[Python-Dev] Re: python/dist/src/Objectsunicodeobject.c, 2.204, 2.205

[Michael Hudson]

"Tim Peters" <tim.one at comcast.net> writes:

> [Skip Montanaro]
>> Isn't that supposed to always be defined in limits.h or is UCHAR_MAX
>> not a standard macro?
>
> Yes, it's supposed to be there.  OTOH, so is limits.h, i.e. the
> HAVE_LIMITS_H test shouldn't be necessary either.

As Martin regularly points out, we have rather too much of this kind
of thing.  Given that we demand ANSI C, we could surely lose
HAVE_LIMITS_H, and probably much other cruft.

People who have to contend with broken platforms might have a
different view.  I guess there's no real reason to churn, but when
crap like this gets in the way we should strive to kill it.

Cheers,
mwh

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