Am 18.06.2013 13:32, schrieb Victor Stinner: > 2013/6/18 Christian Heimes <christ...@python.org>: >> Am 18.06.2013 12:56, schrieb Jeremy Kloth: >>> On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 2:02 PM, victor.stinner >>>> +#include <alloca.h> >>> >>> This header is not present on Windows, thus breaking all the Windows >>> buildbots. Perhaps it should be wrapped in an AIX-specific #ifdef? > > Oh really? Portability is complex :-) I only tested on Linux, but I > expected this header to be part of the C standard...
It's neither C99 nor POSIX.1-2001. I guess it's just too fragile and not portable enough. http://c-faq.com/malloc/alloca.html > >> I have added HAVE_ALLOCA_H to configure: >> >> http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/7b6ae19dd116 > > Cool, thanks. You are welcome. alloca() is documented to require <alloca.h>. It merely works with GCC because the compiler translates the function call to inline code. Christian _______________________________________________ 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
