jhylton@users.sourceforge.net wrote:
> Update of /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Objects
> In directory usw-pr-cvs1:/tmp/cvs-serv17711/Objects
>
> Modified Files:
> dictobject.c floatobject.c intobject.c listobject.c
> longobject.c rangeobject.c stringobject.c tupleobject.c
> typeobject.c unicodeobject.c xxobject.c
> Log Message:
> staticforward bites the dust.
>
> The staticforward define was needed to support certain broken C
> compilers (notably SCO ODT 3.0, perhaps early AIX as well) botched the
> static keyword when it was used with a forward declaration of a static
> initialized structure. Standard C allows the forward declaration with
> static, and we've decided to stop catering to broken C compilers. (In
> fact, we expect that the compilers are all fixed eight years later.)
You'd think so :-) From a support file of the mx tools:
/* --- Platform or compiler specific tweaks ------------------------------- */
/* Add some platform specific symbols to enable work-arounds for the
static forward declaration of type definitions; note that the GNU C
compiler does not have this problem.
Many thanks to all who have contributed to this list.
*/
#if (!defined(__GNUC__))
# if (defined(NeXT) || defined(sgi) || defined(_AIX) ||
(defined(__osf__) && defined(__DECC)) || defined(TrueComaq64) || defined(__VMS))
# define BAD_STATIC_FORWARD
# endif
#endif
/* Some more tweaks for various platforms. */
/* VMS needs this define. Thanks to Jean-Fran?ois PI?RONNE */
#if defined(__VMS)
# define __SC__
#endif
/* xlC on AIX doesn't like the Python work-around for static forwards
in ANSI mode (default), so we switch on extended mode. Thanks to
Albert Chin-A-Young */
#if defined(__xlC__)
# pragma langlvl extended
#endif
> I'm leaving staticforward and statichere defined in object.h as
> static. This is only for backwards compatibility with C extensions
> that might still use it.
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