Python + Borland - msvcrt = grr.

[jj]

Hm, I posted the same stuff a month ago.
I hope you fixed -D_DEBUG issue. 

JJ
On Mon, 23 Apr 2001 07:06:02 GMT, "Stephen" <news at myNOSPAM.org> wrote:

>Howdy,
>
>    I just sent in the patch to fix up all the Python sources to let it
>compile from the Borland free compiler or C++Builder. This leaves two issues
>remaining before I put up the projects/makefiles somewhere:
>
>    #1) BCC is giving off the STRANGEST warnings. They make no sense-at-all,
>it seems to me that the compiler doesn't comprehend that a variable that
>only gets modified by macros is actually being modified, so it complains a
>LOT about 'variable is assigned a value but never used' etc. Anyways, I'm
>looking to the C++Builder for a fix on this :)
>
>    #2) 'msvcrt'. That's the only barrier to actually having the sources
>compile if my patch is added in. I havn't yet actually looked at how much
>can be salvaged/#ifdef'd around to duplicate the functionality for
>borland... but I have a question:
>
>    Why the heck is it called _msvcrt_? Half of it will work right now -- I
>know Borland supports putch/getch, for instance. The other half will likely
>just need some minor fixes. The module *really* should be called
>'winconsole' or something.
>
>Anyways. :)
>
>--Stephen
>(replace 'NOSPAM' with 'seraph' to respond in email)
>