On 2008-11-04 18:38, Victor Stinner wrote: > Le Monday 03 November 2008 18:56:37 Paul Miller, vous avez écrit : >> Rather than that, what about patching Python's long implementation >> to use GMP if it's available, and the default implementation if not? > > Yes, I like this suggestion of two flavors. Python with GMP and Python > without > GMP (builtin integer library). It's "easy" to change the long type > implementation since only few modules use PyLong internals: > - mashal: import/export (.pyc) > => core function might be moved to longobject.c > - math: use some special features of the PyLong type > => macro can be written for that > or simplify a #ifdef.
Ahem, what about the gazillion extension modules out there ? You cannot simply change the long implementation and expect everything to just work. Besides, like Tim already said: adding lots and lots of #ifdefs is just going to make it harder to maintain the implementation without gaining anything much. I don't really see much of a need for this anyway. If people want to use GMP they can download gmpy or PyGMP or our experimental mxNumber extension: http://www.egenix.com/products/python/mxExperimental/mxNumber/ -- Marc-Andre Lemburg eGenix.com Professional Python Services directly from the Source (#1, Nov 04 2008) >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ... http://www.egenix.com/ >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ... http://zope.egenix.com/ >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ... http://python.egenix.com/ ________________________________________________________________________ :::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,MacOSX for free ! :::: eGenix.com Software, Skills and Services GmbH Pastor-Loeh-Str.48 D-40764 Langenfeld, Germany. CEO Dipl.-Math. Marc-Andre Lemburg Registered at Amtsgericht Duesseldorf: HRB 46611 _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
