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[Python-ideas] discouraging direct use of the C-API

Stefan Behnel stefan_ml at behnel.de
Wed May 6 18:36:29 CEST 2015 
Eric Snow schrieb am 06.05.2015 um 18:23:
> A big blocker to making certain sweeping changes to CPython (e.g.
> ref-counting) is compatibility with the vast body of C extension
> modules out there that use the C-API.  While there are certainly
> drastic long-term solutions to that problem, there is one thing we can
> do in the short-term that would at least get the ball rolling.  We can
> put a big red note at the top of every page of the C-API docs that
> encourages folks to either use CFFI or Cython.

I've been advocating that for years now: leave the low-level stuff to the
experts. (There's a reason why Cython code is usually faster than C-API code.)

Not sure how big, fat and red the warning needs to be, but a big +1 from me.

Stefan
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