[Python-Dev] PEP 384 status (original) (raw)

Antoine Pitrou solipsis at pitrou.net
Sat Sep 4 16:19:57 CEST 2010


On Sat, 04 Sep 2010 15:13:55 +0200 "Martin v. Löwis" <martin at v.loewis.de> wrote:

> Please consider this: even without relying on PEP 384, using FILE* > is /already/ dangerous; because you might compile an extension with a > different compiler version than Python was compiled with.

It's only dangerous if you compile with a different compiler. That's why we take serious precautions that you never ever do. For example, distutils will, by default, refuse to use a different compiler.

Thanks for the explanations.

Regards

Antoine.



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