[Python-checkins] r46642 - in python/trunk: Lib/socket.py Lib/struct.py Lib/test/test_socket.py Lib/test/test_struct.py Modules/_struct.c Modules/socketmodule.c

[Martin Blais]

On 6/5/06, "Martin v. Löwis" <martin at v.loewis.de> wrote:
> Martin Blais wrote:
> > Python supports I-don-t-know how many platforms, but it's a lot.   A
> > little document from someone in-the-know (like you or someone else) to
> > describe the situation of ssize_t and size_t availability with respect
> > to all platforms (i.e. what is "universally" available), and what we
> > should do about it within the context of Python, would help a lot.   A
> > blog entry or a posting to python-dev would do.  This would save
> > people a lot of time...
>
> Maybe - I can't help here, I don't blog. But the story is really short.
> size_t is part of standard C (since C89), so it is available on all
> supported platforms (Python requires C89 from the target platform).
> ssize_t is not part of standard C, but is part of Posix. So it might not
> be available on all systems (Python doesn't require POSIX).
>
> For example, Visual C++ doesn't have ssize_t, although PC/pyconfig.h
> defines it to simplify porting.

Awesome.  This helps.  I'll fix it soon.  Thanks! :-)