[Python-Dev] Changing ob_size to [s]size_t

Guido van Rossum guido@python.org
Thu, 06 Jun 2002 13:48:00 -0400


> > Binary incompatibility on 64-bit platforms, for one.
> 
> Isn't Python 2.3 breaking binary compatibility, anyway, so that the
> PYTHON_API_VERSION must be bumped?

Maybe, but we're still trying to be as compatible as possible --
sometimes it helps.

What about my other objections?

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