On Fri, Aug 02, 2002 at 05:35:52PM +0100, Thomas Leonard wrote: > Whatever the mechanics of it, and whatever analogy you choose, the effect > from a user or developer's POV is: > > - Gtk2 doesn't break things. > - Pygtk2 does.
It's true at least for users (for developers, the installation of GTK+ does change things somewhat). The thing with C APIs is that you can tie your application to a certain version of the library, and since you have separate include/linkage processing, it ends up working fine for linkage, which is what users really need. Since Python only offers one of these mechanisms, we're left in the cold when libraries/modules are updated, and that's where namespace separation comes into play. Maybe Guido has an opinion on this? :) Take care, -- Christian Reis, Senior Engineer, Async Open Source, Brazil. http://async.com.br/~kiko/ | [+55 16] 261 2331 | NMFL _______________________________________________ pygtk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.daa.com.au/mailman/listinfo/pygtk Read the PyGTK FAQ: http://www.async.com.br/faq/pygtk/
