Re: [Python-Dev] Jython and CPython

2006-01-05 Thread Frank Wierzbicki
> > If the portability problem can be solved by checking things into Jython > > instead, I think I would prefer that. I'm definitely interested in bringing ElementTree into Jython at some point, though I probably won't have time to look into it until after the next Jython release. I'm quite sure

Re: [Python-Dev] Jython and CPython

2005-12-13 Thread Jason Orendorff
On 12/13/05, "Martin v. Löwis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Fredrik Lundh wrote:> BTW, what's the policy wrt. Jython-specific modules in the standard library?I don't think there is enough precedence to have a policy. So far, theonly places that explicitly support Jython is the test suite, pickle, and

Re: [Python-Dev] Jython and CPython

2005-12-13 Thread Martin v. Löwis
Fredrik Lundh wrote: > BTW, what's the policy wrt. Jython-specific modules in the standard library? I don't think there is enough precedence to have a policy. So far, the only places that explicitly support Jython is the test suite, pickle, and platform (I wouldn't really count in site here). If

Re: [Python-Dev] Jython and CPython

2005-12-13 Thread Guido van Rossum
I'm no expert on policy any more, but if you can reasonably prevent it from doing any harm (such as failing unit tests) to CPython I don't see why not. However I believe that traditionally, Jython-specific code has been checked into Jython's own source control. --Guido On 12/13/05, Fredrik Lundh

[Python-Dev] Jython and CPython

2005-12-13 Thread Fredrik Lundh
BTW, what's the policy wrt. Jython-specific modules in the standard library? Expat isn't available under Jython, but I have a Java/Jython-driver for ElementTree on my disk. Can / should this go into the CPython standard library ? ___ Python-Dev m