[issue4665] Failure to compile trunk on Solaris10/SPARC using C++ compiler

[Martin v. Löwis]

Martin v. Löwis <martin at v.loewis.de> added the comment:

> Do we have any means to test the C++ compatibility of the header files?

No, we fix it when users report bugs (which typically happens very
quickly after we made some).

> Full C++ compatibility is one way to make sure the header files are
> compatible, too. *wink* I don't see harm in sprinkling explicit type
> casts over the C code, too.

That requires discussion, I'm opposed to such a change: it adds
unnecessary complication. In any case, such discussion would belong
to python-dev.

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