[Python-Dev] adding _Py prefix to names in 2.5.1?

[Raghuram Devarakonda]

On 1/18/07, "Martin v. Löwis" <martin at v.loewis.de> wrote:
> Neal Norwitz schrieb:
> > http://python.org/sf/1637022 points out a problem caused by the lack
> > of a _Py prefix on Ellipsis.  Most (all?) of the new AST names are not
> > prefixed.  These are all meant to be internal names.  Are there any
> > issues with changing this?  If we do so, it means that any module
> > built with 2.5 that is using these names will fail to work in 2.5.1.
> > No code outside the core *should* be using these names.
>
> I'll look into this. I will create macros in the header file for them,
> so that existing source code will continue to compile.
>
> Regards,
> Martin

Hi,

I started to look into this based on Neal's suggestions (in offline
conversation). Please let me know if you want me to continue.

Thanks,
Raghu.