On Fri, Jun 6, 2014 at 11:47 AM, Nathaniel Smith <n...@pobox.com> wrote: > Unfortunately we don't actually know whether Cython is the only culprit > (such code *could* be written by hand), and even if we fixed Cython it would > take some unknowable amount of time before all downstream users upgraded > their Cythons. (It's pretty common for projects to check in Cython-generated > .c files, and only regenerate when the Cython source actually gets > modified.) Pretty risky for an optimization.
But code will still work, right? I mean, you miss out on an optimization, but it won't actually be wrong code? It should be possible to say "After upgrading to Cython version x.y, regenerate all your .c files to take advantage of this new optimization". ChrisA _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
