Re: [Python-Dev] PEP 384: Defining a Stable ABI

2009-05-17 Thread James Y Knight
On May 17, 2009, at 4:54 PM, Martin v. Löwis wrote: Currently, each feature release introduces a new name for the Python DLL on Windows, and may cause incompatibilities for extension modules on Unix. This PEP proposes to define a stable set of API functions which are guaranteed to be available f

Re: [Python-Dev] PEP 383: Non-decodable Bytes in System Character Interfaces

2009-04-23 Thread James Y Knight
On Apr 22, 2009, at 2:50 AM, Martin v. Löwis wrote: I'm proposing the following PEP for inclusion into Python 3.1. Please comment. +1. Even if some people still want a low-level bytes API, it's important that the easy case be easy. That is: the majority of Python applications should *just

Re: [Python-Dev] PEP 382: Namespace Packages

2009-04-15 Thread James Y Knight
On Apr 15, 2009, at 12:15 PM, M.-A. Lemburg wrote: The much more common use case is that of wanting to have a base package installation which optional add-ons that live in the same logical package namespace. The PEP provides a way to solve this use case by giving both developers and users