Can Python be compiled by a C++ compiler ?

[Helmut Jarausch]

Hi,

having read http://www.python.org/doc/current/ext/ext.html by Guido van 
Rossum and Fred Drake,
I got the impression I should compile Python with g++ since section 1.11
indicates that otherwise the constructor of a global or static object 
(of an extension in C++) won't be called.

Now trying to build Python (CVS version) with g++ fails. E.g., one 
problem is in Parser/pgen.c line 364 with a typical C-like confusion of 
types and variables when it declares

ss_arc *ss_arc
where ss_arc is defined by a previous typedef. A C++ compiler won't 
accept this.

Do I miss something?

Many thanks for your comments,

Helmut Jarausch

Lehrstuhl fuer Numerische Mathematik
RWTH - Aachen University
D 52056 Aachen, Germany