Neil Hodgson wrote: > COM was partly just a continuation of the practices used for > controls, VBXs and other forms of extension. Visual Basic never forced > use of a particular compiler or runtime library for extensions so why > should Python?
Do you really not know? Because of API that happens to be defined the way it is. >>Alas, it is not a cross-platform API. Standard C is cross-platform, >>so Python uses it in its own APIs. > > > The old (pre-XPCOM) Netscape plugin interface was cross-platform > and worked with any compiler on Windows. Yes, and consequently, it avoids using standard C library types throughout. Regards, Martin _______________________________________________ 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
