refactor: make python extension generate platform toolchains (#2875)
This makes the python bzlmod extension handle generating the
platform-specific toolchain
entries ("python_3_10_{platform}"). This is to eventually allow adding
additional
toolchains that aren't part of the PLATFORMS mapping in versions.bzl and
have
their own custom constraints.
The main things this refactor does are:
1. The bzlmod phase passes the full list of implementation toolchains
to create (previously, it relied on `hub_repo` to generate the
implementation
names).
2. The name of a toolchain (the toolchain.name arg) and the repo that
implements
it (the py_toolchain_suite.user_repository_repo arg) are separate. This
allows
future work to mixin toolchains that point to arbitrary repos.
3. The platform meta data uses a list of target settings instead of dict
of
flag values. This allows more arbitrary target settings. For now, flag
values
on the platform metadata is still looked for because it's known that
users
patch python/versions.bzl.
Along the way:
* Factor out a platform_info helper in versions.bzl
* Factor out a NOT_ACTUALLY_PUBLIC constants to better denote things
that
are public visibility, but actually internal.
* Add some docs to some internals so we don't have to chase down their
definitions.
Work towards https://github.com/bazel-contrib/rules_python/issues/2081This repository is the home of the core Python rules -- py_library, py_binary, py_test, py_proto_library, and related symbols that provide the basis for Python support in Bazel. It also contains package installation rules for integrating with PyPI and other indices.
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