Where are we on Python 2.5?
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Tom Lane wrote:
> Neil Conway <neilc@samurai.com> writes:
> >> No, it just looks like a Python API 2.5 change to me
>
> > Attached is a patch that fixes the warnings. Unfortunately, it seems
> > this patch won't compile against Python 2.4: the 2.5 API requires the
> > use of some typedef's that AFAICS were only introduced in 2.5.
>
> > Since we presumably still want to support Python < 2.5, we can either
> > not apply this patch and tolerate the warnings, or else we can
> > workaround the incompatibility with some preprecessor hackery (e.g.
> > supply the missing typedef's ourselves if Python doesn't provide them).
>
> Sounds like #ifdef time to me --- but it seems a bit strange; wouldn't
> the Python guys have taken a bit more care for compatibility of
> user-supplied code? We're hardly the only people who want to support
> multiple Python versions. Perhaps they provide a compatibility hack
> that you didn't spot?
>
> regards, tom lane
>
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