[Python-3000] PEP 3123 (Was: PEP Parade)

[Guido van Rossum]

I'm okay with applying to 2.6 and then merging into 3.0.  ISTM though
that backporting this to 2.5 would cause the release manager to throw
a fit, so I think that's not worth it. What would be the benefit
anyway?

--Guido

On 5/13/07, "Martin v. Löwis" <martin at v.loewis.de> wrote:
> >  S  3123  Making PyObject_HEAD conform to standard C   von Löwis
> >
> > I like it, but who's going to make the changes? Once those chnges have
> > been made, will it still be reasonable to expect to merge C code from
> > the (2.6) trunk into the 3.0 branch?
>
> I just created bugs.python.org/1718153, which implements this PEP.
>
> I had to add a number of additional macros (Py_Refcnt, Py_Size,
> PyVarObject_HEAD_INIT); using these macros throughout is the bulk
> of the change.
>
> If the macros are backported to 2.x (omitting the "hard" changes
> to PyObject itself), then the code base can stay the same between
> 2.x and 3.x (of course, backporting changes from 2.6 to 2.5 might
> become harder, as the chances for conflicts increase).
>
> As for statistics: there are ca. 580 uses of Py_Type in the code,
> 410 of Py_Size, and 20 of Py_Refcnt.
>
> How should I proceed? The next natural step would be to change
> 2.6, and then wait until those changes get merged into 3k.
>
> Regards,
> Martin
>


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