1. Is ctypes and pure python fast enough for most real-world extension modules like PyOpenGL, PyExpat, Tkinter, and socket programming? I know that experimentation is ongoing. Are any results in?
2. If not, will Python 3000's build or runtime system use some kind of optimization technique such as static compilation ( e.g. extcompiler[1]) or JIT compilation to allow parts of its library (especially new parts) to be written using ctypes instead of C?
3. Presuming that the performance issue can be worked out one way or another, are there arguments in favour of interpreter-specific C-coded extensions other than those doing explicitly interpreter-specific stuff ( e.g. tweaking the GC).
4. Will the Python 3000 standard library start to migrate towards ctypes (for new extensions)?
Paul Prescod
[1] http://codespeak.net/pypy/dist/pypy/doc/extcompiler.html
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