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[Python-Dev] Can we make METH_FASTCALL public, from Python 3.7? (ref: PEP 579

INADA Naoki songofacandy at gmail.com
Wed Jun 20 21:01:19 EDT 2018 
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> ​​
>> Even though it's private at 3.7, extension authors can start using it at
>> their risk if we decide METH_FASTCALL is public in 3.8 without any change
>> from 3.7.
>>
>
> People can still wait for 3.8. Waiting 1.5 years for a feature is nothing
> when the software you're talking about is already 28 years. :) It's simply
> not worth the risk.
>
>
​Of course.  My idea is providing information to "early adaptors" who
writes C extension
manually.

​PEP ​580 is trying to expand METH_FASTCALL to custom function types in 3rd
party
library written in tools like Cython.
But METH_FASTCALL cannot be used widely even for normal function types
in 3rd party library yet.

Without publicating METH_FASTCALL, PEP 580 is useful only for libraries
using
private APIs.  That's unhealthy.

​So I think we should discuss about METH_FASTCALL​ publication before
evaluating
PEP 580.  That's my main point, and "from 3.7" part is just a bonus, sorry.

-- 
INADA Naoki  <songofacandy at gmail.com>
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