[Python-Dev] importlib is now bootstrapped (and what that means) (original) (raw)

R. David Murray rdmurray at bitdance.com
Tue Apr 17 14🔞38 CEST 2012


On Tue, 17 Apr 2012 01:11:14 +0200, Georg Brandl <g.brandl at gmx.net> wrote:

On 16.04.2012 18:15, R. David Murray wrote: > I don't see how depending on Cython is better than depending on having > an existing Python.

No, it's not just an existing Python, it is (at least currently) the same version of Python being built. Therefore I wrote about the bootstrapping problems when bytecode changes.

Ah, yes, I had missed that subtlety.

--David



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