[Python-checkins] r42006 - peps/trunk/pep-0353.txt

[martin.v.loewis]

Author: martin.v.loewis
Date: Tue Jan 10 22:21:39 2006
New Revision: 42006

Modified:
   peps/trunk/pep-0353.txt
Log:
Add open issues section.


Modified: peps/trunk/pep-0353.txt
==============================================================================
--- peps/trunk/pep-0353.txt	(original)
+++ peps/trunk/pep-0353.txt	Tue Jan 10 22:21:39 2006
@@ -229,6 +229,18 @@
   type on most 64-bit systems (except Win64), so
   the compiler inserts padding before it as well.
 
+Open Issues
+===========
+
+* Marc-Andre Lemburg commented that complete backwards
+  compatibility with existing source code should be
+  preserved. In particular, functions that have
+  Py_ssize_t* output arguments should continue to run
+  correctly even if the callers pass int*.
+
+  It is not clear what strategy could be used to implement
+  that requirement.
+
 
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