Python 2.4 compatibility

[dgleich]

The current fastb.c code is not compatible with Python < 2.5. I'm stuck with Python 2.4 on my Hadoop cluster :-(. The following diff fixes the extension. (I'm not configuring it as a fork/pull because it's so simple.)

See http://bugs.python.org/issue1485576 for a discussion

diff --git a/fastb.c b/fastb.c
index f54f20c..9fe54af 100644
--- a/fastb.c
+++ b/fastb.c
@@ -18,6 +18,12 @@

 #include <Python.h>

+#if PY_VERSION_HEX < 0x02050000
+typedef int Py_ssize_t;
+#define PY_SSIZE_T_MAX INT_MAX
+#define PY_SSIZE_T_MIN INT_MIN
+#endif
+
 #define BYTE_TC   1
 #define BOOL_TC   2
 #define INT_TC    3

[klbostee]

Thanks, committing it as we speak!

[klbostee]

include snippet for compatibility with pre-2.5 interpreters (closed by 1af42f6)

[dgleich]

Thanks for the prompt reply!