On Mar 25, 2009, at 1:06 PM, Stefan Behnel wrote: > Hi all, > > seeing that Cython's latest release has brought it a major step > forwards, I > wonder if it isn't time to knock at python-dev and ask for making > Cython an > integral part of CPython's standard library. This has actually been a > project goal since the beginning, but in an active project, it's > always > hard to find a point where something's really "ready enough" for > inclusion. > > My feeling is that it would be great to have Cython in the stdlib > rather > sooner than later, even if there will be further enhancements and > optimisations being added to Cython outside of CPython. I think the > core > non-Python parts of the language are pretty stable by now. > > Having it in would make it a lot easier for people to depend on Cython > being available on the user side, it would lead to a better > integration of > Cython into CPython as a general purpose Python code compiler, and > it would > allow CPython's core and stdlib developers to write their modules > in Cython > rather than C, which would make them a lot more accessible for normal > Python users. > > And it would certainly underline the great match that CPython and > Cython > represent. > > What do the others think?
I tend to have a hard time calling things "ready enough," but I think that we're getting there, and I think we should at least start the process. (Note that inclusion in the standard Python is less beneficial to me personally, as I use it mostly for Sage which ships Cython, so I'm trying to ignore my bias here.) > Should we ask on python-dev, and then target > Cython 0.12 (or maybe really 0.13) as a release for the stlib? I think perhaps we should target 2.7/3.2, rather than a specific Cython release. It would be a great idea to ask of python-dev and see what they think is needed/desired for inclusion with the standard library. - Robert _______________________________________________ Cython-dev mailing list [email protected] http://codespeak.net/mailman/listinfo/cython-dev
