Rework Python Extension C++ code (again) #7010
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My previous effort was too clever for itself: while it worked for Halide's build systems, some other build systems (e.g. Blaze) are much more finicky about the C++ files you build Python extensions from, and re-using the same C++ files with different preprocessor settings turns out to be too problematic there, for reasons that aren't important here.
Anyway, the important part here was to rework so that (1) All the C++ source files needed are compiled exactly once (2) All the C++ source files needed can be compiled with the same set of preprocessor definitions
To that end, I have extended GenGen's
-rflag to allow using-e python_extension; this emits the bare module-registration code by itself. So now, we generate the Python Extension code as before, but define HALIDE_PYTHON_EXTENSION_OMIT_MODULE_DEFINITION to defeat the standalone module registration for each one, then also compile in the new 'standalone' registration, with HALIDE_PYTHON_EXTENSION_MODULE and HALIDE_PYTHON_EXTENSION_FUNCTIONS defined to fill in the blanks.Also, a little drive-by cleanup in CodeGen_C to make extern "C" blocks more findable, and some restructuring in PyExtGen.