[Python-Dev] PyRun_* functions (original) (raw)

Fred L. Drake, Jr. fdrake@acm.org
Thu, 24 Apr 2003 16:09:41 -0400

wesley henwood writes:

How does one do this - make sure that they were created with the same lib?

Exactly. This tends not to be a problem on Unix (though possible), but isn't so rare on Windows.

Its seems that it would be a good enhancement to remove the FILE pointer parameter from these functions, and just use the file name. For example, change PyRun_SimpleFile( FILE *fp, char *filename) to PyRun_SimpleFile(char *filename). Then no one would have to worry about the incompatibility.

That would be a loss of functionality -- these can currently work with, for example, standard input. That's currently required by the interpreter's main program.

-Fred

-- Fred L. Drake, Jr. PythonLabs at Zope Corporation