of the variables_in dict that can be modified during the
+  # loading of automatics and the loading of the variables dict.
+  variables = variables_in.copy()
+  LoadAutomaticVariablesFromDict(variables, the_dict)
+
+  if 'variables' in the_dict:
+    # Make sure all the local variables are added to the variables
+    # list before we process them so that you can reference one
+    # variable from another.  They will be fully expanded by recursion
+    # in ExpandVariables.
+    for key, value in the_dict['variables'].items():
+      variables[key] = value
+
+    # Handle the associated variables dict first, so that any variable
+    # references within can be resolved prior to using them as variables.
+    # Pass a copy of the variables dict to avoid having it be tainted.
+    # Otherwise, it would have extra automatics added for everything that
+    # should just be an ordinary variable in this scope.
+    ProcessVariablesAndConditionsInDict(the_dict['variables'], phase,
+                                        variables, build_file, 'variables')
+
+  LoadVariablesFromVariablesDict(variables, the_dict, the_dict_key)
+
+  for key, value in the_dict.items():
+    # Skip "variables", which was already processed if present.
+    if key != 'variables' and type(value) is str:
+      expanded = ExpandVariables(value, phase, variables, build_file)
+      if type(expanded) not in (str, int):
+        raise ValueError(
+              'Variable expansion in this context permits str and int ' + \
+              'only, found ' + expanded.__class__.__name__ + ' for ' + key)
+      the_dict[key] = expanded
+
+  # Variable expansion may have resulted in changes to automatics.  Reload.
+  # TODO(mark): Optimization: only reload if no changes were made.
+  variables = variables_in.copy()
+  LoadAutomaticVariablesFromDict(variables, the_dict)
+  LoadVariablesFromVariablesDict(variables, the_dict, the_dict_key)
+
+  # Process conditions in this dict.  This is done after variable expansion
+  # so that conditions may take advantage of expanded variables.  For example,
+  # if the_dict contains:
+  #   {'type':       '<(library_type)',
+  #    'conditions': [['_type=="static_library"', { ... }]]},
+  # _type, as used in the condition, will only be set to the value of
+  # library_type if variable expansion is performed before condition
+  # processing.  However, condition processing should occur prior to recursion
+  # so that variables (both automatic and "variables" dict type) may be
+  # adjusted by conditions sections, merged into the_dict, and have the
+  # intended impact on contained dicts.
+  #
+  # This arrangement means that a "conditions" section containing a "variables"
+  # section will only have those variables effective in subdicts, not in
+  # the_dict.  The workaround is to put a "conditions" section within a
+  # "variables" section.  For example:
+  #   {'conditions': [['os=="mac"', {'variables': {'define': 'IS_MAC'}}]],
+  #    'defines':    ['<(define)'],
+  #    'my_subdict': {'defines': ['<(define)']}},
+  # will not result in "IS_MAC" being appended to the "defines" list in the
+  # current scope but would result in it being appended to the "defines" list
+  # within "my_subdict".  By comparison:
+  #   {'variables': {'conditions': [['os=="mac"', {'define': 'IS_MAC'}]]},
+  #    'defines':    ['<(define)'],
+  #    'my_subdict': {'defines': ['<(define)']}},
+  # will append "IS_MAC" to both "defines" lists.
+
+  # Evaluate conditions sections, allowing variable expansions within them
+  # as well as nested conditionals.  This will process a 'conditions' or
+  # 'target_conditions' section, perform appropriate merging and recursive
+  # conditional and variable processing, and then remove the conditions section
+  # from the_dict if it is present.
+  ProcessConditionsInDict(the_dict, phase, variables, build_file)
+
+  # Conditional processing may have resulted in changes to automatics or the
+  # variables dict.  Reload.
+  variables = variables_in.copy()
+  LoadAutomaticVariablesFromDict(variables, the_dict)
+  LoadVariablesFromVariablesDict(variables, the_dict, the_dict_key)
+
+  # Recurse into child dicts, or process child lists which may result in
+  # further recursion into descendant dicts.
+  for key, value in the_dict.items():
+    # Skip "variables" and string values, which were already processed if
+    # present.
+    if key == 'variables' or type(value) is str:
+      continue
+    if type(value) is dict:
+      # Pass a copy of the variables dict so that subdicts can't influence
+      # parents.
+      ProcessVariablesAndConditionsInDict(value, phase, variables,
+                                          build_file, key)
+    elif type(value) is list:
+      # The list itself can't influence the variables dict, and
+      # ProcessVariablesAndConditionsInList will make copies of the variables
+      # dict if it needs to pass it to something that can influence it.  No
+      # copy is necessary here.
+      ProcessVariablesAndConditionsInList(value, phase, variables,
+                                          build_file)
+    elif type(value) is not int:
+      raise TypeError('Unknown type ' + value.__class__.__name__ + \
+                      ' for ' + key)
+
+
+def ProcessVariablesAndConditionsInList(the_list, phase, variables,
+                                        build_file):
+  # Iterate using an index so that new values can be assigned into the_list.
+  index = 0
+  while index < len(the_list):
+    item = the_list[index]
+    if type(item) is dict:
+      # Make a copy of the variables dict so that it won't influence anything
+      # outside of its own scope.
+      ProcessVariablesAndConditionsInDict(item, phase, variables, build_file)
+    elif type(item) is list:
+      ProcessVariablesAndConditionsInList(item, phase, variables, build_file)
+    elif type(item) is str:
+      expanded = ExpandVariables(item, phase, variables, build_file)
+      if type(expanded) in (str, int):
+        the_list[index] = expanded
+      elif type(expanded) is list:
+        the_list[index:index+1] = expanded
+        index += len(expanded)
+
+        # index now identifies the next item to examine.  Continue right now
+        # without falling into the index increment below.
+        continue
+      else:
+        raise ValueError(
+              'Variable expansion in this context permits strings and ' + \
+              'lists only, found ' + expanded.__class__.__name__ + ' at ' + \
+              index)
+    elif type(item) is not int:
+      raise TypeError('Unknown type ' + item.__class__.__name__ + \
+                      ' at index ' + index)
+    index = index + 1
+
+
+def BuildTargetsDict(data):
+  """Builds a dict mapping fully-qualified target names to their target dicts.
+
+  |data| is a dict mapping loaded build files by pathname relative to the
+  current directory.  Values in |data| are build file contents.  For each
+  |data| value with a "targets" key, the value of the "targets" key is taken
+  as a list containing target dicts.  Each target's fully-qualified name is
+  constructed from the pathname of the build file (|data| key) and its
+  "target_name" property.  These fully-qualified names are used as the keys
+  in the returned dict.  These keys provide access to the target dicts,
+  the dicts in the "targets" lists.
+  """
+
+  targets = {}
+  for build_file in data['target_build_files']:
+    for target in data[build_file].get('targets', []):
+      target_name = gyp.common.QualifiedTarget(build_file,
+                                               target['target_name'],
+                                               target['toolset'])
+      if target_name in targets:
+        raise GypError('Duplicate target definitions for ' + target_name)
+      targets[target_name] = target
+
+  return targets
+
+
+def QualifyDependencies(targets):
+  """Make dependency links fully-qualified relative to the current directory.
+
+  |targets| is a dict mapping fully-qualified target names to their target
+  dicts.  For each target in this dict, keys known to contain dependency
+  links are examined, and any dependencies referenced will be rewritten
+  so that they are fully-qualified and relative to the current directory.
+  All rewritten dependencies are suitable for use as keys to |targets| or a
+  similar dict.
+  """
+
+  all_dependency_sections = [dep + op
+                             for dep in dependency_sections
+                             for op in ('', '!', '/')]
+
+  for target, target_dict in targets.items():
+    target_build_file = gyp.common.BuildFile(target)
+    toolset = target_dict['toolset']
+    for dependency_key in all_dependency_sections:
+      dependencies = target_dict.get(dependency_key, [])
+      for index in range(0, len(dependencies)):
+        dep_file, dep_target, dep_toolset = gyp.common.ResolveTarget(
+            target_build_file, dependencies[index], toolset)
+        if not multiple_toolsets:
+          # Ignore toolset specification in the dependency if it is specified.
+          dep_toolset = toolset
+        dependency = gyp.common.QualifiedTarget(dep_file,
+                                                dep_target,
+                                                dep_toolset)
+        dependencies[index] = dependency
+
+        # Make sure anything appearing in a list other than "dependencies" also
+        # appears in the "dependencies" list.
+        if dependency_key != 'dependencies' and \
+           dependency not in target_dict['dependencies']:
+          raise GypError('Found ' + dependency + ' in ' + dependency_key +
+                         ' of ' + target + ', but not in dependencies')
+
+
+def ExpandWildcardDependencies(targets, data):
+  """Expands dependencies specified as build_file:*.
+
+  For each target in |targets|, examines sections containing links to other
+  targets.  If any such section contains a link of the form build_file:*, it
+  is taken as a wildcard link, and is expanded to list each target in
+  build_file.  The |data| dict provides access to build file dicts.
+
+  Any target that does not wish to be included by wildcard can provide an
+  optional "suppress_wildcard" key in its target dict.  When present and
+  true, a wildcard dependency link will not include such targets.
+
+  All dependency names, including the keys to |targets| and the values in each
+  dependency list, must be qualified when this function is called.
+  """
+
+  for target, target_dict in targets.items():
+    toolset = target_dict['toolset']
+    target_build_file = gyp.common.BuildFile(target)
+    for dependency_key in dependency_sections:
+      dependencies = target_dict.get(dependency_key, [])
+
+      # Loop this way instead of "for dependency in" or "for index in range"
+      # because the dependencies list will be modified within the loop body.
+      index = 0
+      while index < len(dependencies):
+        (dependency_build_file, dependency_target, dependency_toolset) = \
+            gyp.common.ParseQualifiedTarget(dependencies[index])
+        if dependency_target != '*' and dependency_toolset != '*':
+          # Not a wildcard.  Keep it moving.
+          index = index + 1
+          continue
+
+        if dependency_build_file == target_build_file:
+          # It's an error for a target to depend on all other targets in
+          # the same file, because a target cannot depend on itself.
+          raise GypError('Found wildcard in ' + dependency_key + ' of ' +
+                         target + ' referring to same build file')
+
+        # Take the wildcard out and adjust the index so that the next
+        # dependency in the list will be processed the next time through the
+        # loop.
+        del dependencies[index]
+        index = index - 1
+
+        # Loop through the targets in the other build file, adding them to
+        # this target's list of dependencies in place of the removed
+        # wildcard.
+        dependency_target_dicts = data[dependency_build_file]['targets']
+        for dependency_target_dict in dependency_target_dicts:
+          if int(dependency_target_dict.get('suppress_wildcard', False)):
+            continue
+          dependency_target_name = dependency_target_dict['target_name']
+          if (dependency_target != '*' and
+              dependency_target != dependency_target_name):
+            continue
+          dependency_target_toolset = dependency_target_dict['toolset']
+          if (dependency_toolset != '*' and
+              dependency_toolset != dependency_target_toolset):
+            continue
+          dependency = gyp.common.QualifiedTarget(dependency_build_file,
+                                                  dependency_target_name,
+                                                  dependency_target_toolset)
+          index = index + 1
+          dependencies.insert(index, dependency)
+
+        index = index + 1
+
+
+def Unify(l):
+  """Removes duplicate elements from l, keeping the first element."""
+  seen = {}
+  return [seen.setdefault(e, e) for e in l if e not in seen]
+
+
+def RemoveDuplicateDependencies(targets):
+  """Makes sure every dependency appears only once in all targets's dependency
+  lists."""
+  for target_name, target_dict in targets.items():
+    for dependency_key in dependency_sections:
+      dependencies = target_dict.get(dependency_key, [])
+      if dependencies:
+        target_dict[dependency_key] = Unify(dependencies)
+
+
+def Filter(l, item):
+  """Removes item from l."""
+  res = {}
+  return [res.setdefault(e, e) for e in l if e != item]
+
+
+def RemoveSelfDependencies(targets):
+  """Remove self dependencies from targets that have the prune_self_dependency
+  variable set."""
+  for target_name, target_dict in targets.items():
+    for dependency_key in dependency_sections:
+      dependencies = target_dict.get(dependency_key, [])
+      if dependencies:
+        for t in dependencies:
+          if t == target_name:
+            if targets[t].get('variables', {}).get('prune_self_dependency', 0):
+              target_dict[dependency_key] = Filter(dependencies, target_name)
+
+
+def RemoveLinkDependenciesFromNoneTargets(targets):
+  """Remove dependencies having the 'link_dependency' attribute from the 'none'
+  targets."""
+  for target_name, target_dict in targets.items():
+    for dependency_key in dependency_sections:
+      dependencies = target_dict.get(dependency_key, [])
+      if dependencies:
+        for t in dependencies:
+          if target_dict.get('type', None) == 'none':
+            if targets[t].get('variables', {}).get('link_dependency', 0):
+              target_dict[dependency_key] = \
+                  Filter(target_dict[dependency_key], t)
+
+
+class DependencyGraphNode(object):
+  """
+
+  Attributes:
+    ref: A reference to an object that this DependencyGraphNode represents.
+    dependencies: List of DependencyGraphNodes on which this one depends.
+    dependents: List of DependencyGraphNodes that depend on this one.
+  """
+
+  class CircularException(GypError):
+    pass
+
+  def __init__(self, ref):
+    self.ref = ref
+    self.dependencies = []
+    self.dependents = []
+
+  def __repr__(self):
+    return '<DependencyGraphNode: %r>' % self.ref
+
+  def FlattenToList(self):
+    # flat_list is the sorted list of dependencies - actually, the list items
+    # are the "ref" attributes of DependencyGraphNodes.  Every target will
+    # appear in flat_list after all of its dependencies, and before all of its
+    # dependents.
+    flat_list = OrderedSet()
+
+    # in_degree_zeros is the list of DependencyGraphNodes that have no
+    # dependencies not in flat_list.  Initially, it is a copy of the children
+    # of this node, because when the graph was built, nodes with no
+    # dependencies were made implicit dependents of the root node.
+    in_degree_zeros = set(self.dependents[:])
+
+    while in_degree_zeros:
+      # Nodes in in_degree_zeros have no dependencies not in flat_list, so they
+      # can be appended to flat_list.  Take these nodes out of in_degree_zeros
+      # as work progresses, so that the next node to process from the list can
+      # always be accessed at a consistent position.
+      node = in_degree_zeros.pop()
+      flat_list.add(node.ref)
+
+      # Look at dependents of the node just added to flat_list.  Some of them
+      # may now belong in in_degree_zeros.
+      for node_dependent in node.dependents:
+        is_in_degree_zero = True
+        # TODO: We want to check through the
+        # node_dependent.dependencies list but if it's long and we
+        # always start at the beginning, then we get O(n^2) behaviour.
+        for node_dependent_dependency in node_dependent.dependencies:
+          if not node_dependent_dependency.ref in flat_list:
+            # The dependent one or more dependencies not in flat_list.  There
+            # will be more chances to add it to flat_list when examining
+            # it again as a dependent of those other dependencies, provided
+            # that there are no cycles.
+            is_in_degree_zero = False
+            break
+
+        if is_in_degree_zero:
+          # All of the dependent's dependencies are already in flat_list.  Add
+          # it to in_degree_zeros where it will be processed in a future
+          # iteration of the outer loop.
+          in_degree_zeros.add(node_dependent)
+
+    return list(flat_list)
+
+  def FindCycles(self):
+    """
+    Returns a list of cycles in the graph, where each cycle is its own list.
+    """
+    results = []
+    visited = set()
+
+    def Visit(node, path):
+      for child in node.dependents:
+        if child in path:
+          results.append([child] + path[:path.index(child) + 1])
+        elif not child in visited:
+          visited.add(child)
+          Visit(child, [child] + path)
+
+    visited.add(self)
+    Visit(self, [self])
+
+    return results
+
+  def DirectDependencies(self, dependencies=None):
+    """Returns a list of just direct dependencies."""
+    if dependencies is None:
+      dependencies = []
+
+    for dependency in self.dependencies:
+      # Check for None, corresponding to the root node.
+      if dependency.ref != None and dependency.ref not in dependencies:
+        dependencies.append(dependency.ref)
+
+    return dependencies
+
+  def _AddImportedDependencies(self, targets, dependencies=None):
+    """Given a list of direct dependencies, adds indirect dependencies that
+    other dependencies have declared to export their settings.
+
+    This method does not operate on self.  Rather, it operates on the list
+    of dependencies in the |dependencies| argument.  For each dependency in
+    that list, if any declares that it exports the settings of one of its
+    own dependencies, those dependencies whose settings are "passed through"
+    are added to the list.  As new items are added to the list, they too will
+    be processed, so it is possible to import settings through multiple levels
+    of dependencies.
+
+    This method is not terribly useful on its own, it depends on being
+    "primed" with a list of direct dependencies such as one provided by
+    DirectDependencies.  DirectAndImportedDependencies is intended to be the
+    public entry point.
+    """
+
+    if dependencies is None:
+      dependencies = []
+
+    index = 0
+    while index < len(dependencies):
+      dependency = dependencies[index]
+      dependency_dict = targets[dependency]
+      # Add any dependencies whose settings should be imported to the list
+      # if not already present.  Newly-added items will be checked for
+      # their own imports when the list iteration reaches them.
+      # Rather than simply appending new items, insert them after the
+      # dependency that exported them.  This is done to more closely match
+      # the depth-first method used by DeepDependencies.
+      add_index = 1
+      for imported_dependency in \
+          dependency_dict.get('export_dependent_settings', []):
+        if imported_dependency not in dependencies:
+          dependencies.insert(index + add_index, imported_dependency)
+          add_index = add_index + 1
+      index = index + 1
+
+    return dependencies
+
+  def DirectAndImportedDependencies(self, targets, dependencies=None):
+    """Returns a list of a target's direct dependencies and all indirect
+    dependencies that a dependency has advertised settings should be exported
+    through the dependency for.
+    """
+
+    dependencies = self.DirectDependencies(dependencies)
+    return self._AddImportedDependencies(targets, dependencies)
+
+  def DeepDependencies(self, dependencies=None):
+    """Returns an OrderedSet of all of a target's dependencies, recursively."""
+    if dependencies is None:
+      # Using a list to get ordered output and a set to do fast "is it
+      # already added" checks.
+      dependencies = OrderedSet()
+
+    for dependency in self.dependencies:
+      # Check for None, corresponding to the root node.
+      if dependency.ref is None:
+        continue
+      if dependency.ref not in dependencies:
+        dependency.DeepDependencies(dependencies)
+        dependencies.add(dependency.ref)
+
+    return dependencies
+
+  def _LinkDependenciesInternal(self, targets, include_shared_libraries,
+                                dependencies=None, initial=True):
+    """Returns an OrderedSet of dependency targets that are linked
+    into this target.
+
+    This function has a split personality, depending on the setting of
+    |initial|.  Outside callers should always leave |initial| at its default
+    setting.
+
+    When adding a target to the list of dependencies, this function will
+    recurse into itself with |initial| set to False, to collect dependencies
+    that are linked into the linkable target for which the list is being built.
+
+    If |include_shared_libraries| is False, the resulting dependencies will not
+    include shared_library targets that are linked into this target.
+    """
+    if dependencies is None:
+      # Using a list to get ordered output and a set to do fast "is it
+      # already added" checks.
+      dependencies = OrderedSet()
+
+    # Check for None, corresponding to the root node.
+    if self.ref is None:
+      return dependencies
+
+    # It's kind of sucky that |targets| has to be passed into this function,
+    # but that's presently the easiest way to access the target dicts so that
+    # this function can find target types.
+
+    if 'target_name' not in targets[self.ref]:
+      raise GypError("Missing 'target_name' field in target.")
+
+    if 'type' not in targets[self.ref]:
+      raise GypError("Missing 'type' field in target %s" %
+                     targets[self.ref]['target_name'])
+
+    target_type = targets[self.ref]['type']
+
+    is_linkable = target_type in linkable_types
+
+    if initial and not is_linkable:
+      # If this is the first target being examined and it's not linkable,
+      # return an empty list of link dependencies, because the link
+      # dependencies are intended to apply to the target itself (initial is
+      # True) and this target won't be linked.
+      return dependencies
+
+    # Don't traverse 'none' targets if explicitly excluded.
+    if (target_type == 'none' and
+        not targets[self.ref].get('dependencies_traverse', True)):
+      dependencies.add(self.ref)
+      return dependencies
+
+    # Executables, mac kernel extensions and loadable modules are already fully
+    # and finally linked. Nothing else can be a link dependency of them, there
+    # can only be dependencies in the sense that a dependent target might run
+    # an executable or load the loadable_module.
+    if not initial and target_type in ('executable', 'loadable_module',
+                                       'mac_kernel_extension'):
+      return dependencies
+
+    # Shared libraries are already fully linked.  They should only be included
+    # in |dependencies| when adjusting static library dependencies (in order to
+    # link against the shared_library's import lib), but should not be included
+    # in |dependencies| when propagating link_settings.
+    # The |include_shared_libraries| flag controls which of these two cases we
+    # are handling.
+    if (not initial and target_type == 'shared_library' and
+        not include_shared_libraries):
+      return dependencies
+
+    # The target is linkable, add it to the list of link dependencies.
+    if self.ref not in dependencies:
+      dependencies.add(self.ref)
+      if initial or not is_linkable:
+        # If this is a subsequent target and it's linkable, don't look any
+        # further for linkable dependencies, as they'll already be linked into
+        # this target linkable.  Always look at dependencies of the initial
+        # target, and always look at dependencies of non-linkables.
+        for dependency in self.dependencies:
+          dependency._LinkDependenciesInternal(targets,
+                                               include_shared_libraries,
+                                               dependencies, False)
+
+    return dependencies
+
+  def DependenciesForLinkSettings(self, targets):
+    """
+    Returns a list of dependency targets whose link_settings should be merged
+    into this target.
+    """
+
+    # TODO(sbaig) Currently, chrome depends on the bug that shared libraries'
+    # link_settings are propagated.  So for now, we will allow it, unless the
+    # 'allow_sharedlib_linksettings_propagation' flag is explicitly set to
+    # False.  Once chrome is fixed, we can remove this flag.
+    include_shared_libraries = \
+        targets[self.ref].get('allow_sharedlib_linksettings_propagation', True)
+    return self._LinkDependenciesInternal(targets, include_shared_libraries)
+
+  def DependenciesToLinkAgainst(self, targets):
+    """
+    Returns a list of dependency targets that are linked into this target.
+    """
+    return self._LinkDependenciesInternal(targets, True)
+
+
+def BuildDependencyList(targets):
+  # Create a DependencyGraphNode for each target.  Put it into a dict for easy
+  # access.
+  dependency_nodes = {}
+  for target, spec in targets.items():
+    if target not in dependency_nodes:
+      dependency_nodes[target] = DependencyGraphNode(target)
+
+  # Set up the dependency links.  Targets that have no dependencies are treated
+  # as dependent on root_node.
+  root_node = DependencyGraphNode(None)
+  for target, spec in targets.items():
+    target_node = dependency_nodes[target]
+    target_build_file = gyp.common.BuildFile(target)
+    dependencies = spec.get('dependencies')
+    if not dependencies:
+      target_node.dependencies = [root_node]
+      root_node.dependents.append(target_node)
+    else:
+      for dependency in dependencies:
+        dependency_node = dependency_nodes.get(dependency)
+        if not dependency_node:
+          raise GypError("Dependency '%s' not found while "
+                         "trying to load target %s" % (dependency, target))
+        target_node.dependencies.append(dependency_node)
+        dependency_node.dependents.append(target_node)
+
+  flat_list = root_node.FlattenToList()
+
+  # If there's anything left unvisited, there must be a circular dependency
+  # (cycle).
+  if len(flat_list) != len(targets):
+    if not root_node.dependents:
+      # If all targets have dependencies, add the first target as a dependent
+      # of root_node so that the cycle can be discovered from root_node.
+      target = targets.keys()[0]
+      target_node = dependency_nodes[target]
+      target_node.dependencies.append(root_node)
+      root_node.dependents.append(target_node)
+
+    cycles = []
+    for cycle in root_node.FindCycles():
+      paths = [node.ref for node in cycle]
+      cycles.append('Cycle: %s' % ' -> '.join(paths))
+    raise DependencyGraphNode.CircularException(
+        'Cycles in dependency graph detected:\n' + '\n'.join(cycles))
+
+  return [dependency_nodes, flat_list]
+
+
+def VerifyNoGYPFileCircularDependencies(targets):
+  # Create a DependencyGraphNode for each gyp file containing a target.  Put
+  # it into a dict for easy access.
+  dependency_nodes = {}
+  for target in targets:
+    build_file = gyp.common.BuildFile(target)
+    if not build_file in dependency_nodes:
+      dependency_nodes[build_file] = DependencyGraphNode(build_file)
+
+  # Set up the dependency links.
+  for target, spec in targets.items():
+    build_file = gyp.common.BuildFile(target)
+    build_file_node = dependency_nodes[build_file]
+    target_dependencies = spec.get('dependencies', [])
+    for dependency in target_dependencies:
+      try:
+        dependency_build_file = gyp.common.BuildFile(dependency)
+      except GypError as e:
+        gyp.common.ExceptionAppend(
+            e, 'while computing dependencies of .gyp file %s' % build_file)
+        raise
+
+      if dependency_build_file == build_file:
+        # A .gyp file is allowed to refer back to itself.
+        continue
+      dependency_node = dependency_nodes.get(dependency_build_file)
+      if not dependency_node:
+        raise GypError("Dependency '%s' not found" % dependency_build_file)
+      if dependency_node not in build_file_node.dependencies:
+        build_file_node.dependencies.append(dependency_node)
+        dependency_node.dependents.append(build_file_node)
+
+
+  # Files that have no dependencies are treated as dependent on root_node.
+  root_node = DependencyGraphNode(None)
+  for build_file_node in dependency_nodes.values():
+    if len(build_file_node.dependencies) == 0:
+      build_file_node.dependencies.append(root_node)
+      root_node.dependents.append(build_file_node)
+
+  flat_list = root_node.FlattenToList()
+
+  # If there's anything left unvisited, there must be a circular dependency
+  # (cycle).
+  if len(flat_list) != len(dependency_nodes):
+    if not root_node.dependents:
+      # If all files have dependencies, add the first file as a dependent
+      # of root_node so that the cycle can be discovered from root_node.
+      file_node = dependency_nodes.values()[0]
+      file_node.dependencies.append(root_node)
+      root_node.dependents.append(file_node)
+    cycles = []
+    for cycle in root_node.FindCycles():
+      paths = [node.ref for node in cycle]
+      cycles.append('Cycle: %s' % ' -> '.join(paths))
+    raise DependencyGraphNode.CircularException(
+        'Cycles in .gyp file dependency graph detected:\n' + '\n'.join(cycles))
+
+
+def DoDependentSettings(key, flat_list, targets, dependency_nodes):
+  # key should be one of all_dependent_settings, direct_dependent_settings,
+  # or link_settings.
+
+  for target in flat_list:
+    target_dict = targets[target]
+    build_file = gyp.common.BuildFile(target)
+
+    if key == 'all_dependent_settings':
+      dependencies = dependency_nodes[target].DeepDependencies()
+    elif key == 'direct_dependent_settings':
+      dependencies = \
+          dependency_nodes[target].DirectAndImportedDependencies(targets)
+    elif key == 'link_settings':
+      dependencies = \
+          dependency_nodes[target].DependenciesForLinkSettings(targets)
+    else:
+      raise GypError("DoDependentSettings doesn't know how to determine "
+                      'dependencies for ' + key)
+
+    for dependency in dependencies:
+      dependency_dict = targets[dependency]
+      if not key in dependency_dict:
+        continue
+      dependency_build_file = gyp.common.BuildFile(dependency)
+      MergeDicts(target_dict, dependency_dict[key],
+                 build_file, dependency_build_file)
+
+
+def AdjustStaticLibraryDependencies(flat_list, targets, dependency_nodes,
+                                    sort_dependencies):
+  # Recompute target "dependencies" properties.  For each static library
+  # target, remove "dependencies" entries referring to other static libraries,
+  # unless the dependency has the "hard_dependency" attribute set.  For each
+  # linkable target, add a "dependencies" entry referring to all of the
+  # target's computed list of link dependencies (including static libraries
+  # if no such entry is already present.
+  for target in flat_list:
+    target_dict = targets[target]
+    target_type = target_dict['type']
+
+    if target_type == 'static_library':
+      if not 'dependencies' in target_dict:
+        continue
+
+      target_dict['dependencies_original'] = target_dict.get(
+          'dependencies', [])[:]
+
+      # A static library should not depend on another static library unless
+      # the dependency relationship is "hard," which should only be done when
+      # a dependent relies on some side effect other than just the build
+      # product, like a rule or action output. Further, if a target has a
+      # non-hard dependency, but that dependency exports a hard dependency,
+      # the non-hard dependency can safely be removed, but the exported hard
+      # dependency must be added to the target to keep the same dependency
+      # ordering.
+      dependencies = \
+          dependency_nodes[target].DirectAndImportedDependencies(targets)
+      index = 0
+      while index < len(dependencies):
+        dependency = dependencies[index]
+        dependency_dict = targets[dependency]
+
+        # Remove every non-hard static library dependency and remove every
+        # non-static library dependency that isn't a direct dependency.
+        if (dependency_dict['type'] == 'static_library' and \
+            not dependency_dict.get('hard_dependency', False)) or \
+           (dependency_dict['type'] != 'static_library' and \
+            not dependency in target_dict['dependencies']):
+          # Take the dependency out of the list, and don't increment index
+          # because the next dependency to analyze will shift into the index
+          # formerly occupied by the one being removed.
+          del dependencies[index]
+        else:
+          index = index + 1
+
+      # Update the dependencies. If the dependencies list is empty, it's not
+      # needed, so unhook it.
+      if len(dependencies) > 0:
+        target_dict['dependencies'] = dependencies
+      else:
+        del target_dict['dependencies']
+
+    elif target_type in linkable_types:
+      # Get a list of dependency targets that should be linked into this
+      # target.  Add them to the dependencies list if they're not already
+      # present.
+
+      link_dependencies = \
+          dependency_nodes[target].DependenciesToLinkAgainst(targets)
+      for dependency in link_dependencies:
+        if dependency == target:
+          continue
+        if not 'dependencies' in target_dict:
+          target_dict['dependencies'] = []
+        if not dependency in target_dict['dependencies']:
+          target_dict['dependencies'].append(dependency)
+      # Sort the dependencies list in the order from dependents to dependencies.
+      # e.g. If A and B depend on C and C depends on D, sort them in A, B, C, D.
+      # Note: flat_list is already sorted in the order from dependencies to
+      # dependents.
+      if sort_dependencies and 'dependencies' in target_dict:
+        target_dict['dependencies'] = [dep for dep in reversed(flat_list)
+                                       if dep in target_dict['dependencies']]
+
+
+# Initialize this here to speed up MakePathRelative.
+exception_re = re.compile(r'''["']?[-/$<>^]''')
+
+
+def MakePathRelative(to_file, fro_file, item):
+  # If item is a relative path, it's relative to the build file dict that it's
+  # coming from.  Fix it up to make it relative to the build file dict that
+  # it's going into.
+  # Exception: any |item| that begins with these special characters is
+  # returned without modification.
+  #   /   Used when a path is already absolute (shortcut optimization;
+  #       such paths would be returned as absolute anyway)
+  #   $   Used for build environment variables
+  #   -   Used for some build environment flags (such as -lapr-1 in a
+  #       "libraries" section)
+  #   <   Used for our own variable and command expansions (see ExpandVariables)
+  #   >   Used for our own variable and command expansions (see ExpandVariables)
+  #   ^   Used for our own variable and command expansions (see ExpandVariables)
+  #
+  #   "/' Used when a value is quoted.  If these are present, then we
+  #       check the second character instead.
+  #
+  if to_file == fro_file or exception_re.match(item):
+    return item
+  else:
+    # TODO(dglazkov) The backslash/forward-slash replacement at the end is a
+    # temporary measure. This should really be addressed by keeping all paths
+    # in POSIX until actual project generation.
+    ret = os.path.normpath(os.path.join(
+        gyp.common.RelativePath(os.path.dirname(fro_file),
+                                os.path.dirname(to_file)),
+                                item)).replace('\\', '/')
+    if item[-1:] == '/':
+      ret += '/'
+    return ret
+
+def MergeLists(to, fro, to_file, fro_file, is_paths=False, append=True):
+  # Python documentation recommends objects which do not support hash
+  # set this value to None. Python library objects follow this rule.
+  is_hashable = lambda val: val.__hash__
+
+  # If x is hashable, returns whether x is in s. Else returns whether x is in l.
+  def is_in_set_or_list(x, s, l):
+    if is_hashable(x):
+      return x in s
+    return x in l
+
+  prepend_index = 0
+
+  # Make membership testing of hashables in |to| (in particular, strings)
+  # faster.
+  hashable_to_set = set(x for x in to if is_hashable(x))
+  for item in fro:
+    singleton = False
+    if type(item) in (str, int):
+      # The cheap and easy case.
+      if is_paths:
+        to_item = MakePathRelative(to_file, fro_file, item)
+      else:
+        to_item = item
+
+      if not (type(item) is str and item.startswith('-')):
+        # Any string that doesn't begin with a "-" is a singleton - it can
+        # only appear once in a list, to be enforced by the list merge append
+        # or prepend.
+        singleton = True
+    elif type(item) is dict:
+      # Make a copy of the dictionary, continuing to look for paths to fix.
+      # The other intelligent aspects of merge processing won't apply because
+      # item is being merged into an empty dict.
+      to_item = {}
+      MergeDicts(to_item, item, to_file, fro_file)
+    elif type(item) is list:
+      # Recurse, making a copy of the list.  If the list contains any
+      # descendant dicts, path fixing will occur.  Note that here, custom
+      # values for is_paths and append are dropped; those are only to be
+      # applied to |to| and |fro|, not sublists of |fro|.  append shouldn't
+      # matter anyway because the new |to_item| list is empty.
+      to_item = []
+      MergeLists(to_item, item, to_file, fro_file)
+    else:
+      raise TypeError(
+          'Attempt to merge list item of unsupported type ' + \
+          item.__class__.__name__)
+
+    if append:
+      # If appending a singleton that's already in the list, don't append.
+      # This ensures that the earliest occurrence of the item will stay put.
+      if not singleton or not is_in_set_or_list(to_item, hashable_to_set, to):
+        to.append(to_item)
+        if is_hashable(to_item):
+          hashable_to_set.add(to_item)
+    else:
+      # If prepending a singleton that's already in the list, remove the
+      # existing instance and proceed with the prepend.  This ensures that the
+      # item appears at the earliest possible position in the list.
+      while singleton and to_item in to:
+        to.remove(to_item)
+
+      # Don't just insert everything at index 0.  That would prepend the new
+      # items to the list in reverse order, which would be an unwelcome
+      # surprise.
+      to.insert(prepend_index, to_item)
+      if is_hashable(to_item):
+        hashable_to_set.add(to_item)
+      prepend_index = prepend_index + 1
+
+
+def MergeDicts(to, fro, to_file, fro_file):
+  # I wanted to name the parameter "from" but it's a Python keyword...
+  for k, v in fro.items():
+    # It would be nice to do "if not k in to: to[k] = v" but that wouldn't give
+    # copy semantics.  Something else may want to merge from the |fro| dict
+    # later, and having the same dict ref pointed to twice in the tree isn't
+    # what anyone wants considering that the dicts may subsequently be
+    # modified.
+    if k in to:
+      bad_merge = False
+      if type(v) in (str, int):
+        if type(to[k]) not in (str, int):
+          bad_merge = True
+      elif type(v) is not type(to[k]):
+        bad_merge = True
+
+      if bad_merge:
+        raise TypeError(
+            'Attempt to merge dict value of type ' + v.__class__.__name__ + \
+            ' into incompatible type ' + to[k].__class__.__name__ + \
+            ' for key ' + k)
+    if type(v) in (str, int):
+      # Overwrite the existing value, if any.  Cheap and easy.
+      is_path = IsPathSection(k)
+      if is_path:
+        to[k] = MakePathRelative(to_file, fro_file, v)
+      else:
+        to[k] = v
+    elif type(v) is dict:
+      # Recurse, guaranteeing copies will be made of objects that require it.
+      if not k in to:
+        to[k] = {}
+      MergeDicts(to[k], v, to_file, fro_file)
+    elif type(v) is list:
+      # Lists in dicts can be merged with different policies, depending on
+      # how the key in the "from" dict (k, the from-key) is written.
+      #
+      # If the from-key has          ...the to-list will have this action
+      # this character appended:...     applied when receiving the from-list:
+      #                           =  replace
+      #                           +  prepend
+      #                           ?  set, only if to-list does not yet exist
+      #                      (none)  append
+      #
+      # This logic is list-specific, but since it relies on the associated
+      # dict key, it's checked in this dict-oriented function.
+      ext = k[-1]
+      append = True
+      if ext == '=':
+        list_base = k[:-1]
+        lists_incompatible = [list_base, list_base + '?']
+        to[list_base] = []
+      elif ext == '+':
+        list_base = k[:-1]
+        lists_incompatible = [list_base + '=', list_base + '?']
+        append = False
+      elif ext == '?':
+        list_base = k[:-1]
+        lists_incompatible = [list_base, list_base + '=', list_base + '+']
+      else:
+        list_base = k
+        lists_incompatible = [list_base + '=', list_base + '?']
+
+      # Some combinations of merge policies appearing together are meaningless.
+      # It's stupid to replace and append simultaneously, for example.  Append
+      # and prepend are the only policies that can coexist.
+      for list_incompatible in lists_incompatible:
+        if list_incompatible in fro:
+          raise GypError('Incompatible list policies ' + k + ' and ' +
+                         list_incompatible)
+
+      if list_base in to:
+        if ext == '?':
+          # If the key ends in "?", the list will only be merged if it doesn't
+          # already exist.
+          continue
+        elif type(to[list_base]) is not list:
+          # This may not have been checked above if merging in a list with an
+          # extension character.
+          raise TypeError(
+              'Attempt to merge dict value of type ' + v.__class__.__name__ + \
+              ' into incompatible type ' + to[list_base].__class__.__name__ + \
+              ' for key ' + list_base + '(' + k + ')')
+      else:
+        to[list_base] = []
+
+      # Call MergeLists, which will make copies of objects that require it.
+      # MergeLists can recurse back into MergeDicts, although this will be
+      # to make copies of dicts (with paths fixed), there will be no
+      # subsequent dict "merging" once entering a list because lists are
+      # always replaced, appended to, or prepended to.
+      is_paths = IsPathSection(list_base)
+      MergeLists(to[list_base], v, to_file, fro_file, is_paths, append)
+    else:
+      raise TypeError(
+          'Attempt to merge dict value of unsupported type ' + \
+          v.__class__.__name__ + ' for key ' + k)
+
+
+def MergeConfigWithInheritance(new_configuration_dict, build_file,
+                               target_dict, configuration, visited):
+  # Skip if previously visted.
+  if configuration in visited:
+    return
+
+  # Look at this configuration.
+  configuration_dict = target_dict['configurations'][configuration]
+
+  # Merge in parents.
+  for parent in configuration_dict.get('inherit_from', []):
+    MergeConfigWithInheritance(new_configuration_dict, build_file,
+                               target_dict, parent, visited + [configuration])
+
+  # Merge it into the new config.
+  MergeDicts(new_configuration_dict, configuration_dict,
+             build_file, build_file)
+
+  # Drop abstract.
+  if 'abstract' in new_configuration_dict:
+    del new_configuration_dict['abstract']
+
+
+def SetUpConfigurations(target, target_dict):
+  # key_suffixes is a list of key suffixes that might appear on key names.
+  # These suffixes are handled in conditional evaluations (for =, +, and ?)
+  # and rules/exclude processing (for ! and /).  Keys with these suffixes
+  # should be treated the same as keys without.
+  key_suffixes = ['=', '+', '?', '!', '/']
+
+  build_file = gyp.common.BuildFile(target)
+
+  # Provide a single configuration by default if none exists.
+  # TODO(mark): Signal an error if default_configurations exists but
+  # configurations does not.
+  if not 'configurations' in target_dict:
+    target_dict['configurations'] = {'Default': {}}
+  if not 'default_configuration' in target_dict:
+    concrete = [i for (i, config) in target_dict['configurations'].items()
+                if not config.get('abstract')]
+    target_dict['default_configuration'] = sorted(concrete)[0]
+
+  merged_configurations = {}
+  configs = target_dict['configurations']
+  for (configuration, old_configuration_dict) in configs.items():
+    # Skip abstract configurations (saves work only).
+    if old_configuration_dict.get('abstract'):
+      continue
+    # Configurations inherit (most) settings from the enclosing target scope.
+    # Get the inheritance relationship right by making a copy of the target
+    # dict.
+    new_configuration_dict = {}
+    for (key, target_val) in target_dict.items():
+      key_ext = key[-1:]
+      if key_ext in key_suffixes:
+        key_base = key[:-1]
+      else:
+        key_base = key
+      if not key_base in non_configuration_keys:
+        new_configuration_dict[key] = gyp.simple_copy.deepcopy(target_val)
+
+    # Merge in configuration (with all its parents first).
+    MergeConfigWithInheritance(new_configuration_dict, build_file,
+                               target_dict, configuration, [])
+
+    merged_configurations[configuration] = new_configuration_dict
+
+  # Put the new configurations back into the target dict as a configuration.
+  for configuration in merged_configurations.keys():
+    target_dict['configurations'][configuration] = (
+        merged_configurations[configuration])
+
+  # Now drop all the abstract ones.
+  for configuration in list(target_dict['configurations']):
+    old_configuration_dict = target_dict['configurations'][configuration]
+    if old_configuration_dict.get('abstract'):
+      del target_dict['configurations'][configuration]
+
+  # Now that all of the target's configurations have been built, go through
+  # the target dict's keys and remove everything that's been moved into a
+  # "configurations" section.
+  delete_keys = []
+  for key in target_dict:
+    key_ext = key[-1:]
+    if key_ext in key_suffixes:
+      key_base = key[:-1]
+    else:
+      key_base = key
+    if not key_base in non_configuration_keys:
+      delete_keys.append(key)
+  for key in delete_keys:
+    del target_dict[key]
+
+  # Check the configurations to see if they contain invalid keys.
+  for configuration in target_dict['configurations'].keys():
+    configuration_dict = target_dict['configurations'][configuration]
+    for key in configuration_dict.keys():
+      if key in invalid_configuration_keys:
+        raise GypError('%s not allowed in the %s configuration, found in '
+                       'target %s' % (key, configuration, target))
+
+
+
+def ProcessListFiltersInDict(name, the_dict):
+  """Process regular expression and exclusion-based filters on lists.
+
+  An exclusion list is in a dict key named with a trailing "!", like
+  "sources!".  Every item in such a list is removed from the associated
+  main list, which in this example, would be "sources".  Removed items are
+  placed into a "sources_excluded" list in the dict.
+
+  Regular expression (regex) filters are contained in dict keys named with a
+  trailing "/", such as "sources/" to operate on the "sources" list.  Regex
+  filters in a dict take the form:
+    'sources/': [ ['exclude', '_(linux|mac|win)\\.cc$'],
+                  ['include', '_mac\\.cc$'] ],
+  The first filter says to exclude all files ending in _linux.cc, _mac.cc, and
+  _win.cc.  The second filter then includes all files ending in _mac.cc that
+  are now or were once in the "sources" list.  Items matching an "exclude"
+  filter are subject to the same processing as would occur if they were listed
+  by name in an exclusion list (ending in "!").  Items matching an "include"
+  filter are brought back into the main list if previously excluded by an
+  exclusion list or exclusion regex filter.  Subsequent matching "exclude"
+  patterns can still cause items to be excluded after matching an "include".
+  """
+
+  # Look through the dictionary for any lists whose keys end in "!" or "/".
+  # These are lists that will be treated as exclude lists and regular
+  # expression-based exclude/include lists.  Collect the lists that are
+  # needed first, looking for the lists that they operate on, and assemble
+  # then into |lists|.  This is done in a separate loop up front, because
+  # the _included and _excluded keys need to be added to the_dict, and that
+  # can't be done while iterating through it.
+
+  lists = []
+  del_lists = []
+  for key, value in the_dict.items():
+    operation = key[-1]
+    if operation != '!' and operation != '/':
+      continue
+
+    if type(value) is not list:
+      raise ValueError(name + ' key ' + key + ' must be list, not ' + \
+                       value.__class__.__name__)
+
+    list_key = key[:-1]
+    if list_key not in the_dict:
+      # This happens when there's a list like "sources!" but no corresponding
+      # "sources" list.  Since there's nothing for it to operate on, queue up
+      # the "sources!" list for deletion now.
+      del_lists.append(key)
+      continue
+
+    if type(the_dict[list_key]) is not list:
+      value = the_dict[list_key]
+      raise ValueError(name + ' key ' + list_key + \
+                       ' must be list, not ' + \
+                       value.__class__.__name__ + ' when applying ' + \
+                       {'!': 'exclusion', '/': 'regex'}[operation])
+
+    if not list_key in lists:
+      lists.append(list_key)
+
+  # Delete the lists that are known to be unneeded at this point.
+  for del_list in del_lists:
+    del the_dict[del_list]
+
+  for list_key in lists:
+    the_list = the_dict[list_key]
+
+    # Initialize the list_actions list, which is parallel to the_list.  Each
+    # item in list_actions identifies whether the corresponding item in
+    # the_list should be excluded, unconditionally preserved (included), or
+    # whether no exclusion or inclusion has been applied.  Items for which
+    # no exclusion or inclusion has been applied (yet) have value -1, items
+    # excluded have value 0, and items included have value 1.  Includes and
+    # excludes override previous actions.  All items in list_actions are
+    # initialized to -1 because no excludes or includes have been processed
+    # yet.
+    list_actions = list((-1,) * len(the_list))
+
+    exclude_key = list_key + '!'
+    if exclude_key in the_dict:
+      for exclude_item in the_dict[exclude_key]:
+        for index in range(0, len(the_list)):
+          if exclude_item == the_list[index]:
+            # This item matches the exclude_item, so set its action to 0
+            # (exclude).
+            list_actions[index] = 0
+
+      # The "whatever!" list is no longer needed, dump it.
+      del the_dict[exclude_key]
+
+    regex_key = list_key + '/'
+    if regex_key in the_dict:
+      for regex_item in the_dict[regex_key]:
+        [action, pattern] = regex_item
+        pattern_re = re.compile(pattern)
+
+        if action == 'exclude':
+          # This item matches an exclude regex, so set its value to 0 (exclude).
+          action_value = 0
+        elif action == 'include':
+          # This item matches an include regex, so set its value to 1 (include).
+          action_value = 1
+        else:
+          # This is an action that doesn't make any sense.
+          raise ValueError('Unrecognized action ' + action + ' in ' + name + \
+                           ' key ' + regex_key)
+
+        for index in range(0, len(the_list)):
+          list_item = the_list[index]
+          if list_actions[index] == action_value:
+            # Even if the regex matches, nothing will change so continue (regex
+            # searches are expensive).
+            continue
+          if pattern_re.search(list_item):
+            # Regular expression match.
+            list_actions[index] = action_value
+
+      # The "whatever/" list is no longer needed, dump it.
+      del the_dict[regex_key]
+
+    # Add excluded items to the excluded list.
+    #
+    # Note that exclude_key ("sources!") is different from excluded_key
+    # ("sources_excluded").  The exclude_key list is input and it was already
+    # processed and deleted; the excluded_key list is output and it's about
+    # to be created.
+    excluded_key = list_key + '_excluded'
+    if excluded_key in the_dict:
+      raise GypError(name + ' key ' + excluded_key +
+                     ' must not be present prior '
+                     ' to applying exclusion/regex filters for ' + list_key)
+
+    excluded_list = []
+
+    # Go backwards through the list_actions list so that as items are deleted,
+    # the indices of items that haven't been seen yet don't shift.  That means
+    # that things need to be prepended to excluded_list to maintain them in the
+    # same order that they existed in the_list.
+    for index in range(len(list_actions) - 1, -1, -1):
+      if list_actions[index] == 0:
+        # Dump anything with action 0 (exclude).  Keep anything with action 1
+        # (include) or -1 (no include or exclude seen for the item).
+        excluded_list.insert(0, the_list[index])
+        del the_list[index]
+
+    # If anything was excluded, put the excluded list into the_dict at
+    # excluded_key.
+    if len(excluded_list) > 0:
+      the_dict[excluded_key] = excluded_list
+
+  # Now recurse into subdicts and lists that may contain dicts.
+  for key, value in the_dict.items():
+    if type(value) is dict:
+      ProcessListFiltersInDict(key, value)
+    elif type(value) is list:
+      ProcessListFiltersInList(key, value)
+
+
+def ProcessListFiltersInList(name, the_list):
+  for item in the_list:
+    if type(item) is dict:
+      ProcessListFiltersInDict(name, item)
+    elif type(item) is list:
+      ProcessListFiltersInList(name, item)
+
+
+def ValidateTargetType(target, target_dict):
+  """Ensures the 'type' field on the target is one of the known types.
+
+  Arguments:
+    target: string, name of target.
+    target_dict: dict, target spec.
+
+  Raises an exception on error.
+  """
+  VALID_TARGET_TYPES = ('executable', 'loadable_module',
+                        'static_library', 'shared_library',
+                        'mac_kernel_extension', 'none')
+  target_type = target_dict.get('type', None)
+  if target_type not in VALID_TARGET_TYPES:
+    raise GypError("Target %s has an invalid target type '%s'.  "
+                   "Must be one of %s." %
+                   (target, target_type, '/'.join(VALID_TARGET_TYPES)))
+  if (target_dict.get('standalone_static_library', 0) and
+      not target_type == 'static_library'):
+    raise GypError('Target %s has type %s but standalone_static_library flag is'
+                   ' only valid for static_library type.' % (target,
+                                                             target_type))
+
+
+def ValidateSourcesInTarget(target, target_dict, build_file,
+                            duplicate_basename_check):
+  if not duplicate_basename_check:
+    return
+  if target_dict.get('type', None) != 'static_library':
+    return
+  sources = target_dict.get('sources', [])
+  basenames = {}
+  for source in sources:
+    name, ext = os.path.splitext(source)
+    is_compiled_file = ext in [
+        '.c', '.cc', '.cpp', '.cxx', '.m', '.mm', '.s', '.S']
+    if not is_compiled_file:
+      continue
+    basename = os.path.basename(name)  # Don't include extension.
+    basenames.setdefault(basename, []).append(source)
+
+  error = ''
+  for basename, files in basenames.items():
+    if len(files) > 1:
+      error += '  %s: %s\n' % (basename, ' '.join(files))
+
+  if error:
+    print('static library %s has several files with the same basename:\n' % target
+          + error + 'libtool on Mac cannot handle that. Use '
+          '--no-duplicate-basename-check to disable this validation.')
+    raise GypError('Duplicate basenames in sources section, see list above')
+
+
+def ValidateRulesInTarget(target, target_dict, extra_sources_for_rules):
+  """Ensures that the rules sections in target_dict are valid and consistent,
+  and determines which sources they apply to.
+
+  Arguments:
+    target: string, name of target.
+    target_dict: dict, target spec containing "rules" and "sources" lists.
+    extra_sources_for_rules: a list of keys to scan for rule matches in
+        addition to 'sources'.
+  """
+
+  # Dicts to map between values found in rules' 'rule_name' and 'extension'
+  # keys and the rule dicts themselves.
+  rule_names = {}
+  rule_extensions = {}
+
+  rules = target_dict.get('rules', [])
+  for rule in rules:
+    # Make sure that there's no conflict among rule names and extensions.
+    rule_name = rule['rule_name']
+    if rule_name in rule_names:
+      raise GypError('rule %s exists in duplicate, target %s' %
+                     (rule_name, target))
+    rule_names[rule_name] = rule
+
+    rule_extension = rule['extension']
+    if rule_extension.startswith('.'):
+      rule_extension = rule_extension[1:]
+    if rule_extension in rule_extensions:
+      raise GypError(('extension %s associated with multiple rules, ' +
+                      'target %s rules %s and %s') %
+                     (rule_extension, target,
+                      rule_extensions[rule_extension]['rule_name'],
+                      rule_name))
+    rule_extensions[rule_extension] = rule
+
+    # Make sure rule_sources isn't already there.  It's going to be
+    # created below if needed.
+    if 'rule_sources' in rule:
+      raise GypError(
+            'rule_sources must not exist in input, target %s rule %s' %
+            (target, rule_name))
+
+    rule_sources = []
+    source_keys = ['sources']
+    source_keys.extend(extra_sources_for_rules)
+    for source_key in source_keys:
+      for source in target_dict.get(source_key, []):
+        (source_root, source_extension) = os.path.splitext(source)
+        if source_extension.startswith('.'):
+          source_extension = source_extension[1:]
+        if source_extension == rule_extension:
+          rule_sources.append(source)
+
+    if len(rule_sources) > 0:
+      rule['rule_sources'] = rule_sources
+
+
+def ValidateRunAsInTarget(target, target_dict, build_file):
+  target_name = target_dict.get('target_name')
+  run_as = target_dict.get('run_as')
+  if not run_as:
+    return
+  if type(run_as) is not dict:
+    raise GypError("The 'run_as' in target %s from file %s should be a "
+                   "dictionary." %
+                   (target_name, build_file))
+  action = run_as.get('action')
+  if not action:
+    raise GypError("The 'run_as' in target %s from file %s must have an "
+                   "'action' section." %
+                   (target_name, build_file))
+  if type(action) is not list:
+    raise GypError("The 'action' for 'run_as' in target %s from file %s "
+                   "must be a list." %
+                   (target_name, build_file))
+  working_directory = run_as.get('working_directory')
+  if working_directory and type(working_directory) is not str:
+    raise GypError("The 'working_directory' for 'run_as' in target %s "
+                   "in file %s should be a string." %
+                   (target_name, build_file))
+  environment = run_as.get('environment')
+  if environment and type(environment) is not dict:
+    raise GypError("The 'environment' for 'run_as' in target %s "
+                   "in file %s should be a dictionary." %
+                   (target_name, build_file))
+
+
+def ValidateActionsInTarget(target, target_dict, build_file):
+  '''Validates the inputs to the actions in a target.'''
+  target_name = target_dict.get('target_name')
+  actions = target_dict.get('actions', [])
+  for action in actions:
+    action_name = action.get('action_name')
+    if not action_name:
+      raise GypError("Anonymous action in target %s.  "
+                     "An action must have an 'action_name' field." %
+                     target_name)
+    inputs = action.get('inputs', None)
+    if inputs is None:
+      raise GypError('Action in target %s has no inputs.' % target_name)
+    action_command = action.get('action')
+    if action_command and not action_command[0]:
+      raise GypError("Empty action as command in target %s." % target_name)
+
+
+def TurnIntIntoStrInDict(the_dict):
+  """Given dict the_dict, recursively converts all integers into strings.
+  """
+  # Use items instead of items because there's no need to try to look at
+  # reinserted keys and their associated values.
+  for k, v in the_dict.items():
+    if type(v) is int:
+      v = str(v)
+      the_dict[k] = v
+    elif type(v) is dict:
+      TurnIntIntoStrInDict(v)
+    elif type(v) is list:
+      TurnIntIntoStrInList(v)
+
+    if type(k) is int:
+      del the_dict[k]
+      the_dict[str(k)] = v
+
+
+def TurnIntIntoStrInList(the_list):
+  """Given list the_list, recursively converts all integers into strings.
+  """
+  for index in range(0, len(the_list)):
+    item = the_list[index]
+    if type(item) is int:
+      the_list[index] = str(item)
+    elif type(item) is dict:
+      TurnIntIntoStrInDict(item)
+    elif type(item) is list:
+      TurnIntIntoStrInList(item)
+
+
+def PruneUnwantedTargets(targets, flat_list, dependency_nodes, root_targets,
+                         data):
+  """Return only the targets that are deep dependencies of |root_targets|."""
+  qualified_root_targets = []
+  for target in root_targets:
+    target = target.strip()
+    qualified_targets = gyp.common.FindQualifiedTargets(target, flat_list)
+    if not qualified_targets:
+      raise GypError("Could not find target %s" % target)
+    qualified_root_targets.extend(qualified_targets)
+
+  wanted_targets = {}
+  for target in qualified_root_targets:
+    wanted_targets[target] = targets[target]
+    for dependency in dependency_nodes[target].DeepDependencies():
+      wanted_targets[dependency] = targets[dependency]
+
+  wanted_flat_list = [t for t in flat_list if t in wanted_targets]
+
+  # Prune unwanted targets from each build_file's data dict.
+  for build_file in data['target_build_files']:
+    if not 'targets' in data[build_file]:
+      continue
+    new_targets = []
+    for target in data[build_file]['targets']:
+      qualified_name = gyp.common.QualifiedTarget(build_file,
+                                                  target['target_name'],
+                                                  target['toolset'])
+      if qualified_name in wanted_targets:
+        new_targets.append(target)
+    data[build_file]['targets'] = new_targets
+
+  return wanted_targets, wanted_flat_list
+
+
+def VerifyNoCollidingTargets(targets):
+  """Verify that no two targets in the same directory share the same name.
+
+  Arguments:
+    targets: A list of targets in the form 'path/to/file.gyp:target_name'.
+  """
+  # Keep a dict going from 'subdirectory:target_name' to 'foo.gyp'.
+  used = {}
+  for target in targets:
+    # Separate out 'path/to/file.gyp, 'target_name' from
+    # 'path/to/file.gyp:target_name'.
+    path, name = target.rsplit(':', 1)
+    # Separate out 'path/to', 'file.gyp' from 'path/to/file.gyp'.
+    subdir, gyp = os.path.split(path)
+    # Use '.' for the current directory '', so that the error messages make
+    # more sense.
+    if not subdir:
+      subdir = '.'
+    # Prepare a key like 'path/to:target_name'.
+    key = subdir + ':' + name
+    if key in used:
+      # Complain if this target is already used.
+      raise GypError('Duplicate target name "%s" in directory "%s" used both '
+                     'in "%s" and "%s".' % (name, subdir, gyp, used[key]))
+    used[key] = gyp
+
+
+def SetGeneratorGlobals(generator_input_info):
+  # Set up path_sections and non_configuration_keys with the default data plus
+  # the generator-specific data.
+  global path_sections
+  path_sections = set(base_path_sections)
+  path_sections.update(generator_input_info['path_sections'])
+
+  global non_configuration_keys
+  non_configuration_keys = base_non_configuration_keys[:]
+  non_configuration_keys.extend(generator_input_info['non_configuration_keys'])
+
+  global multiple_toolsets
+  multiple_toolsets = generator_input_info[
+      'generator_supports_multiple_toolsets']
+
+  global generator_filelist_paths
+  generator_filelist_paths = generator_input_info['generator_filelist_paths']
+
+
+def Load(build_files, variables, includes, depth, generator_input_info, check,
+         circular_check, duplicate_basename_check, parallel, root_targets):
+  SetGeneratorGlobals(generator_input_info)
+  # A generator can have other lists (in addition to sources) be processed
+  # for rules.
+  extra_sources_for_rules = generator_input_info['extra_sources_for_rules']
+
+  # Load build files.  This loads every target-containing build file into
+  # the |data| dictionary such that the keys to |data| are build file names,
+  # and the values are the entire build file contents after "early" or "pre"
+  # processing has been done and includes have been resolved.
+  # NOTE: data contains both "target" files (.gyp) and "includes" (.gypi), as
+  # well as meta-data (e.g. 'included_files' key). 'target_build_files' keeps
+  # track of the keys corresponding to "target" files.
+  data = {'target_build_files': set()}
+  # Normalize paths everywhere.  This is important because paths will be
+  # used as keys to the data dict and for references between input files.
+  build_files = set(map(os.path.normpath, build_files))
+  if parallel:
+    LoadTargetBuildFilesParallel(build_files, data, variables, includes, depth,
+                                 check, generator_input_info)
+  else:
+    aux_data = {}
+    for build_file in build_files:
+      try:
+        LoadTargetBuildFile(build_file, data, aux_data,
+                            variables, includes, depth, check, True)
+      except Exception as e:
+        gyp.common.ExceptionAppend(e, 'while trying to load %s' % build_file)
+        raise
+
+  # Build a dict to access each target's subdict by qualified name.
+  targets = BuildTargetsDict(data)
+
+  # Fully qualify all dependency links.
+  QualifyDependencies(targets)
+
+  # Remove self-dependencies from targets that have 'prune_self_dependencies'
+  # set to 1.
+  RemoveSelfDependencies(targets)
+
+  # Expand dependencies specified as build_file:*.
+  ExpandWildcardDependencies(targets, data)
+
+  # Remove all dependencies marked as 'link_dependency' from the targets of
+  # type 'none'.
+  RemoveLinkDependenciesFromNoneTargets(targets)
+
+  # Apply exclude (!) and regex (/) list filters only for dependency_sections.
+  for target_name, target_dict in targets.items():
+    tmp_dict = {}
+    for key_base in dependency_sections:
+      for op in ('', '!', '/'):
+        key = key_base + op
+        if key in target_dict:
+          tmp_dict[key] = target_dict[key]
+          del target_dict[key]
+    ProcessListFiltersInDict(target_name, tmp_dict)
+    # Write the results back to |target_dict|.
+    for key in tmp_dict:
+      target_dict[key] = tmp_dict[key]
+
+  # Make sure every dependency appears at most once.
+  RemoveDuplicateDependencies(targets)
+
+  if circular_check:
+    # Make sure that any targets in a.gyp don't contain dependencies in other
+    # .gyp files that further depend on a.gyp.
+    VerifyNoGYPFileCircularDependencies(targets)
+
+  [dependency_nodes, flat_list] = BuildDependencyList(targets)
+
+  if root_targets:
+    # Remove, from |targets| and |flat_list|, the targets that are not deep
+    # dependencies of the targets specified in |root_targets|.
+    targets, flat_list = PruneUnwantedTargets(
+        targets, flat_list, dependency_nodes, root_targets, data)
+
+  # Check that no two targets in the same directory have the same name.
+  VerifyNoCollidingTargets(flat_list)
+
+  # Handle dependent settings of various types.
+  for settings_type in ['all_dependent_settings',
+                        'direct_dependent_settings',
+                        'link_settings']:
+    DoDependentSettings(settings_type, flat_list, targets, dependency_nodes)
+
+    # Take out the dependent settings now that they've been published to all
+    # of the targets that require them.
+    for target in flat_list:
+      if settings_type in targets[target]:
+        del targets[target][settings_type]
+
+  # Make sure static libraries don't declare dependencies on other static
+  # libraries, but that linkables depend on all unlinked static libraries
+  # that they need so that their link steps will be correct.
+  gii = generator_input_info
+  if gii['generator_wants_static_library_dependencies_adjusted']:
+    AdjustStaticLibraryDependencies(flat_list, targets, dependency_nodes,
+                                    gii['generator_wants_sorted_dependencies'])
+
+  # Apply "post"/"late"/"target" variable expansions and condition evaluations.
+  for target in flat_list:
+    target_dict = targets[target]
+    build_file = gyp.common.BuildFile(target)
+    ProcessVariablesAndConditionsInDict(
+        target_dict, PHASE_LATE, variables, build_file)
+
+  # Move everything that can go into a "configurations" section into one.
+  for target in flat_list:
+    target_dict = targets[target]
+    SetUpConfigurations(target, target_dict)
+
+  # Apply exclude (!) and regex (/) list filters.
+  for target in flat_list:
+    target_dict = targets[target]
+    ProcessListFiltersInDict(target, target_dict)
+
+  # Apply "latelate" variable expansions and condition evaluations.
+  for target in flat_list:
+    target_dict = targets[target]
+    build_file = gyp.common.BuildFile(target)
+    ProcessVariablesAndConditionsInDict(
+        target_dict, PHASE_LATELATE, variables, build_file)
+
+  # Make sure that the rules make sense, and build up rule_sources lists as
+  # needed.  Not all generators will need to use the rule_sources lists, but
+  # some may, and it seems best to build the list in a common spot.
+  # Also validate actions and run_as elements in targets.
+  for target in flat_list:
+    target_dict = targets[target]
+    build_file = gyp.common.BuildFile(target)
+    ValidateTargetType(target, target_dict)
+    ValidateSourcesInTarget(target, target_dict, build_file,
+                            duplicate_basename_check)
+    ValidateRulesInTarget(target, target_dict, extra_sources_for_rules)
+    ValidateRunAsInTarget(target, target_dict, build_file)
+    ValidateActionsInTarget(target, target_dict, build_file)
+
+  # Generators might not expect ints.  Turn them into strs.
+  TurnIntIntoStrInDict(data)
+
+  # TODO(mark): Return |data| for now because the generator needs a list of
+  # build files that came in.  In the future, maybe it should just accept
+  # a list, and not the whole data dict.
+  return [flat_list, targets, data]