[Python-Dev] cffi in stdlib (original) (raw)

Guido van Rossum guido at python.org
Tue Feb 26 20:12:21 CET 2013

Generally speaking, deferring something to Python 4 means "never".

On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 11:06 AM, R. David Murray <rdmurray at bitdance.com> wrote:

On Tue, 26 Feb 2013 18:14:26 +0000, Paul Moore <p.f.moore at gmail.com> wrote:

BTW, I assume that the intention is that both cffi and ctypes remain available indefinitely? Nobody's looking to deprecate ctypes? I would expect that ctypes would be deprecated eventually simply because there aren't very many people interested in maintaining it, and probably fewer if cffi is accepted. That said, I would not expect it to leave the stdlib until either the bit rot was so bad it wouldn't be worth shipping it, or (more likely) we reach Python4 and decide at that time that it is time for it to go. Of course, this is just me talking, we only have a very vague "sense of the house" for what Python4 means at this point :) --David

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