[Python-Dev] SIGCHECK() in longobject.c (original) (raw)

Nick Coghlan ncoghlan at gmail.com
Wed Oct 21 12:27:58 CEST 2009

Brett Cannon wrote:

On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 07:57, Mark Dickinson <dickinsm at gmail.com_ _<mailto:dickinsm at gmail.com>> wrote: The Deccoeff type is very simple, though. It would be easy to create a pure Python version of it, and then do something like:

try: from decimal import Deccoeff # try to get C version except ImportError: from deccoeff import Deccoeff # else use Python fallback code.

And this is why you shouldn't have to worry. As long as the tests exercise both the pure Python and C versions then the other VMs are covered.

We need to worry at least a little bit, as the pure Python version doesn't exist at this point in time.

Cheers, Nick.

-- Nick Coghlan | ncoghlan at gmail.com | Brisbane, Australia

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