[Python-Dev] C++ for CPython 3? (Re: str.count is slow) (original) (raw)

Stephen J. Turnbull stephen at xemacs.org
Thu Mar 2 18:40:00 CET 2006

"martin" == martin <martin at v.loewis.de> writes:

martin> There are a few advantages [to C++], though, mainly:

martin> - increased type-safety, in particular for API that isn't
martin> type-checked at all at the moment (e.g. PyArg_ParseTuple)

That's merely an advantage to having a C++ compiler. No need to actually use the C++ language. :-)

XEmacs has had a policy of compiling without warnings under both C and C++ for about 5 years now, and it catches a lot of stupidity before it leaves the developer's sandbox.

The feature programmers are occasionally annoyed that a pet C idiom gets disallowed, but that's the only downside we've experienced.

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