[Python-Dev] python 2.5alpha and naming schemes (original) (raw)

Thomas Heller theller at python.net
Fri Apr 21 19:59:57 CEST 2006

Martin v. Löwis wrote:

Thomas Heller wrote:

Personally, I like the ctypes name. But I'm open for suggestions, and it might have intersting consequences if the Python core package would be renamed to something else.

Any suggestions? Well, my only concern was pyobject. I wondered whether the py prefix is really necessary, or, if it is meant to match PyObject* whether it should be called PyObject or PyObjectp. However, if every ctypes user knows what pyobject is, there is probably little point in renaming it.

I have learned that it is too late to rename things in ctypes. If it were still possible, there would be a lot lot more to clean up, but it has grown over the last three years or so.

Thomas

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