[Python-Dev] zap _Py prefix?

[Guido van Rossum]

> Should the _Py-prefixed symbols be renamed, for example, from
> 
>     _PyUnicode_IsDecimalDigit
> 
> to
> 
>     Py__Unicode_IsDecimalDigit

I've replied to this and I'll reply again.  When a C compiler is
spotted that defines a conflicting symbol or that refuses to compile
our code because of this, it's early enough to change this.

> ?  If so, we would then declare that all external symbols which begin with
> "Py__" were part of the private API.

The problem is that Py__ doesn't scream "internal" like "_Py" does.
If we had to, I'd propose "_py".

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