On 27 August 2002, Tom Epperly said:

If you have two Python C extension modules with the same shortname (i.e., the name minus all the package directories), Python distutils won't compile them both correctly. In my example, I've got

Funny -- someone else reported that same bug last week. It's filed on SourceForge here: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=599248&group_id=5470&atid=105470

Do you consider this a bug?

Yes. Not sure how it came about; I *thought* I coded things the right way originally, but I could be misremembering.

If yes, how quickly do you think it can be addressed?

Very quickly as soon as someone finds the cycles. (Don't look at me!) Greg -- Greg Ward * gward@python.net * www.gerg.ca All things are possible -- except skiing through a revolving door.