On 1/3/06, Thomas Heller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jeremy Hylton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > On 1/3/06, Thomas Heller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> The ast-branch merge apparently changed some formerly public functions > >> to macros. The two that I found out about are PyRun_SimpleString and > >> PyRun_InteractiveLoop, I have not checked if there are more or not. > >> > >> This breaks apps which dynamically link at runtime to the Python dll > >> (the latest py2exe does this). > >> > >> Was this change intentional, or can it be reverted? > >> > >> Thanks, > >> > >> Thomas > >> > > > The intent was to provide binary compatibility, but redirect all newly > > linked code to the newer variants. We did this correctly for > > PyParser_SimpleParseFile and PyParser_SimpleParseString, but didn't do > > it for the rest of the changed functions. Can you file a bug report? > > (Or just fix the ones that bother you.) > > > > We ought to update the docs, too. > > I'm not sure I understand the 'we did this correctly for ...'. > PyParser_SimpleParseFile is a function in 2.4, and a macro in 2.5.
There's a function by the same name at the end of pythonrun.c. Nothing in the Python core should link to it, but it's still available for third-party code. Now we can mark PyParser_SimpleParseFile as deprecated remove it in some future release. Jeremy _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
