[Pythonmac-SIG] Intel/PyMac_GetOSType status?

[Bob Ippolito]

On Mar 5, 2006, at 5:52 AM, has wrote:

> Bob wrote:
>
>>> Just wondering what progress (if any) there's been on fixing the  
>>> endian bugs in PyMac_GetOSType and PyMac_BuildOSType?
>>>
>>> https://sourceforge.net/tracker/? 
>>> func=detail&atid=305470&aid=1218421&group_id=5470
>>
>> That's been fixed in the universal branch for some time now.
>
> Cool. Mind if I pinch the relevant code and kludge it into the  
> CarbonX AE and OSA extensions? Seems the simplest way to maintain  
> compatibility with Apple-installed 2.3.5 on Intel Mac.

It's a really bad idea to even bother trying to support that.  What  
you should do is file bugs with Apple until they fix it, rather than  
trying to patch over the egregious bugs in all of the Mac extension  
modules.  Tell your users that in order to support Intel, they must  
use a third party build that isn't broken.

-bob