[Python-Dev] Can 3.1 still be built without complex?

Antoine Pitrou solipsis at pitrou.net
Thu Oct 15 17:06:27 CEST 2009


<skip <at> pobox.com> writes:
> 
> I notice that WITHOUT_COMPLEX still appears in Python.h and several .c files
> but nowhere else in the 2.6, 2.7 or 3.1 source, most particularly not in
> configure or pyconfig.h.in.  Are builds --without-complex still supported?
> Has it been tested at any time in the recent past?

Is there any point in building without complex? Size reduction perhaps?
If nobody uses it, we could remove that option. We have trouble staying
compatible with lots of build options (see how --without-threads is little
exercised).

Regards

Antoine.




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