Use gn_helpers to deserialize GN lists.

build/android/gyp/util/build_utils.py

Index: build/android/gyp/util/build_utils.py
diff --git a/build/android/gyp/util/build_utils.py b/build/android/gyp/util/build_utils.py
index fe69c956f0f9f49db1ceb4e085c84668e1c7a5fc..c601e06d7157fd97855749a8ecd781c22aac590f 100644
--- a/build/android/gyp/util/build_utils.py
+++ b/build/android/gyp/util/build_utils.py
@@ -77,6 +77,17 @@ def FindInDirectories(directories, filename_filter):
 
 
 def ParseGnList(gn_string):
+  # TODO(brettw) bug 573132: This doesn't handle GN escaping properly, so any
+  # weird characters like $ or \ in the strings will be corrupted.
+  #
+  # The code should import build/gn_helpers.py and then do:
+  #   parser = gn_helpers.GNValueParser(gn_string)
+  #   return return parser.ParseList()
+  # As of this writing, though, there is a CastShell build script that sends
+  # JSON through this function, and using correct GN parsing corrupts that.
+  #
+  # We need to be consistent about passing either JSON or GN lists through
+  # this function.

[Dirk Pranke, 2016/01/29 21:01:56]

ick. I suppose fixing the CastShell is part of this is harder?

[brettw, 2016/01/29 21:10:21]

I started doing this and got super confused. The Android scripts are all
spaghetti.

[Dirk Pranke, 2016/01/29 21:38:42]

Okay, maybe slan@ can help us get that part straightened out?

[slan, 2016/01/29 22:37:56]

Sure. Brett, to which script are you referring?

   return ast.literal_eval(gn_string)