[Python-Dev] mingw32 and gc-header weirdness

["Martin v. Löwis"]

> Antoine Pitrou <solipsis <at> pitrou.net> writes:
>> In any case, you seem to be right on this particular point: the PyGC_Head union
>> should probably contain a "double" alternative in addition to the "long double"
>> (and perhaps even a "long long" one).
> 
> Sorry, I realize that this doesn't really address the point.

I don't realize that. Why is your first proposal bad?

> In addition to that union, we should also have a particular mechanism to compute
> what the proper offset should be between the PyGC_Head and the PyObject.

Why is that difficult? It's sizeof(PyGC_Head).

Regards,
Martin