[Python-Dev] PEP 384 final review

Mon Nov 29 11:24:22 CET 2010

On 29.11.2010 00:40, "Martin v. Löwis" wrote:
> I have now completed
>> http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0384/
>> Benjamin has volunteered to rule on this PEP.
>> Please comment with any changes you want to see, or speak in
> favor or against this PEP.

I looked at a diff with r84330 from the py3k branch.
Extensions built with Py_LIMITED_API have the python version encoded in it's 
name. Which abi name should be used for these extensions?
 - The m and u modifiers in the abi name are complimentary (?)
 - debug builds and Py_LIMITED_API are incompatible (?) and therefore
 the current name should be used?
 - For posix systems the implementation is currently part of the abi name,
 are Py_LIMITED_API extensions supposed to be compatible with e.g. PyPy?
 Should the LIMITED_API abi name include the implementation string?
 - Should the distutils support for LIMITED_API be part of the pep, or
 be implemented later?
In favour of the pep.
 Matthias