zentol commented on a change in pull request #6761: [FLINK-10279] [documentation] Make jython limitations more obvious in documentation. URL: https://github.com/apache/flink/pull/6761#discussion_r221894735
########## File path: docs/dev/stream/python.md ########## @@ -50,7 +53,12 @@ existing Java streaming APIs. There are two main constraints for using Jython: * The latest Python supported version is 2.7 -* It is not straightforward to use Python C extensions +* It is not straightforward to use Python C extensions, which may prevent reuse of some libraries + +(For more information please see <https://wiki.python.org/jython/JythonFaq/GeneralInfo>.) + +One possible alternative for streaming that allows for native Python execution would be the Apache Beam Review comment: add a link to the Apache Beam project, or maybe even a more specific python-related page. ---------------------------------------------------------------- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: [email protected] With regards, Apache Git Services
