I'm using the xxmodule and xxsubtype to test the msvccompiler on Windows. I'm having trouble to compile the module with VS 2008 cl.exe because "initializer is not a constant".
diff --git a/Modules/xxmodule.c b/Modules/xxmodule.c
index 7509e20..75285f0 100644
--- a/Modules/xxmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/xxmodule.c
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@
0, /*tp_methods*/
0, /*tp_members*/
0, /*tp_getset*/
- &PyUnicode_Type, /*tp_base*/
+ 0, /*tp_base*/
0, /*tp_dict*/
0, /*tp_descr_get*/
0, /*tp_descr_set*/
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@
0, /*tp_methods*/
0, /*tp_members*/
0, /*tp_getset*/
- &PyBaseObject_Type, /*tp_base*/
+ 0, /*tp_base*/
0, /*tp_dict*/
0, /*tp_descr_get*/
0, /*tp_descr_set*/
@@ -341,6 +341,9 @@
{
PyObject *m;
+ Null_Type.tp_base = &PyBaseObject_Type;
+ Str_Type.tp_base = &PyUnicode_Type;
+
/* Finalize the type object including setting type of the new type
* object; doing it here is required for portability to Windows
* without requiring C++. */