Thomas, On Thu, Apr 05, 2001 at 07:53:39PM +0200, Thomas Wouters wrote: > On Thu, Apr 05, 2001 at 02:23:26AM -0400, Tim Peters wrote: > > [Jason Tishler, passing on someone's objection to Python #define'ing > > _POSIX_THREADS sometimes] > > > > Right or wrong, it's too late to change this for 2.1 (IMO). Thread support > > across platforms is very touchy, because so poorly standardized and > > implemented across vendors, and fiddling with *any* of that support code is > > very dangerous. Can you swear that Python never #define'ing _POSIX_THREADS > > on its own won't break threading on some other platform? If not, changing > > it needs *lots* of lead time for x-platform testing. > > We could define _POSIX_THREADS only if it isn't already defined. Or better > yet, defined PY_POSIX_THREADS, have the Python source itself just trigger > off of that, and #define _POSIX_THREADS somewhere in pyport.h, > PY_POSIX_THREADS is defined and _POSIX_THREADS is not. I was thinking of something like the above, but not with as much understanding as you already have. Would you be willing to submit such a patch for consideration *after* 2.1 final? Thanks, Jason -- Jason Tishler Director, Software Engineering Phone: +1 (732) 264-8770 x235 Dot Hill Systems Corp. Fax: +1 (732) 264-8798 82 Bethany Road, Suite 7 Email: Jason.Tishler@dothill.com Hazlet, NJ 07730 USA WWW: http://www.dothill.com
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