On Sun, Sep 27, 2009 at 8:48 AM, Brett Cannon <br...@python.org> wrote: > On Sun, Sep 27, 2009 at 00:21, Mark Dickinson <dicki...@gmail.com> wrote: [...] >> So I've now got a file Modules/math_support.c that contains >> some functions needed by both mathmodule.c and >> cmathmodule.c, as well as a couple of functions only >> currently needed by the math module. How should I incorporate >> this file into the build? >> >> One obvious solution seems to be to build an extra math_support.so >> file that's then used by both mathmodule.so and cmathmodule.so. >> Is this a sensible solution? Are there better ways? >> > > Are you planning on exposing any of this outside of those two modules?
No. > If not then I would change the name to _math.so That makes sense. >> A complication to bear in mind is that some users may want to >> alter Modules/Setup.dist so that either the math module and/or >> the cmath module is included in the core Python executable. > > If you are mucking with Modules.Setup.dist you better know how to > figure out that those two modules depend on another .so. Sure. I'll at least add a comment pointing out the dependence, though. Thanks, Mark _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
