[Python-Dev] PYTHON_API_VERSION and threading

[Jack Jansen]

> > Something that just struck me: couldn't we use a couple of bits in the 
> > PYTHON_API_VERSION to check various other things that make dynamic modules 
> > break? WITH_THREAD is the one I just ran in to, but there's a few others such 
> > as the object refcounting statistics and platform-dependent things like the 
> > debug/nodebug compilation on Windows.
> 
> I'm curious what combination didn't work?  The thread APIs are
> supposed to be designed so that all combinations work -- the APIs are
> always present, they just don't do anything in the unthreaded
> version.

Oops, the problem was mine: not only was the extension module compiled without 
threading, but also with the previous version of the I/O library used on the 
mac. Silly me.
--
Jack Jansen             | ++++ stop the execution of Mumia Abu-Jamal ++++
Jack.Jansen@oratrix.com | ++++ if you agree copy these lines to your sig ++++
www.oratrix.nl/~jack    | see http://www.xs4all.nl/~tank/spg-l/sigaction.htm