[Python-Dev] Stabilizing the C API of 2.6 and 3.0

[Stefan Behnel]

Christian Heimes wrote:
> Stefan Behnel schrieb:
>> Christian Heimes wrote:
>>>  * add a new file stringobject.h which contains the aliases PyString_ ->
>>> PyBytes_
>> Just a quick note that that file is still missing from SVN, so it's kind of
>> hard to compile existing code against the current branch state...
> 
> No, the file is in SVN. It's just not in the py3k branch because it's
> not vital to the core.

It might be vital to those who try to test their code with Py3, though... :)


> I had plans to add a Python 2.x compatibility header to Python 3.0  But
> I'm not going to spend any more time on the topic or any other
> development until we have reached an agreement on the naming. I don't
> want to waste more of my free time in vain.

Sounds to me like people should get back to real work rather than keeping
bike-shedding in this thread...

Stefan