[Python-Dev] METH_VARARGS (original) (raw)

Fred L. Drake, Jr. fdrake@beopen.com
Wed, 2 Aug 2000 22:51:23 -0400 (EDT)

Skip Montanaro writes:

While METH_VARARGS is obviously a lot better than a hardcoded 1, shouldn't METH_VARARGS be something like Py_METH_VARARGS or PY_METH_VARARGS to avoid potential conflicts with other packages?

I think so, but there are too many third party extension modules that would have to be changed to not also offer the old symbols as well. I see two options: leave things as they are, and provide both versions of the symbols through at least Python 2.1. For the later, all examples in the code and documentation would need to be changed and the non-PY_ versions strongly labelled as deprecated and going away in Python version 2.2 (or whatever version it would be). It would not hurt to provide both symbols and change all the examples, at any rate. Aside from deleting all the checkin email, that is!

-Fred

-- Fred L. Drake, Jr. BeOpen PythonLabs Team Member