build: shorten configuration print on stdout

[silverwind]

The configure script prints out a prettyprinted dictionary of mostly v8 options, which right now results in a total of 34 lines being output to stdout on a regular build. Warnings like this or this are printed before the dictionary, and are likely being scrolled out of sight almost instantly on terminals with < 30 lines height.

This commit removes the pretty print resulting in single-line output, making warnings more visible, while on the other hand making the options harder to read by a human, so I'm open to suggestions!

Before:

ctrpp not found in WinSDK path--using pre-gen files from tools/msvs/genfiles.
creating ./icu_config.gypi
{'target_defaults': {'cflags': [],
'default_configuration': 'Release',
'defines': [],
'include_dirs': [],
'libraries': []},
'variables': {'host_arch': 'ia32',
'icu_small': 'false',
'node_install_npm': 'true',
'node_prefix': '',
'node_shared_http_parser': 'false',
'node_shared_libuv': 'false',
'node_shared_openssl': 'false',
'node_shared_v8': 'false',
'node_shared_zlib': 'false',
'node_tag': '',
'node_use_dtrace': 'false',
'node_use_etw': 'true',
'node_use_mdb': 'false',
'node_use_openssl': 'true',
'node_use_perfctr': 'true',
'openssl_no_asm': 0,
'python': '/bin/python',
'target_arch': 'ia32',
'uv_library': 'static_library',
'v8_enable_gdbjit': 0,
'v8_enable_i18n_support': 0,
'v8_no_strict_aliasing': 1,
'v8_optimized_debug': 0,
'v8_random_seed': 0,
'v8_use_snapshot': 'true',
'want_separate_host_toolset': 0}}
creating ./config.gypi
creating ./config.mk

After:

ctrpp not found in WinSDK path--using pre-gen files from tools/msvs/genfiles.
creating ./icu_config.gypi
{'variables': {'node_shared_http_parser': 'false', 'want_separate_host_toolset': 0, 'icu_small': 'false', 'node_use_mdb': 'false', 'target_arch': 'ia32', 'host_arch': 'ia32', 'v8_optimized_debug': 0, 'node_install_npm': 'true', 'openssl_no_asm': 0, 'v8_no_strict_aliasing': 1, 'node_shared_zlib': 'false', 'node_use_dtrace': 'false', 'python': '/bin/python', 'v8_enable_gdbjit': 0, 'node_use_etw': 'true', 'v8_enable_i18n_support': 0, 'node_use_perfctr': 'true', 'v8_random_seed': 0, 'node_prefix': '', 'node_shared_openssl': 'false', 'node_shared_v8': 'false', 'node_use_openssl': 'true', 'uv_library': 'static_library', 'v8_use_snapshot': 'true', 'node_shared_libuv': 'false', 'node_tag': ''}, 'target_defaults': {'libraries': [], 'default_configuration': 'Release', 'cflags': [], 'include_dirs': [], 'defines': []}}
creating ./config.gypi
creating ./config.mk

[bnoordhuis]

Looks reasonable, although I suppose some terminals might cut off long lines. Maybe you can refine it to something like this?

print('\n'.join(re.findall('.{78}|.+', str(output)))

(I have no idea if that's an idiomatic way of partitioning a string, perhaps @chrisdickinson or @saghul can chime in.)

[silverwind]

Personally, I haven't seen a terminal yet that doesn't wrap lines. An alternative would be to print that dictionary before anything else, if that's possible.

[bnoordhuis]

Personally, I haven't seen a terminal yet that doesn't wrap lines.

It sometimes happens to me when I ssh into old centos boxes, not sure why.

An alternative would be to print that dictionary before anything else, if that's possible.

Not easily, I think. A lot of code would have to be moved around to make that work.

[silverwind]

@bnoordhuis updated PR to use textwrap to wrap at 78. Output look like this now:

ctrpp not found in WinSDK path--using pre-gen files from tools/msvs/genfiles.
creating ./icu_config.gypi
{'variables': {'node_shared_http_parser': 'false',
'want_separate_host_toolset': 0, 'icu_small': 'false', 'node_use_mdb':
'false', 'target_arch': 'ia32', 'host_arch': 'ia32', 'v8_optimized_debug': 0,
'node_install_npm': 'true', 'openssl_no_asm': 0, 'v8_no_strict_aliasing': 1,
'node_shared_zlib': 'false', 'node_use_dtrace': 'false', 'python':
'/bin/python', 'v8_enable_gdbjit': 0, 'node_use_etw': 'true',
'v8_enable_i18n_support': 0, 'node_use_perfctr': 'true', 'v8_random_seed': 0,
'node_prefix': '', 'node_shared_openssl': 'false', 'node_shared_v8': 'false',
'node_use_openssl': 'true', 'uv_library': 'static_library', 'v8_use_snapshot':
'true', 'node_shared_libuv': 'false', 'node_tag': ''}, 'target_defaults':
{'libraries': [], 'default_configuration': 'Release', 'cflags': [],
'include_dirs': [], 'defines': []}}
creating ./config.gypi
creating ./config.mk

[bnoordhuis]

@silverwind LGTM. Can you sign the commit with your real name and maybe add one or two lines to the commit log explaining the motivation for the change? Thanks!

[silverwind]

Updated. Is this alright? I changed user.name before commiting and force-pushing again.

[saghul]

Since @bnoordhuis red's me, another LGTM. Using textwrap is the idiomatic way IMHO. 👍

[bnoordhuis]

Thanks Roman, landed in 1b1cd1c!