[Python-Dev] difficulty of implementing phase 2 of PEP 302 in Python source (original) (raw)

Phillip J. Eby pje at telecommunity.com
Thu Sep 28 20:35:30 CEST 2006

At 11:25 AM 9/28/2006 -0700, Brett Cannon wrote:

I will think about it, but I am still trying to get the original question of how bad the C code is compared to rewriting import in Python from people. =)

I would say that the C code is delicate, not necessarily bad. In most ways, it's rather straightforward, it's actually the requirements that are complex. :)

A Python implementation, however, would be a good idea to have around for PyPy, Py3K, and other versions of Python, and as a refactoring basis for writing any new C code.

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