Initializing PyObject_HEAD in place

[Anton Graph]

Anton Graph wrote:
> I have a class derived from PyObject:
> 
> class MetaFld : public PyObject /* python header: ref. counter + 
> &typeobject */ {
>     friend class MCI<MetaFld>;
>     MetaFld *next;
> protected:
>     long n_id; // for(fldnum=recnum-10000;;++fldnum) n_id = fldnum;
> ......
> 
> 
> The initialization in constructor
> 
> MetaFld::MetaFld(MetaRec *owner, const char *name, const char *type,
>          const char *field_name_postfix)
>     : PyObject(&metafldtype), .......
> 
> worked like that before (last time I compile this which was 3 years ago 
> ot so). Not sure how, but it did. Well, today it did not. Maybe someone
> upgraded Python to 1.4 in that time period.
> So, my question is how would I inittialize PyObject struct (the base of 
> my class) in the constructor or my class? I need something like 
> _PyObject_New() as defined for core dll in windows, that is with 
> allocated space passed as a second parameter.
> 
> I'm using Python 1.4 on SCO OpenServer and would rather not upgrade to 
> latest and greatest (2.2.1?) unless there is a pressing need for that.
> 
> I've checked the tutorial and took a brief look at FAQ: this does not 
> seem to be covered.
> 
> Thank you!
> 

Nevermind, I figured I was using Cameau C++ instead of SCO C++ back then.