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Retract the statement that all functions called by Python (even method 

defs) need to be declared extern "C" -- it seems to have no basis in
truth (any more?).
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Guido van Rossum 1998-02-05 19:59:39 +00:00
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@ -1227,10 +1227,9 @@ It is possible to write extension modules in \Cpp{}. Some restrictions
apply. If the main program (the Python interpreter) is compiled and
linked by the \C{} compiler, global or static objects with constructors
cannot be used. This is not a problem if the main program is linked
by the \Cpp{} compiler. All functions that will be called directly or
indirectly (i.e. via function pointers) by the Python interpreter will
have to be declared using \code{extern "C"}; this applies to all
``methods'' as well as to the module's initialization function.
by the \Cpp{} compiler. Functions that will be called by the
Python interpreter (in particular, module initalization functions)
have to be declared using \code{extern "C"}.
It is unnecessary to enclose the Python header files in
\code{extern "C" \{...\}} --- they use this form already if the symbol
\samp{__cplusplus} is defined (all recent \Cpp{} compilers define this

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@ -1227,10 +1227,9 @@ It is possible to write extension modules in \Cpp{}. Some restrictions
apply. If the main program (the Python interpreter) is compiled and
linked by the \C{} compiler, global or static objects with constructors
cannot be used. This is not a problem if the main program is linked
by the \Cpp{} compiler. All functions that will be called directly or
indirectly (i.e. via function pointers) by the Python interpreter will
have to be declared using \code{extern "C"}; this applies to all
``methods'' as well as to the module's initialization function.
by the \Cpp{} compiler. Functions that will be called by the
Python interpreter (in particular, module initalization functions)
have to be declared using \code{extern "C"}.
It is unnecessary to enclose the Python header files in
\code{extern "C" \{...\}} --- they use this form already if the symbol
\samp{__cplusplus} is defined (all recent \Cpp{} compilers define this