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rl/Lib/site-packages/setuptools/_distutils/compat/__init__.py

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+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from .py38 import removeprefix
+
+
+def consolidate_linker_args(args: list[str]) -> list[str] | str:
+    """
+    Ensure the return value is a string for backward compatibility.
+
+    Retain until at least 2025-04-31. See pypa/distutils#246
+    """
+
+    if not all(arg.startswith('-Wl,') for arg in args):
+        return args
+    return '-Wl,' + ','.join(removeprefix(arg, '-Wl,') for arg in args)

rl/Lib/site-packages/setuptools/_distutils/compat/py38.py

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+import sys
+
+if sys.version_info < (3, 9):
+
+    def removesuffix(self, suffix):
+        # suffix='' should not call self[:-0].
+        if suffix and self.endswith(suffix):
+            return self[: -len(suffix)]
+        else:
+            return self[:]
+
+    def removeprefix(self, prefix):
+        if self.startswith(prefix):
+            return self[len(prefix) :]
+        else:
+            return self[:]
+
+else:
+
+    def removesuffix(self, suffix):
+        return self.removesuffix(suffix)
+
+    def removeprefix(self, prefix):
+        return self.removeprefix(prefix)
+
+
+def aix_platform(osname, version, release):
+    try:
+        import _aix_support  # type: ignore
+
+        return _aix_support.aix_platform()
+    except ImportError:
+        pass
+    return f"{osname}-{version}.{release}"

rl/Lib/site-packages/setuptools/_distutils/compat/py39.py

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+import functools
+import itertools
+import platform
+import sys
+
+
+def add_ext_suffix_39(vars):
+    """
+    Ensure vars contains 'EXT_SUFFIX'. pypa/distutils#130
+    """
+    import _imp
+
+    ext_suffix = _imp.extension_suffixes()[0]
+    vars.update(
+        EXT_SUFFIX=ext_suffix,
+        # sysconfig sets SO to match EXT_SUFFIX, so maintain
+        # that expectation.
+        # https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/785cc6770588de087d09e89a69110af2542be208/Lib/sysconfig.py#L671-L673
+        SO=ext_suffix,
+    )
+
+
+needs_ext_suffix = sys.version_info < (3, 10) and platform.system() == 'Windows'
+add_ext_suffix = add_ext_suffix_39 if needs_ext_suffix else lambda vars: None
+
+
+# from more_itertools
+class UnequalIterablesError(ValueError):
+    def __init__(self, details=None):
+        msg = 'Iterables have different lengths'
+        if details is not None:
+            msg += (': index 0 has length {}; index {} has length {}').format(*details)
+
+        super().__init__(msg)
+
+
+# from more_itertools
+def _zip_equal_generator(iterables):
+    _marker = object()
+    for combo in itertools.zip_longest(*iterables, fillvalue=_marker):
+        for val in combo:
+            if val is _marker:
+                raise UnequalIterablesError()
+        yield combo
+
+
+# from more_itertools
+def _zip_equal(*iterables):
+    # Check whether the iterables are all the same size.
+    try:
+        first_size = len(iterables[0])
+        for i, it in enumerate(iterables[1:], 1):
+            size = len(it)
+            if size != first_size:
+                raise UnequalIterablesError(details=(first_size, i, size))
+        # All sizes are equal, we can use the built-in zip.
+        return zip(*iterables)
+    # If any one of the iterables didn't have a length, start reading
+    # them until one runs out.
+    except TypeError:
+        return _zip_equal_generator(iterables)
+
+
+zip_strict = (
+    _zip_equal if sys.version_info < (3, 10) else functools.partial(zip, strict=True)
+)