[py-dev] Greenlets

[Florian Schulze]

On Fri, 17 Dec 2004 02:47:55 +0100, holger krekel <hpk at trillke.net> wrote:

> [Florian Schulze Thu, Dec 16, 2004 at 06:58:54PM +0100]
>> Hi!
>>
>> I just saw that greenlets where imported into py and I wanted to try 
>> them
>> out. Unfortunately they don't compile on windows, the offending line is
>> #536:
>> PyObject_HEAD_INIT(&PyType_Type)
>> greenlet.c(536) : error C2099: Initialisierung ist keine Konstante
>> roughly translated:
>> greenlet.c(536) : error C2099: Initializer is not constant
>> I looked into other extension modules and there all those lines read 
>> like
>> this:
>> PyObject_HEAD_INIT(NULL)
>>
>> It compiled with that line, but it crashes after the greenlets ran 
>> through.
>
> Does installing distutils-based C-coded packages usually work for you?

Yes, if zope3, numarray, pygame etc counts ;)

>> It's an really interesting idea though.
>
> Greenlets or integrating C-modules on the fly or both? :-)

I only tried Greenlets yet, but the on the fly C-module stuff is also very 
cool. What happens when I start it with Python 2.3 it compiles and then I 
start it with Python 2.4, does it detect that it has to recompile?

>> ps: Are Armin Rigo and Christian Tismer on this list?
>
> Armin yes, but not christian i think.

ok.

> cheers,
>
>     holger

Regards,
Florian Schulze