[Python-Dev] Get fame and fortune from mindless editing
Jeremy Hylton
jeremy@alum.mit.edu
Wed, 31 Jul 2002 11:25:37 -0400
>>>>> "GvR" == Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> writes:
MH> An offer too good to refuse ;) We recently deprecated the
MH> DL_EXPORT and DL_IMPORT macros, replacing them with purpose
MH> oriented macros. In an effort to cleanup the source, it would
MH> be good to remove all such macros from the Python source tree.
>>
>> Would it make any sense to backport the new macros to the 2.2
>> branch? It might ease the life of extension writers who want
>> their code to work with either version. The practical problem,
>> however, is that their code would only work with a
>> too-be-released 2.2.2.
GvR> Maybe both the old and the new macros could be supported by
GvR> 2.2.2?
Yes. That's my suggestion.
Jeremy