[SPAM-heur] Re: Re: Re: [Python-Dev] Re: [Python-checkins] python/dist/src/Modules threadmodule.c, 2.56, 2.56.8.1 (original) (raw)

Anthony Tuininga anthony at computronix.com
Thu Sep 2 17:59:10 CEST 2004

Well, I find the argument convincing enough and it is quite safe. I am willing to make the necessary patches and it would be quite convenient to be able to use the C API in Python 2.3 as well. So I'm in favor but I'll bow to the greater wisdom of the Python development community since I really am not significantly involved. :-)

Guido van Rossum wrote:

It's quite arguably a bugfix, since datetime.h in 2.3.4 exposes things that can't possibly be used outside of datetimemodule.c (the datetime type objects are referenced in the header, but not exported in a usable way). Anthony Tuininga's patch to finish (not really add) the datetime C API is a low-risk change regardless: it doesn't change any existing functionality, it just finishes the job of exposing it to C coders, and adds some new macros for convenience.

Now if some platform header file has macros with names like PyDateTimeFromTimestamp or PyDeltaFromDSU then adding these macros to datetime.h could cause new problems. But platform header files don't have macros with names like those (if they did, we would have bumped into it while developing 2.4). Hm, Anthony, what do you think now? (Disregard my previous mail, I was confused by multiple logical threads mixed into the same conversation.) --Guido

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