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| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/api/api.tex | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/ext/extending.tex | 6 |
2 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/api/api.tex b/Doc/api/api.tex index b3a32d1..2527bd6 100644 --- a/Doc/api/api.tex +++ b/Doc/api/api.tex @@ -76,6 +76,9 @@ API are included in your code by the following line: This implies inclusion of the following standard headers: \code{<stdio.h>}, \code{<string.h>}, \code{<errno.h>}, \code{<limits.h>}, and \code{<stdlib.h>} (if available). +Since Python may define some pre-processor definitions which affect +the standard headers on some systems, you must include \file{Python.h} +before any standard headers are included. All user visible names defined by Python.h (except those defined by the included standard headers) have one of the prefixes \samp{Py} or diff --git a/Doc/ext/extending.tex b/Doc/ext/extending.tex index ee1b678..d3661ab 100644 --- a/Doc/ext/extending.tex +++ b/Doc/ext/extending.tex @@ -46,8 +46,11 @@ The first line of our file can be: which pulls in the Python API (you can add a comment describing the purpose of the module and a copyright notice if you like). +Since Python may define some pre-processor definitions which affect +the standard headers on some systems, you must include \file{Python.h} +before any standard headers are included. -All user-visible symbols defined by \code{"Python.h"} have a prefix of +All user-visible symbols defined by \file{Python.h} have a prefix of \samp{Py} or \samp{PY}, except those defined in standard header files. For convenience, and since they are used extensively by the Python interpreter, \code{"Python.h"} includes a few standard header files: @@ -951,7 +954,6 @@ Geoff Philbrick (\email{philbrick@hks.com}):% \index{Philbrick, Geoff} \begin{verbatim} -#include <stdio.h> #include "Python.h" static PyObject * |