Existing eclass variable "mydistutilsargs" only sets global variables for setup.py To avoid having to override python_compile() and python_install() functions as often, it may be helpful to have the following two additional variables defined in distutils-r1.eclass: "mydistutilsbuildargs" used as follows: "setup.py ${mydistutilsargs[@]} build ${mydistutilsbuildargs[@]}" "mydistutilsinstallargs" used as follows: "setup.py ${mydistutilsargs[@]} install ${mydistutilsinstallargs[@]}"
Using global variables for that is a bad idea. This is really rarely needed, and in this case explicit python_*() override is more readable anyway.