[Python-Dev] Using Cython for standard library? (original) (raw)

C. Titus Brown ctb at msu.edu
Tue Nov 4 20:11:22 CET 2008

-> >> but obviously any choice would have to be a good one. -> >> [...] So, the question I see isn't if Cython should be -> >> allowed for standard library modules, but if the landscape of such -> >> solutions is at a point that any of them is ready to be committed to. -> -> Well, we had reports that existing, non-trivial C modules could be rewritten -> in Cython within a few days. But even if you are only talking about new -> modules that get added to the stdlib, all you really need to become -> independent of a specific Cython version is a good test suite for your code to -> make sure it keeps working as expected when you update your compiler.

Hey, wait, isn't that also a requirement for Py3k?

:)

--titus

C. Titus Brown, ctb at msu.edu

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