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| -rw-r--r-- | lib/spack/spack/variant.py | 15 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/variant.py b/lib/spack/spack/variant.py index 51918af737..be3b74b97d 100644 --- a/lib/spack/spack/variant.py +++ b/lib/spack/spack/variant.py @@ -282,8 +282,21 @@ class AbstractVariant(object): # to a set self._value = tuple(sorted(set(value))) + def _cmp_value(self): + """Returns a tuple of strings containing the values stored in + the variant. + + Returns: + tuple of str: values stored in the variant + """ + value = self._value + if not isinstance(value, tuple): + value = (value,) + stringified = tuple(str(x) for x in value) + return stringified + def _cmp_key(self): - return self.name, self.value + return self.name, self._cmp_value() def copy(self): """Returns an instance of a variant equivalent to self |