help in simplification of code [string manipulation]

[Kent Johnson]

John wrote:
> How could I simplify the code to get libs out of LDFLAGS
> or vice versa automatically in the following python/scons code?
> 
> if sys.platform[:5] == 'linux':
> 	env.Append (CPPFLAGS = '-D__LINUX')
> 	env.Append (LDFLAGS  = '-lglut -lGLU -lGL -lm')
> 	env.Append(CPPPATH=['include', 'include/trackball'])
> 	libs = ['glut', 
> 		'GLU',
> 		'GL',
> 		'm',]

 >>> LDFLAGS  = '-lglut -lGLU -lGL -lm'
 >>> libs = [flag[2:] for flag in LDFLAGS.split()]
 >>> libs
['glut', 'GLU', 'GL', 'm']

Kent