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bitbake: bitbake-user-manual: New section on functions you can call from Python 

Fixes [YOCTO #10100]

I added a new parent directory named "Functions You Can Call From
Within Python".  This section contains a couple new sub-sections.
One is the existing "Functions for Accessing Datastore Variables".
The other is called "Other Functions", and it is used to point
or reference some commonly used functions that the user can call
from within Python.

(Bitbake rev: ecbcedd74125ef00599f4af384ee303dae8af5b7)

Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
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Scott Rifenbark 2016-09-07 07:52:26 -07:00 committed by Richard Purdie
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</literallayout>
For methods you can use with anonymous Python functions,
see the
"<link linkend='accessing-datastore-variables-using-python'>Accessing Datastore Variables Using Python</link>"
"<link linkend='functions-you-can-call-from-within-python'>Functions You Can Call From Within Python</link>"
section.
For a different method to run Python code during parsing,
see the
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</section>
</section>
<section id='accessing-datastore-variables-using-python'>
<title>Accessing Datastore Variables Using Python</title>
<section id='functions-you-can-call-from-within-python'>
<title>Functions You Can Call From Within Python</title>
<para>
BitBake provides many functions you can call from
within Python functions.
This section lists the most commonly used functions,
and mentions where to find others.
</para>
<section id='functions-for-accessing-datastore-variables'>
<title>Functions for Accessing Datastore Variables</title>
<para>
It is often necessary to access variables in the
@ -2180,6 +2190,24 @@
</para>
</section>
<section id='other-functions'>
<title>Other Functions</title>
<para>
You can find many other functions that can be called
from Python by looking at the source code of the
<filename>bb</filename> module, which is in
<filename>bitbake/lib/bb</filename>.
For example,
<filename>bitbake/lib/bb/utils.py</filename> includes
the commonly used functions
<filename>bb.utils.contains()</filename> and
<filename>bb.utils.mkdirhier()</filename>, which come
with docstrings.
</para>
</section>
</section>
<section id='task-checksums-and-setscene'>
<title>Task Checksums and Setscene</title>