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

Greg Ewing greg.ewing at canterbury.ac.nz
Fri Mar 3 00:47:36 CET 2006


Fredrik Lundh wrote:

someone also pointed out in private mail (I think; it doesn't seem to have made it to this list) that CPython's extensive use of "inheritance by aggregation" is invalid C.

switching to C++ would be one way to address that, of course.

A rather heavyweight solution to a problem that does not seem to have been a problem in practice so far, only in theory.

Practicality beats purity once again...

-- Greg



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