[Python-Dev] posix_confstr seems wrong

2006-04-17 Thread skip
More C++ stuff... According to the man page on my Mac: If the call to confstr() is not successful, -1 is returned and errno is set appropriately. but the code in posix_confstr looks like: if (PyArg_ParseTuple(args, O:confstr, conv_confstr_confname, name)) { int len =

Re: [Python-Dev] posix_confstr seems wrong

2006-04-17 Thread Fred L. Drake, Jr.
On Monday 17 April 2006 17:39, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 1. Why is errno being set to 0? The C APIs don't promise to clear errno on input; you have to do that yourself. 2. Why is errno's value then tested to see if it's not zero? Looks like this have been that way since December 1999

Re: [Python-Dev] posix_confstr seems wrong

2006-04-17 Thread skip
Fred Looks like a bug to me. It should be set just before confstr() is Fred called. Thanks. I'll fix, test and check in... Skip ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: