[Python-Dev] Inconsistency of PyModule_AddObject() (original) (raw)

Guido van Rossum gvanrossum at gmail.com
Thu Apr 28 12:30:21 EDT 2016


Stefan, could you explain which module you are talking about and why it would cost you a week? What is your responsibility here?

--Guido (mobile) On Apr 28, 2016 8:28 AM, "Stefan Krah" <stefan at bytereef.org> wrote:

Random832 <random832 fastmail.com> writes: > A more relevant point would be that decimal does not use the API in a > way which would be broken by the proposed change, regardless of > whether the way in which it uses it is subjectively correct or can cause > leaks.

And the ultimate point is that I don't want to spend about a week per year to evaluate the effect of needless code changes on a highly audited module. And no, this isn't theoretical...

Stefan Krah


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