[Python-Dev] API for the new sysconfig module (original) (raw)

Stefan Krah stefan-usenet at bytereef.org
Sun Dec 12 15:37:03 CET 2010

Lukasz Langa <lukasz at langa.pl> wrote:

Wiadomość napisana przez Raymond Hettinger w dniu 2010-12-11, o godz. 22🔞

Right. I missed that it was already in 2.7. So, now we're stuck with it, forever. Why not deprecate it for 3.2 (easy since it's probably not yet used anywhere anyway, even in 2.7) and introduce sys.sysconfig. I really like that much better than Java-like accessor functions.

When I use sysconfig, I just want to get things done as quickly and painlessly as possible. The API suits me just fine (in fact, I find it one of the APIs that are easy to remember).

Given that sysconfig will always contain a certain amount of hackery and will always change to accommodate new systems, I'd prefer that it remains a standalone module.

Stefan Krah

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