import subprocess import sys syms = None def main(): load_syms() index = 0 while index < len(syms): index = test_index(index) print('Done!') def load_syms(): global syms with open('undefined_syms.txt', 'r') as inFile: syms = inFile.read().split('\n') def save_syms(): with open('undefined_syms.txt', 'w') as outFile: outFile.write('\n'.join(syms)) def test_index(index): val = syms.pop(index) save_syms() command = subprocess.run(['make', 'clean'], capture_output=True) command = subprocess.run(['make', '-j12'], capture_output=True) out = str(command.stdout)[-5:] if out.startswith('OK'): print(val + ' is NOT needed! Removing!') return index else: print(val + ' is needed! Keeping!') syms.insert(index, val) save_syms() return index + 1 main()