Re: [PATCH v2 2/4] doc: bitbake-user-manual-metadata: remove invalid anonymous Python example

Hi Dawid,

On 5/1/26 11:14 AM, Dawid Bijak wrote:
> The documentation for inherit_defer suggested that conditional inheritance
> can be achieved by setting a variable inside an anonymous python function
> and then referencing it from inherit_defer.
> This does not work: inherit_defer is resolved before the anonymous Python
> functions run.
> 
> Remove the incorrect example.
> 

That's fine, but this is so far an undocumented limitation and it would 
be really nice to say it's not supported!

Something like:

.. warning::

    Setting or modifying variables within an :ref:`anonymous Python 
function <bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata:Anonymous 
Python Functions>` will have no impact on the value of that variable in 
an :ref:`inherit_defer <ref-bitbake-user-manual-metadata-inherit-defer>` 
directive as the function is run after the directive is resolved.

(untested and probably missing some formatting, e.g. line-wrapping :) ).

Cheers,
Quentin