Robert Bradshaw wrote: > On Jul 8, 2009, at 5:07 PM, Lisandro Dalcin wrote: > >> On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 6:07 PM, Dag Sverre >> Seljebotn<[email protected]> wrote: >>> I think you mistunderstood me... I meant (1) and (2) in combination. >> >> Indeed... My fault this time... >> >>> Trying again: >>> >>> 1) We introduce "?" >>> 2) If you do not know the exact type, you HAVE to use ?. Not using ? >>> implies you know the exact type. > > > I think this is a bad idea. If you have an extern typedef int, how > often do you really know what it is? On all platforms? With all c > configuration options and into the future? Nearly every typedef int > would have to be unranked, which would be a pain to code with.
I just don't see what alternative you are proposing though? Today's behaviour is not even defined except through an ever-changing implementation, and leads to bugs; is that what you are proposing to keep? Just write down the exact behaviour that you want and I'll be able to follow you here. Dag Sverre _______________________________________________ Cython-dev mailing list [email protected] http://codespeak.net/mailman/listinfo/cython-dev
