compilers: Update comment about library search patterns
@@ -911,8 +911,10 @@ class CCompiler(Compiler):
priority
'''
stlibext = ['a']
- # We've always allowed libname to be both `foo` and `libfoo`,
- # and now people depend on it
+ # We've always allowed libname to be both `foo` and `libfoo`, and now
+ # people depend on it. Also, some people use prebuilt `foo.so` instead
+ # of `libfoo.so` for unknown reasons, and may also want to create
+ # `foo.so` by setting name_prefix to ''
if strict and not isinstance(self, VisualStudioCCompiler): # lib prefix is not usually used with msvc
prefixes = ['lib']
else:
