[Pythonmac-SIG] Re: dynload_next patch - still waiting for feedback

[Jack Jansen]

On Friday, February 15, 2002, at 12:37 , Manoj Plakal wrote:

>> To my knowledge, with two-level namespaces, we won't face any problems 
>> with undefined symbols and namespace clashes, even with the initxx() 
>> functions. Unfortunately, porting UNIX applications to OS X with 
>> two-level namespaces can be quite burdensome. So, if possible, I think 
>> that the dynamic loader should have some mechanisms to deal with flat 
>> namespace issues.
>
>
>             I agree with Marcel.

Ok, I'll change the Python build process to use two-level namespaces 
everywhere and see how that goes.
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