port: advance VC6 compatibility frontier

2026-10-02 17:38:23 +00:00
parent df99608491
commit 01a7105be9
16 changed files with 20324 additions and 5 deletions
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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""Check debug-only before pointer is C89-declared in bytes formatting."""
+import sys
+from pathlib import Path
+
+if len(sys.argv) != 2:
+    raise SystemExit("usage: vc6-bytes-format-c89.test.py bytesobject.c")
+source = Path(sys.argv[1]).read_text()
+signature = "_PyBytes_FormatEx(const char *format, Py_ssize_t format_len,"
+start = source.index(signature)
+body_start = source.index("\n{\n", start) + 2
+body_end = source.index("\n}\n", body_start)
+body = source[body_start:body_end]
+branch_marker = "else {\n            /* Got a format specifier */"
+branch_start = body.index(branch_marker)
+branch_end = body.index("\n            fmt++;", branch_start)
+branch = body[branch_start:branch_end]
+expected_decl = "#ifndef NDEBUG\n            char *before;\n#endif"
+if expected_decl not in branch:
+    raise SystemExit("debug before pointer must be declared in the format-specifier block's declaration group")
+fmt_statement = body.index("\n            fmt++;", branch_start)
+if branch_start + branch.index(expected_decl) > fmt_statement:
+    raise SystemExit("debug before declaration occurs after executable statements")
+if source.count("char *before;") != 1 or "char *before = res;" in source:
+    raise SystemExit("debug before pointer must have one declaration and a separate assignment")
+prepare = body.index("_PyBytesWriter_Prepare(&writer, res, alloc - 2)")
+assignment = body.index("before = res;")
+assertion = body.index("assert((res - before) == alloc);")
+if not (prepare < assignment < body.index("/* Write the sign if needed */") < assertion):
+    raise SystemExit("bytes format pointer capture / output / size assertion order changed")
+print("bytes format debug pointer C89 declaration and capture order: PASS")