[cffi-devel] Semantics of defctype*

[Rayiner Hashem]

> Forgot to reply to this bit. So, we could make DEFCTYPE behave like
> DEFCTYPE*, i.e. defer the type instantiation until parse-time. IIRC,
> the only disadvantage is that you don't get an immediate error on
> (defctype foo some-typo-here).

I think defctype's semantics are reasonable as-is. However, in
retrospect, I also think it's handy to have something out of box (like
defctype*) that more closely mimics the semantics of C's typedef. So
the status quo seems fine to me :)

Sincerely,
    Rayiner Hashem