Barry Warsaw wrote: > On Jan 21, 2010, at 04:07 PM, Jeffrey Yasskin wrote: > >> I could imagine a problem if Python+LLVM link in one libstdc++, and an >> extension module links in a different one, even if no C++ objects are >> passed across the boundary. Does that cause problems in practice? We'd >> have the same problems as from having two different C runtimes in the >> same application. > > Yes, I think this could cause problems. >
But I believe they would be the same set of problems that PEP 384 addresses for cross-version compatibility. Because the linker only sees the C symbols, it shouldn't be possible for the C++ specific parts of the runtimes to interfere with each other. Cheers, Nick. -- Nick Coghlan | ncogh...@gmail.com | Brisbane, Australia --------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ 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
