Python2 distutils question: how to best "autoconfig"...?

[Alex Martelli]

"Fredrik Lundh" <fredrik at effbot.org> wrote in message
news:82aZ5.3458$Kd1.395204 at newsb.telia.net...
> Alex Martelli wrote:
> > The specific issue is "how many bits of significance
> > does a Python float have".  (Or is there somewhere in
> > the Python headers a #define for this that I missed...?)
>
> why not just do things on the Python side?  if not else,
> it's a sure way to avoid optimization head-aches:

Good point, which Tim Peters also did in his mail!  I can
only claim a brainstorm on my part, I guess:-).


Alex