The issue of Michael's static PyTimeout_Err symbol reminded me about a
question I had about _Py-prefixed symbols. I realize they are all
"internal", but I also recall Tim saying a couple of times that the ANSI C
standard reserves all symbols which begin with underscores for use by
compiler writers.
Should the _Py-prefixed symbols be renamed, for example, from
_PyUnicode_IsDecimalDigit
to
Py__Unicode_IsDecimalDigit
? If so, we would then declare that all external symbols which begin with
"Py__" were part of the private API. We would of course add macro
definitions during the deprecation period:
#define _PyUnicode_IsDecimalDigit Py__Unicode_IsDecimalDigit
(It would also be nice to #warn when the macros are used. Is that possible
with the C preprocessor?)
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