[Python-Dev] [Python-3000] PyString -> PyBytes C API renaming (original) (raw)

Marcin ‘Qrczak’ Kowalczyk qrczak at knm.org.pl
Thu May 29 12:05:20 CEST 2008

2008/5/29 Nick Coghlan <ncoghlan at gmail.com>:

it would still be nice if the PyBytes* symbols were visible to the linker as well as the preprocessor.

If this is not a strict requirement but a useful extra, then it might be done in an unportable way. GCC has an 'alias' attribute: http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Function-Attributes.html