[Python-Dev] Multiple Inclusion of Header Files

[Guido van Rossum]

> > is there any reason why these files:
> >     graminit.h
> >     patchlevel.h 
> >     pyconfig.h (aka pyconfig.h.in)
> > 
> > don't protect against being included multiple times?
> 
> I think they cannot possibly be included multiple times in a correct
> application, since a correct application does not directly include
> them, anyway.

But that's true of any .h file that's included by Python.h, isn't it?
And there's only a handful of .h files that Python.h doesn't include...

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