[Python-Dev] Re: [Python-checkins]python/dist/src/Objects unicodeobject.c, 2.197, 2.198

[M.-A. Lemburg]

Jeff Epler wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 22, 2003 at 01:18:32PM +0200, M.-A. Lemburg wrote:
> 
>>While working on the config changes, I noticed that Python now
>>defaults to UCS4 when it find a Tcl/Tk version that supports UCS4...
>>
>>I can't say that I particularly like this, since the config script
>>now makes an implicit choice based on the third-party software
>>configuration with consequences that are not made obvious for the
>>user.
>>
>>E.g. on platforms that happen to have Tcl/tk installed
>>with UCS4 configuration, Python will compile using UCS4 (regardeless
>>of whether the user wants to use Tcl/Tk or not), on system
>>that don't have such Tcl/tk installation, Python compiles using
>>UCS2.
>>
>>I'd suggest to make the UCS4 choice explicit again.
> 
> See the (complete lack of) discussion on the bug at
> http://python.org/sf/798202
> 
> I can only say that this is a convenient patch for me, and probably for
> any redhat9 user who has not built his own tcl/tk.  On the other hand,
> this patch is unlikely to actually affect anybody on a different
> platform.
> 
> I don't think it's such a bad idea to have Python detect the
> configuration it must use to make a very important, bundled extension
> work properly.  Would you feel any different if a different patch was
> added, which made --enable-unicode=tcl enable the behavior of this
> patch?

Yes :-) ... "explicit is better than implicit"

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