New comment by tranzystorek-io on void-packages repository

https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/pull/42656#issuecomment-1459916702

Comment:
`*depends` variables also seem like a good pick for this.

I haven't checked if there's any convenient mechanism for concatenating arrays, which would be nice in python packages as an alternative to `checkdepends="${depends} ..."`.

~~If possible, it would be nice if we could make this optional, i.e. still parse variables the old way, but if we detect an array, we skip the conversion step and just take it as-is.~~

EDIT: sorry I skimmed through the part where you already say it's optional by design.