[Python-3000] Change _Py prefix for 3k?

Neil Schemenauer nas at arctrix.com
Thu Jul 12 17:53:48 CEST 2007


On Thu, Jul 12, 2007 at 10:04:44AM +0300, Guido van Rossum wrote:
> There are lots of things we do that could theoretically be bad C. I
> doubt that this particular one will ever bite us. Are there any other
> reasons for such a change?

I think Python is one of the only open source projects to use a
_[A-Z] prefix on non-local symbols.  That seems more dangerous that
other non-standard stuff.  Also, it could be hard to work around if
someone runs into trouble.  My gut feeling is that it's not worth
the effort to change but I wanted it to be considered for 3k.

  Neil


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