[Python-Dev] Remove METH_OLDARGS? (original) (raw)

Fredrik Lundh fredrik at pythonware.com
Mon May 29 22:06:45 CEST 2006

Neal Norwitz wrote:

Also, it would be easy to detect METHOLDARGS in PyCFunctionNew and raise an appropriate exception. I agree with Martin this should raise a deprecation warning in 2.5.

why?

this is a clear case of unnecessary meddling. removing it won't remove much code (a whopping 11 lines is dedicated to this), nor give any speed ups whatsoever; all you're doing is generating extra work and support issues for a bunch of third-party developers. trust me, we have better things to do with our time.

-1 on meddling with this before 3.0.

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