changes to PyTypeObject in object.h over time -> probs with CXX?

[tom barket]

hello,

i am trying to install the CXX-5.0b Demo with the new version 2.1 of
python, and in spite of the completely simple installation process
("python setup.py install"), I came across some errors.  Specifically,
the compiler complained that PyTypeObject is missing 4 data members:
tp_xxx5, tp_xxx6, tp_xxx7, and tp_xxx8 (see below).  So I looked up
the definition of PyTypeObject in object.h and found that these data
members are indeed absent.  However, when i inspected object.h for
python version 2.01, I found that tp_xxx7 and tp_xxx8 are there, and
in python version 1.6, all four are there.  So it seems that these
data members have been replaced over time (it looks like by
tp_traverse, tp_clear, tp_richcompare, and tp_weaklistoffset), which
is causing CXX (apparently orignally written for python 1.6) to fail.

If all this is correct, what changes do i need to make to CXX-5.0b
work with python 2.1?  If this is available somewhere, I apologize in
advance.  I am fairly new to python, but i have looked around quite a
bit and have come up with no answers yet.  TIA.

Tom
thomas_barket at yahoo.com


C:\Python21\etc\CXX\cxx_extensions.cxx(292) : error C2039: 'tp_xxx5' :
is not a member of '_typeobject'

C:\Python21\etc\CXX\cxx_extensions.cxx(293) : error C2039: 'tp_xxx6' :
is not a member of '_typeobject'

C:\Python21\etc\CXX\cxx_extensions.cxx(294) : error C2039: 'tp_xxx7' :
is not a member of '_typeobject'

C:\Python21\etc\CXX\cxx_extensions.cxx(295) : error C2039: 'tp_xxx8' :
is not a member of '_typeobject'