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

[Guido van Rossum]

> What binary compatibility ? I thought we had given that idea
> up after 1.5.2 was out the door (which is also why the Windows
> distutils installers are very picky about the Python version
> to install an extension for).

You keep saying this, and I keep denying it.  In everything I do I try
to remain binary compatible in struct layout and function signatures.
Can you point to a document that records a decision to the contrary?

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