[Python-Dev] Get fame and fortune from mindless editing

[Jeremy Hylton]

>>>>> "GvR" == Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> writes:

  MH> An offer too good to refuse ;) We recently deprecated the
  MH> DL_EXPORT and DL_IMPORT macros, replacing them with purpose
  MH> oriented macros.  In an effort to cleanup the source, it would
  MH> be good to remove all such macros from the Python source tree.
  >>
  >> Would it make any sense to backport the new macros to the 2.2
  >> branch?  It might ease the life of extension writers who want
  >> their code to work with either version.  The practical problem,
  >> however, is that their code would only work with a
  >> too-be-released 2.2.2.

  GvR> Maybe both the old and the new macros could be supported by
  GvR> 2.2.2?

Yes.  That's my suggestion.

Jeremy