Tim Peters <tim.one@comcast.net> writes:

[the recommended 2.3+ API]

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PyMem_{Malloc, Realloc, Free} PyObject_{Malloc, Realloc, Free} PyObject_{New, NewVar}

[Michael Hudson]

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We should probably provide an example of preprocessor hackery that lets you use these interfaces and remain backward compatible as far as possible. Maybe even a little .h file which we can suggest extension authors bundle with their extensions.

I would be delighted if somebody else did that. As I age, I find it increasingly difficult to do more than 103 things at once <wink>.

I hope you don't mind if I wait a few weeks. Though I guess I wouldn't be aiming for a moving target now, I'll feel safer in a month or so... Cheers, M. -- First time I've gotten a programming job that required a drug test. I was worried they were going to say "you don't have enough LSD in your system to do Unix programming". -- Paul Tomblin -- http://home.xnet.com/~raven/Sysadmin/ASR.Quotes.html