On 27 February 2013 18:50, Brett Cannon <br...@python.org> wrote: >> One other use case for the ABI level over the API level - the ABI >> level (no C extension) can be used across Python versions, where the >> API level needs a separate compiled extension per Python version. This >> can be a big deal on Windows at least, where users (not developers) >> with no compilers on their systems are common. >> > > Is that still true for Windows even with the stable ABI and the dropping of > narrow/wide Unicode builds?
Probably not, but I've never actually seen the stable ABI used in practice (and I don't know if cffi restricts itself to the stable ABI). I'm not sure that any toolchain (such as bdist_wininst or wheel) really supports it (in the sense that they tend to make the assumption that if there is a C extension, the code is version-specific). None of these are insurmountable problems, though. Paul. _______________________________________________ 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
