On 4/4/11, brett.cannon <python-check...@python.org> wrote: > Draft of PEP 399: Pure Python/C Accelerator Module Compatibiilty > Requirements
> +Abstract > +======== > + > +The Python standard library under CPython contains various instances > +of modules implemented in both pure Python and C. This PEP requires > +that in these instances that both the Python and C code *must* be > +semantically identical (except in cases where implementation details > +of a VM prevents it entirely). It is also required that new C-based > +modules lacking a pure Python equivalent implementation get special > +permissions to be added to the standard library. I think it is worth stating explicitly that the C version can be even a strict subset. It is OK for the accelerated C code to rely on the common python version; it is just the reverse that is not OK. -jJ _______________________________________________ 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
