Feb. 19, 2002
3:23 p.m.
M.-A. Lemburg writes:
The problem with backporting this patch is that in order for Python to properly recompile any broken module, the magic will have to be changed. Question is whether this is a reasonable thing to do in a patch level release...
Guido can rule as he sees fit, but I don't see any reason *not* to change the magic number. This seems like a pretty important fix to me. -Fred -- Fred L. Drake, Jr. <fdrake at acm.org> PythonLabs at Zope Corporation