[SPAM-heur] Re: Re: Re: [Python-Dev] Re: [Python-checkins] python/dist/src/Modules threadmodule.c, 2.56, 2.56.8.1

[Anthony Tuininga]

Well, I find the argument convincing enough and it is quite safe. I am 
willing to make the necessary patches and it would be quite convenient 
to be able to use the C API in Python 2.3 as well. So I'm in favor but 
I'll bow to the greater wisdom of the Python development community since 
I really am not significantly involved. :-)

Guido van Rossum wrote:
>>It's quite arguably a bugfix, since datetime.h in 2.3.4 exposes things
>>that can't possibly be used outside of datetimemodule.c (the datetime
>>type objects are referenced in the header, but not exported in a
>>usable way).  Anthony Tuininga's patch to *finish* (not really add)
>>the datetime C API is a low-risk change regardless:  it doesn't change
>>any existing functionality, it just finishes the job of exposing it to
>>C coders, and adds some new macros for convenience.
>>
>>Now if some platform header file has macros with names like
>>
>>    PyDateTime_FromTimestamp
>>or
>>    PyDelta_FromDSU
>>
>>then adding these macros to datetime.h could cause new problems.  But
>>platform header files don't have macros with names like those (if they
>>did, we would have bumped into it while developing 2.4).
> 
> 
> Hm, Anthony, what do you think now? (Disregard my previous mail, I was
> confused by multiple logical threads mixed into the same
> conversation.)
> 
> --Guido

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