Greg Ewing wrote:
> Stefan Behnel wrote:
> 
>> I would have thought that "PyObject" was a builtin type known to Cython by
>> now, but it seems not. I found ticket #320 now, which I think is worth
>> solving by making PyObject a builtin type.
> 
> I'm not sure that's a good idea. I deliberately didn't make
> it a builtin type in Pyrex, because if you're using the language
> properly, you're not supposed to need it. I didn't want to
> create an attractive nuisance that would let people fall
> into the trap of using 'PyObject' when they should really
> be using 'object'.
> 
> IMO it would be better to think about how to enhance the
> language to remove the need for using PyObject in the first
> place.

Back to the "stolen"/"borrowed" reference support, then.

Stefan
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