[Python-checkins] python/dist/src/Modules unicodedata.c,2.16,2.17

[M.-A. Lemburg]

Guido van Rossum wrote:
>>>Modified Files:
>>>	unicodedata.c 
>>>Log Message:
>>>_Py prefix is verboten for static entry points
>>
>>That's fine, but please mangle the names in a different way then,
>>since the _Py was added to avoid compiler problems on some
>>platform (don't remember which) where e.g. getname() is a system
>>API.
> 
> 
> Look carefully -- he called it _getucname.  (Generally I don't think
> static function names should with an underscore though.)

Even worse... that's not even allowed by ISO/ANSI C ;-)

Seriously, I don't care what you name them, as long as they don't
stir up compiler noises. How about using "unicode_" as prefix ?

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