backport from http://bugs.python.org/issue20594 - Issue #20594: Avoid name clash with the libc function posix_close. Upstream-Status: Backport Signed-off-by: Khem Raj # HG changeset patch # User Benjamin Peterson # Date 1392131776 18000 # Node ID 1d253360d5a6d8d987fb2480e26f4fcc2d730932 # Parent 41e49f1c5bd8ff48a6c18804c958e82c659daab3 avoid name clash with posix_close (closes #20594) diff --git a/Modules/posixmodule.c b/Modules/posixmodule.c --- a/Modules/posixmodule.c +++ b/Modules/posixmodule.c @@ -6581,8 +6581,12 @@ PyDoc_STRVAR(posix_close__doc__, "close(fd)\n\n\ Close a file descriptor (for low level IO)."); -static PyObject * -posix_close(PyObject *self, PyObject *args) +/* +The underscore at end of function name avoids a name clash with the libc +function posix_close. +*/ +static PyObject * +posix_close_(PyObject *self, PyObject *args) { int fd, res; if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "i:close", &fd)) @@ -8960,7 +8964,7 @@ static PyMethodDef posix_methods[] = { {"tcsetpgrp", posix_tcsetpgrp, METH_VARARGS, posix_tcsetpgrp__doc__}, #endif /* HAVE_TCSETPGRP */ {"open", posix_open, METH_VARARGS, posix_open__doc__}, - {"close", posix_close, METH_VARARGS, posix_close__doc__}, + {"close", posix_close_, METH_VARARGS, posix_close__doc__}, {"closerange", posix_closerange, METH_VARARGS, posix_closerange__doc__}, {"dup", posix_dup, METH_VARARGS, posix_dup__doc__}, {"dup2", posix_dup2, METH_VARARGS, posix_dup2__doc__},