[Python-Dev] (PyMapping|PyDict|PyObject)_DelItemString [was: [Pythonmac-SIG] pyobjc.so ]

[Guido van Rossum]

> >>> import pyobjc
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
> ImportError: dyld: /usr/local/src/Python-2.2/python.exe Undefined symbols:
> _PyObject_DelItemString
> Failure linking new module
> >>>
> 
> grepping for this in 2.1.2 finds nothing.
> 
> In 2.2, there seems to be one occurance:
> 
>  grep PyObject_DelItemString */*.[ch]
> Include/abstract.h:#define PyMapping_DelItemString(O,K)  PyObject_DelItemString((O),(K))
> 
> Searching for PyMapping_DelItemString, it looks like this changed from
> PyDict_DelItemString() in 2.1.2 to PyObject_DelItemString() in 2.2:
> 
> dm7g% grep PyMapping_DelItemString Python-2.*/*/*.[ch]
> Python-2.1.2/Include/abstract.h:     int PyMapping_DelItemString(PyObject *o, char *key);
> Python-2.1.2/Include/abstract.h:#define PyMapping_DelItemString(O,K) PyDict_DelItemString((O),(K))
> Python-2.2/Include/abstract.h:     int PyMapping_DelItemString(PyObject *o, char *key);
> Python-2.2/Include/abstract.h:#define PyMapping_DelItemString(O,K) PyObject_DelItemString((O),(K))
> 
> 
> Is this change of name an inadvertant bug, or is it something that
> was intentionally changed, but incompletely?

The latter.  See:

http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=5470&atid=105470&func=detail&aid=498915

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)