Oleg Iarygin <o...@arhadthedev.net> added the comment:
> The function should return different values for success and error It does, and a `void` return type enforces it. Here is the trick: > An important convention throughout the Python interpreter is the following: > when a function fails, it should set an exception condition and return an > error value (usually -1 or a NULL pointer). > > - > https://docs.python.org/3/extending/extending.html#intermezzo-errors-and-exceptions Previously, a function could return NULL but forget to call `PyErr_*()`. With `void`, however, the function has no other choise but to properly set the error indicator so the Clinic's part will see it and return NULL finishing the convention. ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue47128> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
