[Python-Dev] LZMA compression support in 3.3 (original) (raw)

Guido van Rossum guido at python.org
Sun Aug 28 05:57:21 CEST 2011


On Sat, Aug 27, 2011 at 3:14 PM, Dan Stromberg <drsalists at gmail.com> wrote:

IMO, we really, really need some common way of accessing C libraries that works for all major Python variants.

We have one. It's called writing an extension module.

ctypes is a crutch because it doesn't realistically have access to the header files. It's a fine crutch for PyPy, which doesn't have much of an alternative. It's also a fine crutch for people who need something to run now. It's a horrible strategy for the standard library.

If you have a better proposal please do write it up. But so far you are mostly exposing your ignorance and insisting dramatically that you be educated.

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