Stefan Krah added the comment: FWIW, I've been using
https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/master/Modules/_decimal/_decimal.c#L689 the static initialization on problematic platforms like Windows and AIX for years, without any problems. I'm sure this is valid C, and people here agree: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6989107/cant-initialize-static-structure-with-function-pointer-from-another-translation Perhaps this was an issue on very old IRIX systems or similar? ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue31443> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com