[Python-Dev] can we stop pretending _PyTyple_Lookup is internal? (original) (raw)

Michael Hudson mwh at python.net
Mon Mar 14 14:26:08 CET 2005

Armin Rigo <arigo at tunes.org> writes:

Hi Michael,

... PyTypeLookup ... There has been discussions about copyreg.py and at least one other place in the standard library that needs this; it is an essential part of the descriptor model of new-style classes. In my opinion it should be made part not only of the official C API but the Python one too, e.g. as a method of 'type' instances: type(x).lookup('name')

Yes, this would be good too. The patch should be trivial; I guess a little work is required to ensure b/w compat, but not very much really.

Cheers, mwh

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