On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 10:54 PM, Antoine Pitrou <solip...@pitrou.net> wrote: > Please consider this: even without relying on PEP 384, using FILE* > is /already/ dangerous; because you might compile an extension with a > different compiler version than Python was compiled with. So, if we were > following you, we should rip out PyObject_Print() of the whole C API, > not only the limited subset which is defined by PEP 384. > > (now I have nothing against completely ripping out PyObject_Print() if > we find out that it's not really useful...)
I finally took the obvious step of grepping the include directory to see what APIs were even affected by this question. Turns out there are more APIs than I thought, but most extension modules aren't going to need most of them (since they're related to code parsing, compilation and execution directly from files). For the remainder, I propose as a starting point that users of the stable ABI be directed to the Python equivalents, with the possibility of later adding inline functions for more commonly used API elements. PyObject_Print is the only one I would bother providing as part of the initial stable ABI implementation. Cheers, Nick. Search criteria: grep "FILE \?\*" * object.h:typedef int (*printfunc)(PyObject *, FILE *, int); object.h:PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyObject_Print(PyObject *, FILE *, int); - should provide inline equivalent fileobject.h:PyAPI_FUNC(char *) Py_UniversalNewlineFgets(char *, int, FILE*, PyObject *); marshal.h:PyAPI_FUNC(void) PyMarshal_WriteLongToFile(long, FILE *, int); marshal.h:PyAPI_FUNC(void) PyMarshal_WriteObjectToFile(PyObject *, FILE *, int); marshal.h:PyAPI_FUNC(long) PyMarshal_ReadLongFromFile(FILE *); marshal.h:PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyMarshal_ReadShortFromFile(FILE *); marshal.h:PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyMarshal_ReadObjectFromFile(FILE *); marshal.h:PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyMarshal_ReadLastObjectFromFile(FILE *); parsetok.h:PyAPI_FUNC(node *) PyParser_ParseFile (FILE *, const char *, grammar *, int, parsetok.h:PyAPI_FUNC(node *) PyParser_ParseFileFlags(FILE *, const char *, parsetok.h:PyAPI_FUNC(node *) PyParser_ParseFileFlagsEx(FILE *, const char *, pythonrun.h:PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyRun_AnyFileFlags(FILE *, const char *, PyCompilerFlags *); pythonrun.h:PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyRun_AnyFileExFlags(FILE *, const char *, int, PyCompilerFlags *); pythonrun.h:PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyRun_SimpleFileExFlags(FILE *, const char *, int, PyCompilerFlags *); pythonrun.h:PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyRun_InteractiveOneFlags(FILE *, const char *, PyCompilerFlags *); pythonrun.h:PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyRun_InteractiveLoopFlags(FILE *, const char *, PyCompilerFlags *); pythonrun.h:PyAPI_FUNC(struct _mod *) PyParser_ASTFromFile(FILE *, const char *, pythonrun.h:PyAPI_FUNC(struct _node *) PyParser_SimpleParseFileFlags(FILE *, const char *, pythonrun.h:PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyRun_FileExFlags(FILE *, const char *, int, pythonrun.h:PyAPI_FUNC(int) Py_FdIsInteractive(FILE *, const char *); pythonrun.h:PyAPI_FUNC(char *) PyOS_Readline(FILE *, FILE *, char *); pythonrun.h:PyAPI_DATA(char) *(*PyOS_ReadlineFunctionPointer)(FILE *, FILE *, char *); - omit from stable ABI, recommend equivalent Python calls (may add inline versions to stable ABI over time if requested by developers) abstract.h: int PyObject_Print(PyObject *o, FILE *fp, int flags); - comment, not declaration (actual declaration is in object.h) grammar.h:void printgrammar(grammar *g, FILE *fp); grammar.h:void printnonterminals(grammar *g, FILE *fp); object.h:PyAPI_FUNC(void) _Py_PrintReferences(FILE *); object.h:PyAPI_FUNC(void) _Py_PrintReferenceAddresses(FILE *); Python.h:PyAPI_FUNC(FILE *) _Py_wfopen(const wchar_t *path, const wchar_t *mode); Python.h:PyAPI_FUNC(FILE*) _Py_fopen(PyObject *unicode, const char *mode); - private, omit from stable ABI -- 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
