FEAT: add a check_gcc_variable_attribute function in config command.

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/numpy/distutils/command/config.py b/numpy/distutils/command/config.py
index 512471d7f..513d1b064 100644
--- a/numpy/distutils/command/config.py
+++ b/numpy/distutils/command/config.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import distutils
 from numpy.distutils.exec_command import exec_command
 from numpy.distutils.mingw32ccompiler import generate_manifest
 from numpy.distutils.command.autodist import (check_gcc_function_attribute,
+                                              check_gcc_variable_attribute,
                                               check_inline,
                                               check_compiler_gcc4,
                                               check_compile_without_warning)
@@ -428,6 +429,9 @@ int main ()
     def check_gcc_function_attribute(self, attribute, name):
         return check_gcc_function_attribute(self, attribute, name)
 
+    def check_gcc_variable_attribute(self, attribute):
+        return check_gcc_variable_attribute(self, attribute)
+
     def check_compile_without_warning(self, code):
         """Returns True if the given code may be compiled without warning."""
         return check_compile_without_warning(self, code)