[Python-Dev] Re: [Python-checkins]
python/dist/src/Modules threadmodule.c, 2.56, 2.56.8.1
Guido van Rossum
gvanrossum at gmail.com
Thu Sep 2 17:45:34 CEST 2004
> 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
>
> PyDateTime_FromTimestamp
> or
> PyDelta_FromDSU
>
> 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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