Currently, as part of the sysconfig internals, we generate a _sysconfigdata Python module containing the variables for sysconfig.get_config_vars(). This data is consists of all Makefile variables, which can be encoded as JSON data.
The use of a module instead of a text file is historic, and adds unnecessary complexity. Converting _sysconfigdata to a JSON file would simplify the sysconfig implementation. Additionally, it also makes it easier for tools to introspect the Python installation, as this would remove the necessity to execute Python code to read _sysconfigdata.
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Currently, as part of the
sysconfiginternals, we generate a_sysconfigdataPython module containing the variables forsysconfig.get_config_vars(). This data is consists of all Makefile variables, which can be encoded as JSON data.The use of a module instead of a text file is historic, and adds unnecessary complexity. Converting
_sysconfigdatato a JSON file would simplify thesysconfigimplementation. Additionally, it also makes it easier for tools to introspect the Python installation, as this would remove the necessity to execute Python code to read_sysconfigdata.Has this already been discussed elsewhere?
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