On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 1:52 AM, Robert Bradshaw < [email protected]> wrote:
> 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 > Right now, python is trying to gain some support for its 3.0 version and AFAIK they want 3.0 to replace the current versions of python by mid 2010-late 2010. So if there is any substantial work pending, on providing better Python 3 compatibility in cython, that can be done first, and maybe we can use that as the selling point while talking to python for integration into their stdlib. -- Regards, Anoop S.
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