[Python-Dev] ctypes compatibility with 2.3 (original) (raw)

Brett Cannon brett at python.org
Wed May 11 12:28:47 EDT 2016

On Wed, 11 May 2016 at 09:07 Thomas Heller <theller at ctypes.org> wrote:

Am 11.05.2016 um 18:04 schrieb Brett Cannon: > > > On Wed, 11 May 2016 at 04:35 Thomas Heller <theller at ctypes.org_ _> <mailto:theller at ctypes.org>> wrote: > > Am 10.05.2016 um 19:39 schrieb Brett Cannon: > > > > > > On Tue, 10 May 2016 at 01:18 Martin Panter <vadmium+py at gmail.com_ _> <mailto:vadmium%2Bpy at gmail.com> > > <mailto:vadmium%2Bpy at gmail.com <mailto:vadmium%252Bpy at gmail.com>>> > wrote: > > > > I am working on <https://bugs.python.org/issue22636>, to fix shell > > injection problems with ctypes.util.findlibrary(). The > proposal for > > Python 3 is to change os.popen(shell-script) calls to use > > subprocess.Popen(). > > > > However the Python 2.7 version of the module has a comment > which says > > “This file should be kept compatible with Python 2.3, see PEP > 291.” > > Looking at <https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0291/>, it is not > > clear why we have to maintain this compatibility. My best guess is > > that there may be an external ctypes package that people > want(ed) to > > keep compatible with 2.3, and also keep synchronized with 2.7. > > > > > > That's correct and the maintainer is/was Thomas Heller who I have > cc'ed > > to see if he's okay with lifting the restriction. > > For me it is totally ok to lift this restriction. > > > Great! I'll also update PEP 291.

Cool. While you're at it, the compatibility restriction for modulefinder could also be lifted.

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