don't put runtime values in array initializer for C89 compliance (closes #20588)

3 files changed, 14 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index edefb80..ac1ba0d 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ What's New in Python 3.3.5 release candidate 1?
 Core and Builtins
 -----------------
 
+- Issue #20588: Make Python-ast.c C89 compliant.
+
 - Issue #20437: Fixed 21 potential bugs when deleting objects references.
 
 - Issue #20538: UTF-7 incremental decoder produced inconsistant string when
diff --git a/Parser/asdl_c.py b/Parser/asdl_c.py
index 0b6c88c..4b84e0f 100755
--- a/Parser/asdl_c.py
+++ b/Parser/asdl_c.py
@@ -1150,10 +1150,14 @@ PyObject* PyAST_mod2obj(mod_ty t)
 mod_ty PyAST_obj2mod(PyObject* ast, PyArena* arena, int mode)
 {
     mod_ty res;
-    PyObject *req_type[] = {(PyObject*)Module_type, (PyObject*)Expression_type,
-                            (PyObject*)Interactive_type};
+    PyObject *req_type[3];
     char *req_name[] = {"Module", "Expression", "Interactive"};
     int isinstance;
+
+    req_type[0] = (PyObject*)Module_type;
+    req_type[1] = (PyObject*)Expression_type;
+    req_type[2] = (PyObject*)Interactive_type;
+
     assert(0 <= mode && mode <= 2);
 
     init_types();
diff --git a/Python/Python-ast.c b/Python/Python-ast.c
index 7bf2c50..aa03233 100644
--- a/Python/Python-ast.c
+++ b/Python/Python-ast.c
@@ -6957,10 +6957,14 @@ PyObject* PyAST_mod2obj(mod_ty t)
 mod_ty PyAST_obj2mod(PyObject* ast, PyArena* arena, int mode)
 {
     mod_ty res;
-    PyObject *req_type[] = {(PyObject*)Module_type, (PyObject*)Expression_type,
-                            (PyObject*)Interactive_type};
+    PyObject *req_type[3];
     char *req_name[] = {"Module", "Expression", "Interactive"};
     int isinstance;
+    
+    req_type[0] = (PyObject*)Module_type;
+    req_type[1] = (PyObject*)Expression_type;
+    req_type[2] = (PyObject*)Interactive_type;
+    
     assert(0 <= mode && mode <= 2);
 
     init_types();