6 months ago, I wrote a different document based on HPy Manifesto: "PEP: Taking the Python C API to the Next Level" https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-dev@python.org/message/RA7Q4JAUEITJBOUAXFEJKRRM2RR3QSZI/
Victor On Mon, Apr 4, 2022 at 5:20 PM Petr Viktorin <encu...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On 03. 02. 22 1:40, Guido van Rossum wrote: > [...] > > > > I understand the CPython is stuck supporting the de-facto standard C API > > for a long time. But unless we pick a "north star" (as people call it > > nowadays) of what we want to support in say 5-10 years, the situation > > will never improve. > > > > My point about "getting one chance to get it right in the next decade" > > is that we have to pick that north star, so we can tell users which > > horse to bet on. If the north star we pick is HPy, things will be clear. > > If it is evolving the C API things will also be clear. But I think we > > have to pick one, and stick to it so users (i.e., package > > maintainers/developers) have clarity. > > A few months later, here's a draft of a “north star” document. > Is this close to what you had in mind? > > https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lrvx-ujHOCuiuqH71L1-nBQFHreI8jsXC966AFu9Mqc/edit# > > > Please comment (here or there) as appropriate :) > _______________________________________________ > Python-Dev mailing list -- python-dev@python.org > To unsubscribe send an email to python-dev-le...@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-dev.python.org/ > Message archived at > https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-dev@python.org/message/DUWBMGLEYP6VFFT7OMMA6KJNJKTEY47R/ > Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/ -- Night gathers, and now my watch begins. It shall not end until my death. _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list -- python-dev@python.org To unsubscribe send an email to python-dev-le...@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-dev.python.org/ Message archived at https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-dev@python.org/message/NMMFZSCOEKQDCGUAVIOWV3NYZ5M6NQMJ/ Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/
