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[Python-Dev] Difference between Include/internal and Include/cpython ?
But in practice the distinction doesn't seem very conclusive. Some
internal APIs end up in either of those two directories without any
clear reason why.
Regards
Antoine.
On Sun, 3 Feb 2019 11:10:16 -0500
Ammar Askar <ammar at ammaraskar.com> wrote:
> This is the discussion where it was named:
> https://discuss.python.org/t/poll-what-is-your-favorite-name-for-the-new-include-subdirectory/477?u=ammaraskar
> and the bug explaining the motivation: https://bugs.python.org/issue35134
>
> >(and why the additional "pycore_XXX.h" naming convention for some ofthose files?)
>
> "* Include/internal/pycore_*.h is the "internal" API"
>
> On Sun, Feb 3, 2019 at 10:20 AM Antoine Pitrou <solipsis at pitrou.net> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > Can someone explain why we have two separate directories
> > Include/internal and Include/cpython? What is the rule for declaring an
> > API inside one or another?
> >
> > At first sight, it seems to me we're having gratuitous complication
> > here. For example, I notice that PyFloat_Fini() is declared in
> > Include/cpython/pylifecycle.h but PyLong_Fini() is declared in
> > Include/internal/pycore_pylifecycle.h?
> >
> > (and why the additional "pycore_XXX.h" naming convention for some of
> > those files?)
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Antoine.
> >
> >
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