BaseTools: create and use a standard shared variable for '*'

add a variable for the string '*' and then use it instead of lots of '*'

Cc: Yonghong Zhu <yonghong.zhu@intel.com>
Cc: Liming Gao <liming.gao@intel.com>
Contributed-under: TianoCore Contribution Agreement 1.1
Signed-off-by: Jaben Carsey <jaben.carsey@intel.com>
Reviewed-by : Bob Feng <bob.c.feng@intel.com>

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/BaseTools/Source/Python/AutoGen/BuildEngine.py b/BaseTools/Source/Python/AutoGen/BuildEngine.py
index ac7a668755..f9e3ac3a1d 100644
--- a/BaseTools/Source/Python/AutoGen/BuildEngine.py
+++ b/BaseTools/Source/Python/AutoGen/BuildEngine.py
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ class FileBuildRule:
         self.IncListFileMacro = self.INC_LIST_MACRO

 

         self.SourceFileType = Type

-        # source files listed not in "*" or "?" pattern format

+        # source files listed not in TAB_STAR or "?" pattern format

         if not ExtraDependency:

             self.ExtraSourceFileList = []

         else:

@@ -150,12 +150,12 @@ class FileBuildRule:
         self.SourceFileExtList = set()

         for File in Input:

             Base, Ext = os.path.splitext(File)

-            if Base.find("*") >= 0:

-                # There's "*" in the file name

+            if Base.find(TAB_STAR) >= 0:

+                # There's TAB_STAR in the file name

                 self.IsMultipleInput = True

                 self.GenFileListMacro = True

             elif Base.find("?") < 0:

-                # There's no "*" and "?" in file name

+                # There's no TAB_STAR and "?" in file name

                 self.ExtraSourceFileList.append(File)

                 continue

             self.SourceFileExtList.add(Ext)

@@ -553,7 +553,7 @@ class BuildRule:
     #

     #   @param  FileExt             The extension of a file

     #   @param  ToolChainFamily     The tool chain family name

-    #   @param  BuildVersion        The build version number. "*" means any rule

+    #   @param  BuildVersion        The build version number. TAB_STAR means any rule

     #                               is applicalbe.

     #

     #   @retval FileType        The file type string