On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 12:28 PM, Mark Wiebe <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 11:14 AM, Eli Stevens (Gmail) < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 10:35 AM, Mark Wiebe <[email protected]> wrote: >> > That said, I think starting a discussion with the Python core developers >> > about the float16 type is worthwhile. There might be interest in >> supporting >> > the float16 type in the struct interface, something that would be >> required >> > as part of amending PEP 3118. >> >> That's something that wouldn't see production until Python 3.3, right? >> I'm imagining that the buffer spec in use wouldn't change during the >> 2.7.x series, unless it's unusually accepting of changes. > > > That's true, but explaining the hoops being jumped through to support a new > data type across multiple Python plugins could help evolve the spec if > necessary, and they may have some good suggestions. > > Last I looked, support for PEP 3118 in Python 3 was stuck in the doldrums. Might be worth another ping. Chuck
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