Is there any issue with unit-at-a-time optimization? I would imagine that a static global would allow optimizations that are not safe for a exported global (not sure the C term for it).
I suspect it doesn't matter and I support the idea in general. Global variables in extension modules kills the idea of a mark-and-sweap or some other GC mechanism. That's probably not going to happen but identifying all of the global state seems like a step forward. _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list [email protected] https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com