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+#   Copyright 2013 Ben Longbons <b.r.longbons@gmail.com>
+#
+#   This file is part of attoconf.
+#
+#   attoconf is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#   the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+#   (at your option) any later version.
+#
+#   attoconf is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+#   GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#   along with attoconf.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+from __future__ import print_function, division, absolute_import
+
+from .core import Project, Build
+
+# TODO: put this in a metaclass
+# some of the init/jiggle logic would also be simplified by a metaclass
+def add_slots(cls):
+    ''' A decorator that fixes __slots__ after multiple inheritance.
+    '''
+    return type(cls.__name__, cls.__bases__,
+            dict(cls.__dict__, __slots__=cls.slots()))
+
+class ClassyProject(Project):
+    ''' A more convenient, objectish, way of setting up a project.
+    '''
+    __slots__ = ()
+    @classmethod
+    def slots(self):
+        ''' slots don't work too well with multiple inheritance,
+            so make the most-derived class create all the slots
+        '''
+        return ()
+
+    def __init__(self, srcdir):
+        super(ClassyProject, self).__init__(srcdir)
+
+    def jiggle(self):
+        self.general()
+        self.paths()
+        self.arches()
+        self.vars()
+        self.features()
+        self.packages()
+
+        if 0:
+            self.tests()
+        self.post()
+
+    def general(self):
+        ''' Registration hook for general options (usually unneeded).
+        '''
+        self.add_help('General:', hidden=False)
+        self.add_alias('--help', ['--help=default'],
+                help='display standard help, then exit', hidden=False)
+        self.add_option('--help', init=None,
+                type=self.do_help, check=None,
+                help='display some kind of help', hidden=False,
+                help_var='KIND')
+        self.help.add_option('--help=hidden',
+                help='display help you should never ever ever care about',
+                hidden=False)
+
+    def paths(self):
+        ''' Registration hook for path-related options.
+            (--prefix, --bindir, etc)
+
+            Probably only used by attoconf.lib.install.
+        '''
+
+    def arches(self):
+        ''' Registration hook for arch-related options.
+            (--build, --host, and sometimes --target)
+
+            Typically this changes the prefix of the compiler.
+        '''
+
+    def vars(self):
+        ''' Environment variables (usually capital, don't start with a --).
+
+            Usually there is one or two of these for every program needed.
+        '''
+
+    def features(self):
+        ''' Customizations for this package (--enable-*).
+        '''
+
+    def packages(self):
+        ''' Settings related to dependencies (--with-*).
+        '''
+
+    if 0: # not sure if really needed
+        def tests(self):
+            ''' Late tests, but still before post.
+
+            '''
+
+    def post(self):
+        ''' Special hook for things that need to be done at the very end.
+
+            attoconf.post.make
+        '''
+
+    # okay, no more registration hooks
+    def build(self, bindir):
+        return Build(self, bindir)