[Python-Dev] are CObjects inherently unsafe? (original) (raw)

Guido van Rossum guido at python.org
Fri Dec 5 10:26:24 EST 2003


It had occurred to me that you could use this field for this purpose, but it hadn't occurred to me that this might have been the intent of this field.

Why a void* then? That's particularly unassertive. char* would be better, surely...

Jim only knows... Probably a case of mistaken generality. :-)

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)



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