Re: [Python-Dev] Usability of the limited API

2015-05-28 Thread Nick Coghlan
On 29 May 2015 01:04, "Steve Dower" wrote: > > Paul Moore wrote: > > On 28 May 2015 at 15:28, Steve Dower wrote: > >> I don't have the issue number handy, but it should be near the top of > >> the recently modified list. > > > > I recall seeing that issue. I'm fine with that - getting the two in

Re: [Python-Dev] Usability of the limited API

2015-05-28 Thread Steve Dower
Zach has a patch to automate putting the right exports in python3.dll, which I'm strongly in favor of, but it was rejected because people may have added APIs that aren't meant to be stable. Right now, you can #include a number of prototypes that aren't actually available because there are two p

Re: [Python-Dev] Usability of the limited API

2015-05-28 Thread Steve Dower
Paul Moore wrote: > On 28 May 2015 at 15:28, Steve Dower wrote: >> I don't have the issue number handy, but it should be near the top of >> the recently modified list. > > I recall seeing that issue. I'm fine with that - getting the two in sync is > obviously worth doing (and clearly in hand). I'

Re: [Python-Dev] Usability of the limited API

2015-05-28 Thread Paul Moore
On 28 May 2015 at 15:28, Steve Dower wrote: > I don't have the issue number handy, but it should be near the top of the > recently modified list. I recall seeing that issue. I'm fine with that - getting the two in sync is obviously worth doing (and clearly in hand). I'm personally not sure whethe

Re: [Python-Dev] Usability of the limited API

2015-05-28 Thread Nick Coghlan
On 29 May 2015 at 00:11, Paul Moore wrote: > I was hoping to be able to suggest as an application bundling option > that people could write a trivial wrapper script in C to fire up a > Python script, and bundle that along with its dependencies and the > embeddable Python distribution. Looks like t