[Python-Dev] Re: Python 2.0 and Stackless (original) (raw)

Barry A. Warsaw bwarsaw@beopen.com
Sun, 6 Aug 2000 11:49:07 -0400 (EDT)

"CT" == Christian Tismer <tismer@appliedbiometrics.com> writes:

CT> Still, I can't see the point with Java. There are enough C
CT> extension which are not available for JPython, but it is
CT> allowed to use them. Same with the continuationmodule, why
CT> does it need to exist for Java, in order to allow it for
CT> CPython?  This is like not implementing new browser features
CT> until they can be implemented on my WAP handy. Sonsense.

It's okay if there are some peripheral modules that are available to CPython but not JPython (include Python .NET here too), and vice versa. That'll just be the nature of things. But whatever basic language features Stackless allows one to do /from Python/ must be documented. That's the only way we'll be able to one of these things:

-Barry