On Tue, 22 Feb 2011 18:08:01 -0500 Alexander Belopolsky <alexander.belopol...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 6:34 PM, David Claridge <da...@daave.com> wrote: > .. > > I was wondering if there is some reason why C API functions like > > PyObject_CallMethod[1] and PySys_GetObject[2] take char* arguments > > rather than const char*s? > > The later is addressed by issue 1699259 > <http://bugs.python.org/issue1699259>. It looks like const was added > in 3.2, but deemed not important enough to backport to 2.7. The issue > is still open, so interested parties can argue for backport there.
I don't think it's a good idea to backport visible API changes. (someone successfully compiling on 2.7.N could then have users complaining that compilation fails on 2.7.N-1). Moreover, it doesn't really fix a bug. Regards Antoine. _______________________________________________ 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
