[Python-Dev] Created branch for PEP 302 phase 2 work (in C) (original) (raw)

Brett Cannon brett at python.org
Tue Oct 3 00:48:16 CEST 2006

On 10/2/06, Paul Moore <p.f.moore at gmail.com> wrote:

On 10/2/06, Phillip J. Eby <pje at telecommunity.com> wrote: [SNIP] > I'm surprised, however, that you think working on this in C is going to be > less time than it would take to simply replace import with a Python > function that reimplements PEP 302... That I do agree with. There's a bootstrapping issue (you can't import the Python module that does all this without using a C-coded import mechanism) but that should be resolvable.

This is why I asked for input from people on which would take less time. Almost all the answers I got was that the the C code was delicate but that it was workable. Several people said they wished for a Python implementation, but hardly anyone said flat-out, "don't waste your time, the Python version will be faster to do".

As for the bootstrapping, I am sure it is resolvable as well. There are several ways to go about it that are all tractable.

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