PoC

Tools/clinic/clinic.py

@@ -2495,6 +2495,7 @@ def parse_file(
  limited_capi: bool,
  output: str | None = None,
  verify: bool = True,
+ force: bool = False,
 ) -> None:
  if not output:
  output = filename
@@ -2527,10 +2528,10 @@ def parse_file(
  generated, cooked = clinic.parse(raw)
 
  changes = [libclinic.file_changed(f, data) for f, data in generated]
- if any(changes) or libclinic.file_changed(output, cooked):
+ if any(changes) or libclinic.file_changed(output, cooked) or force:
  libclinic.write_file(output, cooked)
  for (output, cooked), changed in zip(generated, changes):
- if changed:
+ if changed or force:
  libclinic.write_file(output, cooked)
 
 
@@ -6302,7 +6303,8 @@ def run_clinic(parser: argparse.ArgumentParser, ns: argparse.Namespace) -> None:
  if ns.verbose:
  print(path)
  parse_file(path,
- verify=not ns.force, limited_capi=ns.limited_capi)
+ verify=not ns.force, limited_capi=ns.limited_capi,
+ force=ns.force)
  return
 
  if not ns.filename:
@@ -6315,7 +6317,8 @@ def run_clinic(parser: argparse.ArgumentParser, ns: argparse.Namespace) -> None:
  if ns.verbose:
  print(filename)
  parse_file(filename, output=ns.output,
- verify=not ns.force, limited_capi=ns.limited_capi)
+ verify=not ns.force, limited_capi=ns.limited_capi,
+ force=ns.force)
 
 
 def main(argv: list[str] | None = None) -> NoReturn:

Tools/clinic/libclinic/utils.py

@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ def file_changed(filename: str, new_contents: str) -> bool:
 def write_file(filename: str, new_contents: str) -> None:
  # Atomic write using a temporary file and os.replace()
  filename_new = f"{filename}.new"
- print("write to", filename)
  with open(filename_new, "w", encoding="utf-8") as fp:
  fp.write(new_contents)
  try: