[Python-Dev] Re: How about using modern C++ in development of CPython ?

2021-03-24 Thread Antoine Pitrou
On Wed, 24 Mar 2021 19:45:49 +0300 Ivan Pozdeev via Python-Dev wrote: > How does C++ fare in binary compatibility? Last time I checked it out (about > 10 years ago), there was completely none, every compiler's ABI > was a black box without any guarantees whatsoever. > For any software that's

[Python-Dev] Re: How about using modern C++ in development of CPython ?

2021-03-24 Thread Ivan Pozdeev via Python-Dev
How does C++ fare in binary compatibility? Last time I checked it out (about 10 years ago), there was completely none, every compiler's ABI was a black box without any guarantees whatsoever. For any software that's going to dynamically link and exchange binary types with other independently

[Python-Dev] How about using modern C++ in development of CPython ?

2021-03-24 Thread redradist
Hi all, What about of using modern C++ in developing CPython ? With C++ we can get the following benefits: 1) Readability - less code, most code is hidden by abstraction without losing performance 2) Maintainability - no code duplication in favor of using reusable classes 3) RAII - Resource

[Python-Dev] Re: [Steering-council] Re: Steering Council reply regarding conduct (was Re: Steering Council update for February)

2021-03-24 Thread Carol Willing
Martin, The decision regarding the action and email was unanimous (5-0). It was discussed in our March 15 and March 22 Steering Council meeting. This post and this other post ( https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-dev@python.org/message/J5GR6YVIVWQ2VPLISAGBQH3UQN4YWAXS/) provides context