Re: [XEN PATCH v3 1/1] build: replace get-fields.sh by a python script

[Anthony PERARD <anthony.perard@citrix.com>]

On Tue, Jan 17, 2023 at 04:07:24PM +0000, Luca Fancellu wrote:
> > On 16 Jan 2023, at 18:10, Anthony PERARD <anthony.perard@citrix.com> wrote:
> > diff --git a/xen/tools/compat-xlat-header.py b/xen/tools/compat-xlat-header.py
> > new file mode 100644
> > index 0000000000..c1b361ac56
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/xen/tools/compat-xlat-header.py
> > @@ -0,0 +1,468 @@
> > +#!/usr/bin/env python
> 
> Would it make sense to start with python3 since it is a new script?

That shebang isn't even used as the script doesn't even have the
execution bit set. So why do you say that the script isn't python3? Not
really asking, just been pedantic :-)

Even if it's a new script, it isn't a new project. We can't depend on
brand new functionality from our dependencies. We need to be able to
build the hypervisor with old build toolchain / distribution.

Anyway, I did start by writing a python3 script in all its glory (or at
least some of the new part of the language that I know about), but I had
to rework it to be able to use it on older distribution. Our centos7
container in our GitLab CI seems to use python2.7.

So I had to stop using str.removeprefix() and I introduce some function
doing the same thing instead (so that works with older than python 3.9).
Then I had to stop using f-strings and use %-formatting instead.
Then use "m.groups()[0]" instead of "m[1]" where "m" is a match result
from re.match() and other.
And use the classing "from __future__ ..." preamble.

Cheers,

-- 
Anthony PERARD