[Python-Dev] RE: [Python-checkins] python/dist/src/Objects typeobject.c, 2.244, 2.245

Thu Oct 9 00:17:55 EDT 2003

Guido van Rossum <guido at python.org>:
> Maybe PyBool_FromLong() itself could make this unneeded by adding
> something like
>> if (ok < 0 && PyErr_Occurred())
> return NULL;
>> to its start?

Not sure if it would be a good idea to encourage reliance
on one API function doing error checking on behalf of others.
I can see someone coming along later and adding some code
in between whatever returned the result and the PyBool_FromLong
call, not realising that doing so would upset the error
checking.
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