On Thu, 23 Dec 1999, Harri Pasanen wrote:
Greg Stein wrote:
Hi all,
I reorganized Python's dynamic load/import code over the past few days. Gudio provided some feedback, I did some more mods, and now it is checked into CVS. The new loading behavior has been tested on Linux, IRIX, and Solaris (and probably Windows by now).
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What was the motivation behind this modification?
Harri - With the new code structure, it is much easier to maintain Python's loading code. Each platform has its own file (e.g. dynload_aix.c) rather than being all jammed together into importdl.c. This isn't a huge win by itself, but does increase readability/maintainability. The big improvement, however, is when you are adding support for new platforms or loading mechanisms. A new dynload_*.c can be written and one line added to configure.in, and you're done. No need to make importdl.c even uglier. (actually, importdl.c no longer contains *any* platform specific code; it has all been moved to the dynload_*.c files) Cheers, -g -- Greg Stein, http://www.lyra.org/