def compile(self, sources,
                output_dir=None, macros=None, include_dirs=None, debug=0,
                extra_preargs=None, extra_postargs=None, depends=None):

        if not self.initialized: self.initialize()
        macros, objects, extra_postargs, pp_opts, build = \
                self._setup_compile(output_dir, macros, include_dirs, sources,
                                    depends, extra_postargs)

        compile_opts = extra_preargs or []
        compile_opts.append ('/c')
        if debug:
            compile_opts.extend(self.compile_options_debug)
        else:
            compile_opts.extend(self.compile_options)

        for obj in objects:
            try:
                src, ext = build[obj]
            except __HOLE__:
                continue
            if debug:
                # pass the full pathname to MSVC in debug mode,
                # this allows the debugger to find the source file
                # without asking the user to browse for it
                src = os.path.abspath(src)

            if ext in self._c_extensions:
                input_opt = "/Tc" + src
            elif ext in self._cpp_extensions:
                input_opt = "/Tp" + src
            elif ext in self._rc_extensions:
                # compile .RC to .RES file
                input_opt = src
                output_opt = "/fo" + obj
                try:
                    self.spawn ([self.rc] + pp_opts +
                                [output_opt] + [input_opt])
                except DistutilsExecError, msg:
                    raise CompileError, msg
                continue
            elif ext in self._mc_extensions:

                # Compile .MC to .RC file to .RES file.
                #   * '-h dir' specifies the directory for the
                #     generated include file
                #   * '-r dir' specifies the target directory of the
                #     generated RC file and the binary message resource
                #     it includes
                #
                # For now (since there are no options to change this),
                # we use the source-directory for the include file and
                # the build directory for the RC file and message
                # resources. This works at least for win32all.

                h_dir = os.path.dirname (src)
                rc_dir = os.path.dirname (obj)
                try:
                    # first compile .MC to .RC and .H file
                    self.spawn ([self.mc] +
                                ['-h', h_dir, '-r', rc_dir] + [src])
                    base, _ = os.path.splitext (os.path.basename (src))
                    rc_file = os.path.join (rc_dir, base + '.rc')
                    # then compile .RC to .RES file
                    self.spawn ([self.rc] +
                                ["/fo" + obj] + [rc_file])

                except DistutilsExecError, msg:
                    raise CompileError, msg
                continue
            else:
                # how to handle this file?
                raise CompileError (
                    "Don't know how to compile %s to %s" % \
                    (src, obj))

            output_opt = "/Fo" + obj
            try:
                self.spawn ([self.cc] + compile_opts + pp_opts +
                            [input_opt, output_opt] +
                            extra_postargs)
            except DistutilsExecError, msg:
                raise CompileError, msg

        return objects

    # compile ()
dataset/ETHPy150Open azoft-dev-team/imagrium/env/Lib/distutils/msvccompiler.py/MSVCCompiler.compile