[Python-Dev] Benchmarks why we need PEP 576/579/580 (original) (raw)

Antoine Pitrou solipsis at pitrou.net
Sun Jul 22 17:11:26 EDT 2018

On Sun, 22 Jul 2018 22:54:24 +0200 Jeroen Demeyer <J.Demeyer at UGent.be> wrote:

> - more importantly, issue26110 is entirely internal changes, while you > are proposing to add a new protocol (which is like a new API) Just to make sure I understand you: your point is that it's automatically more complicated because it's an API instead of an internal change?

No, what I mean here is that adding a public API requires additional thought compared to adding an internal optimization (the internal optimization can easily be reverted if there's a problem, while the public API can not). Hence the preference for a PEP.

Regards

Antoine.

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