Use a type flag to determine the applicability of the tp_weaklistoffset
field. This should avoid binary incompatibility problems with older modules
that have not been recompiled.
diff --git a/Include/object.h b/Include/object.h
index 972e05b..2f683eb 100644
--- a/Include/object.h
+++ b/Include/object.h
@@ -344,11 +344,18 @@
#define Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_RICHCOMPARE (1L<<5)
+/* Objects which are weakly referencable if their tp_weaklistoffset is >0 */
+/* XXX Should this have the same value as Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_RICHCOMPARE?
+ * These both indicate a feature that appeared in the same alpha release.
+ */
+#define Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_WEAKREFS (1L<<6)
+
#define Py_TPFLAGS_DEFAULT ( \
Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_GETCHARBUFFER | \
Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_SEQUENCE_IN | \
Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_INPLACEOPS | \
Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_RICHCOMPARE | \
+ Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_WEAKREFS | \
0)
#define PyType_HasFeature(t,f) (((t)->tp_flags & (f)) != 0)
diff --git a/Include/objimpl.h b/Include/objimpl.h
index 93c5b23..9c13e71 100644
--- a/Include/objimpl.h
+++ b/Include/objimpl.h
@@ -271,7 +271,9 @@
#endif /* WITH_CYCLE_GC */
/* Test if a type supports weak references */
-#define PyType_SUPPORTS_WEAKREFS(t) ((t)->tp_weaklistoffset > 0)
+#define PyType_SUPPORTS_WEAKREFS(t) \
+ (PyType_HasFeature((t), Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_WEAKREFS) \
+ && ((t)->tp_weaklistoffset > 0))
#define PyObject_GET_WEAKREFS_LISTPTR(o) \
((PyObject **) (((char *) (o)) + (o)->ob_type->tp_weaklistoffset))