[Python-Dev] How to make _sre.c compile w/ C++?

["Martin v. Löwis"]

skip at pobox.com wrote:
>              if (b == 1) {
> -                literal = sre_literal_template(ptr, n);
> +                   literal = sre_literal_template((SRE_CHAR *)ptr, n);
>              } else {
>  #if defined(HAVE_UNICODE)
> -                literal = sre_uliteral_template(ptr, n);
> +                   literal = sre_uliteral_template((Py_UNICODE *)ptr, n);
>  #endif
> ../Modules/_sre.c: In function 'PyObject* pattern_subx(PatternObject*, PyObject*, PyObject*, int, int)':
> ../Modules/_sre.c:2287: error: cannot convert 'Py_UNICODE*' to 'unsigned char*' for argument '1' to 'int sre_literal_template(unsigned char*, int)'
> 
> During the 16-bit pass, SRE_CHAR expands to Py_UNICODE, so the call to
> sre_literal_template is incorrect.  Any ideas how to fix things?

sre_literal_template doesn't take SRE_CHAR*, but unsigned char*. So just
cast to that.

Regards,
Martin