The MS resource compiler simply cannot be convinced to do arithmetic

correctly.  So field3.py is a Python program that can.  This injects
another manual step into the Python release process for Windows; so
it goes.
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Tim Peters 2002-10-11 18:25:52 +00:00
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#endif
/* Nothing below this should need to be changed except for copyright
* notices and company name.
* notices, company name, and FIELD3. Unfortunately, all attempts
* to get the resource compiler to do arithmetic in macros have
* failed miserably -- it gives syntax errors, ignores operators,
* or does stuff that's simply bizarre.
*/
/* This is what we'd like FIELD3 to be:
*
* #define FIELD3 (PY_MICRO_VERSION*1000 + PY_RELEASE_LEVEL*10 + PY_RELEASE_SERIAL)
*
* but that neither gives an error nor comes anywhere close to working. The
* following comment and #define are output from PCbuild\field3.py:
*
* For 2.3a0,
* PY_MICRO_VERSION = 0
* PY_RELEASE_LEVEL = 'alpha' = 0xa
* PY_RELEASE_SERIAL = 1
*
* and 0*1000 + 10*10 + 1 = 101
*/
#define FIELD3 101
/* e.g., 2.1a2
* PY_VERSION comes from patchevel.h
*/
@ -37,7 +57,6 @@
#if PY_RELEASE_SERIAL > 9
# error "PY_RELEASE_SERIAL > 9"
#endif
#define FIELD3 (PY_MICRO_VERSION*1000 + PY_RELEASE_LEVEL*10 + PY_RELEASE_SERIAL)
#define PYVERSION64 PY_MAJOR_VERSION, PY_MINOR_VERSION, FIELD3, PYTHON_API_VERSION
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