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

Neil Schemenauer nas at arctrix.com
Thu Jul 12 17:53:48 CEST 2007


On Thu, Jul 12, 2007 at 10:04:44AM +0300, Guido van Rossum wrote:

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?

I think Python is one of the only open source projects to use a _[A-Z] prefix on non-local symbols. That seems more dangerous that other non-standard stuff. Also, it could be hard to work around if someone runs into trouble. My gut feeling is that it's not worth the effort to change but I wanted it to be considered for 3k.

Neil



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