[GRASS-dev] [GRASS GIS] #4018: GRASS ctypes fail with Python 3.7.6+

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#4018: GRASS ctypes fail with Python 3.7.6+
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  Reporter:  mmetz          |      Owner:  grass-dev@…
      Type:  defect         |     Status:  new
  Priority:  critical       |  Milestone:  7.8.3
 Component:  Python ctypes  |    Version:  git-releasebranch78
Resolution:                 |   Keywords:  ctypes
       CPU:  All            |   Platform:  All
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Comment (by neteler):

 Replying to [comment:1 mmetz]:
 > ...
 > This works with Python 3.7.6 and Python 3.7.5, but not with Python
 3.8.1. In some cases Python 3.8.1 complains about a `TypeError`, e.g. for
 C macros like
 >
 > {{{
 > #define GRASS_VERSION_STRING   "@(#) 7.9.dev (2020)"
 > }}}

 After the merge of https://github.com/OSGeo/grass/pull/325 there is only
 this occurrence left:


 {{{
 include/version.h.in
 1:#define GRASS_VERSION_STRING   "@(#) @GRASS_VERSION_NUMBER@
 (@GRASS_VERSION_DATE@)"
 }}}

 while in G78 (PR325 hasn't been backported yet) it is:

 {{{
 include/gis.h
 42:#define GIS_H_VERSION GRASS_VERSION_STRING

 include/version.h.in
 1:#define GRASS_VERSION_STRING   "@(#) @GRASS_VERSION_NUMBER@
 (@GRASS_VERSION_DATE@)"
 }}}

 Maybe GRASS_VERSION_STRING isn't needed at all?

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