To me, the "new C API" discussion and the "converting macros into
inline functions" discussions are very different, almost unrelated.
There are always lots of small C API changes happening, and AFAIK the
macros->inline changes fall into that category. It sounds like you
want to discuss whether
On Sun, Nov 11, 2018 at 3:19 PM, Victor Stinner wrote:
> I'm not sure yet how far we should go towards a perfect API which
> doesn't leak everything. We have to move slowly, and make sure that we
> don't break major C extensions. We need to write tools to fully
> automate the conversion. If it's
Overall, I support the efforts to improve the C API, but over the last few
weeks have become worried. I don't want to hold up progress with fear,
uncertainty, and doubt. Yet, I would like to be more comfortable that we're
all aware of what is occurring and what are the potential benefits and
On Mon, Nov 12, 2018 at 10:46 PM, Gregory P. Smith wrote:
>
> On Fri, Nov 9, 2018 at 5:50 PM Nathaniel Smith wrote:
>>
>> On Fri, Nov 9, 2018 at 4:30 PM, Victor Stinner
>> wrote:
>> > Ah, important points. I don't want to touch the current C API nor make
>> > it less efficient. And
Le mar. 13 nov. 2018 à 20:32, André Malo a écrit :
> As long as they are recompiled. However, they will lose a lot of performance.
> Both these points have been mentioned somewhere, I'm certain, but it cannot be
> stressed enough, IMHO.
Somewhere is here:
Victor Stinner wrote:
> Replacing macros with functions has little impact on backward
> compatibility. Most C extensions should still work if macros become
> functions.
As long as they are recompiled. However, they will lose a lot of performance.
Both these points have been mentioned somewhere,
Victor Stinner wrote:
> Replacing macros with functions has little impact on backward
> compatibility. Most C extensions should still work if macros become
> functions.
As long as they are recompiled. However, they will lose a lot of performance.
Both these points have been mentioned somewhere,
Le mar. 13 nov. 2018 à 08:13, Gregory P. Smith a écrit :
> When things have only ever been macros (Py_INCREF, etc) the name can be
> reused if there has never been a function of that name in an old C API. But
> beware of reuse for anything where the semantics change to avoid
>
