fixed #6459: distutils.command.build_ext.get_export_symbols now uses 'PyInit'
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/command/build_ext.py b/Lib/distutils/command/build_ext.py
index 0c79476..17cb26b 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/command/build_ext.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/command/build_ext.py
@@ -732,10 +732,10 @@
def get_export_symbols(self, ext):
"""Return the list of symbols that a shared extension has to
export. This either uses 'ext.export_symbols' or, if it's not
- provided, "init" + module_name. Only relevant on Windows, where
- the .pyd file (DLL) must export the module "init" function.
+ provided, "PyInit_" + module_name. Only relevant on Windows, where
+ the .pyd file (DLL) must export the module "PyInit_" function.
"""
- initfunc_name = "init" + ext.name.split('.')[-1]
+ initfunc_name = "PyInit_" + ext.name.split('.')[-1]
if initfunc_name not in ext.export_symbols:
ext.export_symbols.append(initfunc_name)
return ext.export_symbols
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/tests/test_build_ext.py b/Lib/distutils/tests/test_build_ext.py
index 4c09dd8..7886c79 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/tests/test_build_ext.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/tests/test_build_ext.py
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@
def test_get_outputs(self):
tmp_dir = self.mkdtemp()
c_file = os.path.join(tmp_dir, 'foo.c')
- self.write_file(c_file, 'void initfoo(void) {};\n')
+ self.write_file(c_file, 'void PyInit_foo(void) {};\n')
ext = Extension('foo', [c_file], optional=False)
dist = Distribution({'name': 'xx',
'ext_modules': [ext]})
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 9742e37..c8eb5d2 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -350,6 +350,9 @@
Library
-------
+- Issue #6459: distutils.command.build_ext.get_export_symbols now uses the
+ "PyInit" prefix, rather than "init".
+
- Issue #6455: Fixed test_build_ext under win32.
- Issue #6377: Enabled the compiler option, and deprecate its usage as an