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

Greg Ewing greg at cosc.canterbury.ac.nz
Sun Dec 7 19:43:37 EST 2003


Michael Hudson <mwh at python.net>:

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

A string isn't the only thing that could usefully be used as a descriptor.

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