Use gn_helpers to [se]serialize GN lists.

build/android/gyp/insert_chromium_version.py

 #!/usr/bin/env python
 #
 # Copyright 2014 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
 # Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 # found in the LICENSE file.
 
 """Insert a version string into a library as a section '.chromium.version'.
 """
 
+import ast
 import optparse
 import os
 import sys
 import tempfile
 
 from util import build_utils
 
 def InsertChromiumVersion(android_objcopy,
                           library_path,
                           version_string):
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 def main(args):
   args = build_utils.ExpandFileArgs(args)
   parser = optparse.OptionParser()
 
   parser.add_option('--android-objcopy',
       help='Path to the toolchain\'s objcopy binary')
   parser.add_option('--stripped-libraries-dir',
       help='Directory of native libraries')
   parser.add_option('--libraries',
-      help='List of libraries')
+      help='List of libraries in Python list format')
   parser.add_option('--version-string',
       help='Version string to be inserted')
   parser.add_option('--stamp', help='Path to touch on success')
 
   options, _ = parser.parse_args(args)
-  libraries = build_utils.ParseGypList(options.libraries)
+  libraries = ast.literal_eval(options.libraries)
 
   for library in libraries:
     library_path = os.path.join(options.stripped_libraries_dir, library)
 
     InsertChromiumVersion(options.android_objcopy,
                           library_path,
                           options.version_string)
 
   if options.stamp:
     build_utils.Touch(options.stamp)
 
   return 0
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
   sys.exit(main(sys.argv[1:]))