[Python-Dev] Renaming sqlite3 (original) (raw)

Andrew MacIntyre andymac at bullseye.apana.org.au
Mon Apr 3 12:26:03 CEST 2006

Martin v. Löwis wrote:

I see three options: 1. rename sqlite3 again 2. link sqlite3 statically into sqlite3.pyd 3. stop treating .DLL files as extension modules

I'm actually leaning towards option 3: what is the rationale for allowing Python extension modules to be named .DLL?

A datapoint specific to OS/2 which probably has little relevance to Windows or to the specific case at hand:

In order to get the curses_panel module to work, I have to forward the necessary curses entry points from the _curses module DLL. On OS/2, this only works for DLLs with the extension .DLL, so I ship _curses.pyd as _curses.dll.

As a consequence, I can't implement option 3 for the OS/2 port but I can live with the nasty side-effects given the modest userbase and by documenting the issue in the port README.

If you can make option 3 work for Windows, then I would do it now during the alpha to see whether it flushes any problems out.

I must admit to being uncomfortable with including version numbers in module names, especially when they reflect a version outside the scope of Python. Ending up with a module name that can match a 3rd party dynamically linkable file would seem problematic no matter which way you look at it.

FWIW, Andrew.

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