Message 153110 - Python tracker

Message153110

Author	eli.bendersky
Recipients	Arfrever, effbot, eli.bendersky, eric.araujo, ezio.melotti, flox, scoder
Date	2012-02-11.08:08:56
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Message-id	<1328947736.89.0.0896137937775.issue13988@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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The more I think about it, the more the bootstrap code in _elementtree.c annoys me. It's the only instance of calling PyRun_String in Modules/ ! It's hackish and causes ugly import problems. If the C code needs stdlib functionality like copy.deepcopy, it should use PyImport_ImportModule like everyone else and not through a PyRun_String hack. Since we've already decided to do some refactoring, I suggest all trace of the bootstrap is removed from _elementtree.c

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The more I think about it, the more the bootstrap code in _elementtree.c annoys me. It's the only instance of calling PyRun_String in Modules/ !

It's hackish and causes ugly import problems. If the C code needs stdlib functionality like copy.deepcopy, it should use PyImport_ImportModule like everyone else and not through a PyRun_String hack.

Since we've already decided to do some refactoring, I suggest all trace of the bootstrap is removed from _elementtree.c

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Date	User	Action	Args
2012-02-11 08:08:56	eli.bendersky	set	recipients: + eli.bendersky, effbot, scoder, ezio.melotti, eric.araujo, Arfrever, flox
2012-02-11 08:08:56	eli.bendersky	set	messageid: <1328947736.89.0.0896137937775.issue13988@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
2012-02-11 08:08:56	eli.bendersky	link	issue13988 messages
2012-02-11 08:08:56	eli.bendersky	create