Re: Embedding python

Bill Janssen (janssen@parc.xerox.com)
Mon, 15 Aug 1994 14:37:14 PDT

Excerpts from ext.python: 13-Aug-94 Re: Embedding python Ray
Johnson@freedom.rdd. (1560)

> I'd like to see Python become easier to embed. One
> problem is name space collision. Python has many functions that employ
> common names. Names that might appear in other peoples applications.
> Python would be easier to embed if all Python provided functions used a
> common prefix like "Py_". Functions would be named Py_load, Py_foo,
> Py_bar, etc.

Indeed. Wasn't there a plan to do just that? What's the current timetable?

Bill