casbin-async-django-orm-adapter 1.0.0__py3-none-any.whl

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.
+
+
+import ast
+import multiprocessing
+import os.path
+import re
+import shlex
+import signal
+import subprocess
+import sys
+import threading
+import traceback
+
+from packaging.version import Version
+
+import gyp.common
+import gyp.simple_copy
+from gyp.common import GypError, OrderedSet
+
+# A list of types that are treated as linkable.
+linkable_types = [
+    "executable",
+    "shared_library",
+    "loadable_module",
+    "mac_kernel_extension",
+    "windows_driver",
+]
+
+# 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 matching 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):
+        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):
+        build_file_contents = open(build_file_path, encoding="utf-8").read()
+    else:
+        raise GypError(f"{build_file_path} not found (cwd: {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 not isinstance(build_file_data, 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 is not 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 "included" not 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 isinstance(v, dict):
+            LoadBuildFileIncludesIntoDict(v, subdict_path, data, aux_data, None, check)
+        elif isinstance(v, 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 isinstance(item, dict):
+            LoadBuildFileIncludesIntoDict(
+                item, sublist_path, data, aux_data, None, check
+            )
+        elif isinstance(item, 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 isinstance(condition, list):
+                for condition_dict in condition[1:]:
+                    if isinstance(condition_dict, 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:
+    """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 isinstance(string, 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 isinstance(cmd, 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:
+            contents_list = (contents if isinstance(contents, list)
+                             else 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)
+                    sys.path.append(os.getcwd())
+                    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:
+                        sys.path.pop()
+                        os.chdir(oldwd)
+                    assert replacement is not 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:
+                        # stderr will be printed no matter what
+                        result = subprocess.run(
+                            contents,
+                            stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
+                            shell=use_shell,
+                            cwd=build_file_dir,
+                            check=False
+                        )
+                    except Exception as e:
+                        raise GypError(
+                            "%s while executing command '%s' in %s"
+                            % (e, contents, build_file)
+                        )
+
+                    if result.returncode > 0:
+                        raise GypError(
+                            "Call to '%s' returned exit status %d while in %s."
+                            % (contents, result.returncode, build_file)
+                        )
+                    replacement = result.stdout.decode("utf-8").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
+
+        elif contents not 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 isinstance(replacement, 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 isinstance(replacement, 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 isinstance(replacement, 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 isinstance(output, list):
+            if output and isinstance(output[0], 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 isinstance(output, list):
+        for index, outstr in enumerate(output):
+            if IsStrCanonicalInt(outstr):
+                output[index] = int(outstr)
+    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 not isinstance(condition, 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 not isinstance(true_dict, dict):
+            raise GypError(
+                f"{conditions_key} {cond_expr} must be followed by a dictionary, "
+                f"not {type(true_dict)}"
+            )
+        if len(condition) > i + 2 and isinstance(condition[i + 2], dict):
+            false_dict = condition[i + 2]
+            i = i + 3
+            if i != len(condition):
+                raise GypError(
+                    f"{conditions_key} {cond_expr} has "
+                    f"{len(condition) - i} unexpected trailing items"
+                )
+        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
+        env = {"__builtins__": {}, "v": Version}
+        if eval(ast_code, env, 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,
+            f"while evaluating condition '{cond_expr_expanded}' in {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 conditions_key not 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 is not None:
+            # Expand variables and nested conditionals 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 isinstance(value, 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 isinstance(value, str):
+            continue
+        if isinstance(value, dict):
+            # Pass a copy of the variables dict so that subdicts can't influence
+            # parents.
+            ProcessVariablesAndConditionsInDict(
+                value, phase, variables, build_file, key
+            )
+        elif isinstance(value, 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 not isinstance(value, 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 isinstance(item, 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 isinstance(item, list):
+            ProcessVariablesAndConditionsInList(item, phase, variables, build_file)
+        elif isinstance(item, str):
+            expanded = ExpandVariables(item, phase, variables, build_file)
+            if type(expanded) in (str, int):
+                the_list[index] = expanded
+            elif isinstance(expanded, 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 not isinstance(item, 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, dep in enumerate(dependencies):
+                dep_file, dep_target, dep_toolset = gyp.common.ResolveTarget(
+                    target_build_file, dep, 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():
+        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 not in {"*", dependency_target_name}
+                    ):
+                        continue
+                    dependency_target_toolset = dependency_target_dict["toolset"]
+                    if (
+                        dependency_toolset not in {"*", 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(items):
+    """Removes duplicate elements from items, keeping the first element."""
+    seen = {}
+    return [seen.setdefault(e, e) for e in items 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(items, item):
+    """Removes item from items."""
+    res = {}
+    return [res.setdefault(e, e) for e in items 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 and (
+                        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:
+    """
+
+  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()
+
+        def ExtractNodeRef(node):
+            """Extracts the object that the node represents from the given node."""
+            return node.ref
+
+        # 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 = sorted(self.dependents[:], key=ExtractNodeRef)
+
+        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 sorted(node.dependents, key=ExtractNodeRef):
+                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 sorted(
+                    node_dependent.dependencies, key=ExtractNodeRef
+                ):
+                    if node_dependent_dependency.ref not 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 += [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 child not 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 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, windows drivers 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",
+            "windows_driver",
+        ):
+            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]
+        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 = next(iter(targets))
+            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 build_file not 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 = next(iter(dependency_nodes.values()))
+            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 key not 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 "dependencies" not 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 dependency not 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 "dependencies" not in target_dict:
+                    target_dict["dependencies"] = []
+                if dependency not 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.endswith("/"):
+            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.
+    def is_hashable(val):
+        return val.__hash__
+
+    # If x is hashable, returns whether x is in s. Else returns whether x is in items.
+    def is_in_set_or_list(x, s, items):
+        if is_hashable(x):
+            return x in s
+        return x in items
+
+    prepend_index = 0
+
+    # Make membership testing of hashables in |to| (in particular, strings)
+    # faster.
+    hashable_to_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.
+            to_item = MakePathRelative(to_file, fro_file, item) if is_paths else item
+
+            if not (isinstance(item, 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 isinstance(item, 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 isinstance(item, 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 not isinstance(v, 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 isinstance(v, dict):
+            # Recurse, guaranteeing copies will be made of objects that require it.
+            if k not in to:
+                to[k] = {}
+            MergeDicts(to[k], v, to_file, fro_file)
+        elif isinstance(v, 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 not isinstance(to[list_base], 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 visited.
+    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 "configurations" not in target_dict:
+        target_dict["configurations"] = {"Default": {}}
+    if "default_configuration" not 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:]
+            key_base = key[:-1] if key_ext in key_suffixes else key
+            if key_base not 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, value in merged_configurations.items():
+        target_dict["configurations"][configuration] = value
+    # Now drop all the abstract ones.
+    configs = target_dict["configurations"]
+    target_dict["configurations"] = {
+        k: v for k, v in configs.items() if not v.get("abstract")
+    }
+
+    # 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:]
+        key_base = key[:-1] if key_ext in key_suffixes else key
+        if key_base not 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"]:
+        configuration_dict = target_dict["configurations"][configuration]
+        for key in configuration_dict:
+            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():
+        if not key:
+            continue
+        operation = key[-1]
+        if operation not in {"!", "/"}:
+            continue
+
+        if not isinstance(value, 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 not isinstance(the_dict[list_key], 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 list_key not 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, list_item in enumerate(the_list):
+                    if exclude_item == list_item:
+                        # 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, set its value to 0 (exclude).
+                    action_value = 0
+                elif action == "include":
+                    # This item matches an include regex, 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, list_item in enumerate(the_list):
+                    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 isinstance(value, dict):
+            ProcessListFiltersInDict(key, value)
+        elif isinstance(value, list):
+            ProcessListFiltersInList(key, value)
+
+
+def ProcessListFiltersInList(name, the_list):
+    for item in the_list:
+        if isinstance(item, dict):
+            ProcessListFiltersInDict(name, item)
+        elif isinstance(item, 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",
+        "windows_driver",
+    )
+    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 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(
+                f"rule {rule_name} exists in duplicate, target {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 not isinstance(run_as, 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 not isinstance(action, 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 not isinstance(working_directory, 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 not isinstance(environment, 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 iteritems because there's no need to try to look at
+    # reinserted keys and their associated values.
+    for k, v in the_dict.items():
+        if isinstance(v, int):
+            v = str(v)
+            the_dict[k] = v
+        elif isinstance(v, dict):
+            TurnIntIntoStrInDict(v)
+        elif isinstance(v, list):
+            TurnIntIntoStrInList(v)
+
+        if isinstance(k, 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, item in enumerate(the_list):
+        if isinstance(item, int):
+            the_list[index] = str(item)
+        elif isinstance(item, dict):
+            TurnIntIntoStrInDict(item)
+        elif isinstance(item, 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 "targets" not 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,
+    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, value in tmp_dict.items():
+            target_dict[key] = value
+
+    # 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)
+        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]