[Python-Dev] memmove() in Expat

Wed Oct 22 16:43:31 EDT 2003

Tim Peters writes:
 > memmove is a standard ANSI C function so can be used freely (Python requires
 > ANSI C).
Cool; thanks!
Thomas Heller writes:
 > Ah, you mean pyconfig.h is not included by the expat files?
 > Ok, in this case it will have to go into the .dsp.
That's right; the problem isn't pyexpat.c, which imports pyconfig.h
via Python.h. The #error is in the Expat sources, which we're using
unmodified, and Expat is more tolerant of non-ANSI platforms.
I'd rather see HAVE_MEMMOVE added to the .dsp than use modified Expat
sources.
 -Fred
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