On 2009年2月19日 at 21:41, Benjamin Peterson wrote:
As we prepare to merge the io-c branch, the question has come up [1] about the original Python implementation. Should it just be deleted in favor C version? The wish to maintain the two implementations together has been raised on the basis that Python is easier to experiment on and read (for other vm implementors).
I'm personally +0 on this, but I note that it is easier to read not just for other vm implementors, but for users. Witness the question about the behavior of 'for' vs 'readline'. I'd have had a much harder time figuring out the behavior if I'd had to read the C code. That said, I'm not personally sure if maintaining both versions is worth it. Real python developers should make that decision :) --RDM _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com