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[Python-Dev] C++ for CPython 3? (Re: str.count is slow)

Stephen J. Turnbull stephen at xemacs.org
Thu Mar 2 18:40:00 CET 2006 
>>>>> "martin" == martin  <martin at v.loewis.de> writes:

    martin> There are a few advantages [to C++], though, mainly:

    martin> - increased type-safety, in particular for API that isn't
    martin> type-checked at all at the moment (e.g. PyArg_ParseTuple)

That's merely an advantage to having a C++ *compiler*.  No need to
actually use the C++ *language*.  :-)

XEmacs has had a policy of compiling without warnings under *both* C
and C++ for about 5 years now, and it catches a lot of stupidity
before it leaves the developer's sandbox.

The feature programmers are occasionally annoyed that a pet C idiom
gets disallowed, but that's the only downside we've experienced.

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