[Python-Dev] #ifdef __cplusplus?

Christian Heimes lists at cheimes.de
Sat Jan 3 03:56:07 CET 2009


Jim Jewett schrieb:
> Is the concern that moving them to a header makes them part of the API?
> 
> In other words, does replacing
> 
>    PyObject *
>    PyFile_FromString(char *name, char *mode)
>    {
>  	extern int fclose(FILE *);
>    ...
>    }
> 
> with
> 
>    #include <stdio.h>
> 
> mean that the <stdio.h> needs to be included from then on, even if
> PyFile_FromString stops relying upon it?

stdio.h is included by the Python.h header file anyway. There is simply
on point in declaring fclose() a second time here.

Christian



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