[Python-Dev] How to test for stuff like fsync? (original) (raw)

"Martin v. Löwis" martin at v.loewis.de
Sat Sep 27 13:08:14 EDT 2003

Guido van Rossum wrote:

I don't like this. We're not taking fsync's address for a very good reason, just to save some code duplication. Removing fsync from those platforms just because our code-saving trick doesn't work there doesn't strike me as good service for those platforms.

It's not only fsync, though - there would be a lot of duplicated code if we were to convert all function pointer passing back to function calls.

Also, if the system is lacking a function prototype, at the minimum, the compiler will give a warning - at worst, we invoke the function incorrectly, causing a crash.

Regards, Martin

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