[Python-Dev] Remove METH_OLDARGS?

[Thomas Wouters]

On 5/29/06, Fredrik Lundh <fredrik at pythonware.com> wrote:
>
>
> this is a clear case of unnecessary meddling.  removing it won't remove
> much code (a whopping 11 lines is dedicated to this), nor give any speed
> ups whatsoever; all you're doing is generating extra work and support
> issues for a bunch of third-party developers.  trust me, we have better
> things to do with our time.
>
> -1 on meddling with this before 3.0.


-1 from me, too, for the same reason. It would be nice if the use of
PyArg_Parse could generate a (C) compile-time warning, but since it can't, I
think a runtime warning for this minor case is just overkill. (The C
compile-time warning would be useful in other cases, too... hmm, perhaps we
can do some post-processing of .o files, looking for deprecated symbols left
undefined...)

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