[Python-Dev] C API changes

2018-11-23 Thread Armin Rigo
Hi Hugo, hi all, On Sun, 18 Nov 2018 at 22:53, Hugh Fisher wrote: > I suggest that for the language reference, use the license plate > or registration analogy to introduce "handle" and after that use > handle throughout. It's short, distinctive, and either will match > up with what the

Re: [Python-Dev] General concerns about C API changes

2018-11-23 Thread Victor Stinner
Le dim. 18 nov. 2018 à 17:54, Stefan Behnel a écrit : > It's also slower to compile, given that function inlining happens at a much > later point in the compiler pipeline than macro expansion. The C compiler > won't even get to see macros in fact, whereas whether to inline a function > or not is

[Python-Dev] Summary of Python tracker Issues

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[Python-Dev] C API changes

2018-11-23 Thread Stefan Krah
Armin Rigo wrote: > The C API would change a lot, so it's not reasonable to do that in the > CPython repo. But it could be a third-party project, attempting to > define an API like this and implement it well on top of both CPython > and PyPy. IMHO this might be a better idea than just changing