[Python-Dev] Multiple Inclusion of Header Files (original) (raw)

Guido van Rossum guido@python.org
Fri, 11 Oct 2002 07:48:52 -0400

> is there any reason why these files: > graminit.h > patchlevel.h > pyconfig.h (aka pyconfig.h.in) > > don't protect against being included multiple times?

I think they cannot possibly be included multiple times in a correct application, since a correct application does not directly include them, anyway.

But that's true of any .h file that's included by Python.h, isn't it? And there's only a handful of .h files that Python.h doesn't include...

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