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Author	avl
Recipients	avl, loewis, movement, pitrou, skip.montanaro, tflecht, trs80, zooko
Date	2010-01-02.14:28:33
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Message-id	<1262442515.52.0.313147881556.issue1759169@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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Just wanted to chip in my $.02: Defining _XOPEN_SOURCE in the python headers causes problems for Solaris. It also causes problems for Ubuntu Linux. Because _XOPEN_SOURCE is defined, Python.h must included first in any program under Ubuntu. Perhaps the right fix is to just not define _XOPEN_SOURCE at all? Which platforms disable important features when you don't define _XOPEN_SOURCE? Sometimes there are standards which nobody follows. In such cases it can be advantageous to "just do what everyone expects".

Just wanted to chip in my $.02: 

Defining _XOPEN_SOURCE in the python headers causes problems for
Solaris. It also causes problems for Ubuntu Linux.

Because _XOPEN_SOURCE is defined, Python.h must included first in any
program under Ubuntu.

Perhaps the right fix is to just not define _XOPEN_SOURCE at all? Which
platforms disable important features when you don't define _XOPEN_SOURCE?

Sometimes there are standards which nobody follows. In such cases it can
be advantageous to "just do what everyone expects".

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Date	User	Action	Args
2010-01-02 14:28:35	avl	set	recipients: + avl, loewis, skip.montanaro, zooko, pitrou, movement, trs80, tflecht
2010-01-02 14:28:35	avl	set	messageid: <1262442515.52.0.313147881556.issue1759169@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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2010-01-02 14:28:33	avl	create