[Python-Dev] OpenVMS file system and UNIVERSAL_NEWLINES support
Skip Montanaro
skip at pobox.com
Fri Feb 27 07:29:43 EST 2004
>> I wouldn't call it __VMS: if Python still runs on OS/390 or MVS or
>> whatever they'll have the same problem. And I/O system where the
>> underlying filesystem isn't bytestream-based is really what we're
>> talking about, I think.
Jean-François> Correct, none of these patches are OpenVMS specific.
Jean-François> Any conditional name suggestion is welcome...
What about Py_HAS_STREAM_IO? It would be defined by default. On platforms
like OpenVMS, you could #undef it in pyport.h or through some other
mechanism.
Or the contr, something like Py_HAS_NO_STREAM_IO. That doesn't read very
well though.
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