[Python-3000] Change _Py prefix for 3k? (original) (raw)

Guido van Rossum guido at python.org
Thu Jul 12 09:04:44 CEST 2007


On 7/12/07, Neil Schemenauer <nas at arctrix.com> wrote:

It's a small detail but I wonder if it's time to stop using a leading underscore for internal APIs. I'm not sure what would be a good replacement, perhaps a trailing underscore. In case people don't remember, the Py prefix could, theoretically, be invalid C on some platforms.

There are lots of things we do that could theoretically be bad C. I doubt that this particular one will ever bite us. Are there any other reasons for such a change?

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