[Python-Dev] status of development documentation

[Neal Norwitz]

On 12/24/05, Tim Peters <tim.peters at gmail.com> wrote:

> You're asking a Windows guy about make:  bad career move ;-)

:-)

> -uall is helpful in finding bugs.  One thing in particular here is
> that test_compiler runs only a tiny subset of its full test unless an
> appropriate -u flag is given.

Not to mention networking tests.

> >> The code up to the first failure is short:
> >>
> >>         bom = '\xef\xbb\xbf'
> >>         compile(bom + 'print 1\n', '', 'exec')

> That sets `a` to point at the start of the string, `b` to point at the
> second character, and returns type==51.  Then `len` is set to 1,
> `str` is malloc'ed to hold 2 bytes, and `str` is filled in with
> "\xef\x00" (the first byte of the input, as a NUL-terminated C
> string).

This gives me an idea (ie, wild ass guess).  r39680 checked in on
2005-10-06 to speed up unicode charmap decoding.  Dunno if it's likely
or not.  Gotta run, I'm headed east.  Good luck.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year everyone!

n