Re: [Python-Dev] Packaging and binary distributions for Python 3.3

2011-10-15 Thread Nick Coghlan
On Sat, Oct 15, 2011 at 4:42 AM, Paul Moore wrote: > I wish I felt more comfortable with MSI as a format (as opposed to an > opaque clickable installer). I'd be interested to know what others > think. Compilation can be a problem on Linux systems as well, so a platform neutral format is a better

Re: [Python-Dev] Packaging and binary distributions for Python 3.3

2011-10-15 Thread Paul Moore
On 15 October 2011 09:04, Nick Coghlan wrote: > On Sat, Oct 15, 2011 at 4:42 AM, Paul Moore wrote: >> I wish I felt more comfortable with MSI as a format (as opposed to an >> opaque clickable installer). I'd be interested to know what others >> think. > > Compilation can be a problem on Linux sys

Re: [Python-Dev] Identifier API

2011-10-15 Thread Martin v. Löwis
PyObject *tmp; Py_identifier(update); As I understand it, the macro expands to both the ID variable declaration and the init-at-first-call code, right? No. The variable will only get static initialization with the char*. The initialization on first call (of the PyObject*) happens in the helpe

Re: [Python-Dev] [Python-checkins] cpython (2.7): Issue #13156: revert changeset f6feed6ec3f9, which was only relevant for native

2011-10-15 Thread Martin v. Löwis
-- Issue #10517: After fork(), reinitialize the TLS used by the PyGILState_* - APIs, to avoid a crash with the pthread implementation in RHEL 5. Patch - by Charles-François Natali. You should restore this NEWS entry and add a new one to say that the patch has been reverted. This may be a do

Re: [Python-Dev] [Python-checkins] cpython (2.7): Issue #13156: revert changeset f6feed6ec3f9, which was only relevant for native

2011-10-15 Thread Terry Reedy
On 10/15/2011 7:47 AM, "Martin v. Löwis" wrote: -- Issue #10517: After fork(), reinitialize the TLS used by the PyGILState_* - APIs, to avoid a crash with the pthread implementation in RHEL 5. Patch - by Charles-François Natali. You should restore this NEWS entry and add a new one to say that t

Re: [Python-Dev] check for PyUnicode_READY look backwards

2011-10-15 Thread Scott Dial
On 10/7/2011 7:13 PM, Terry Reedy wrote: > On 10/7/2011 10:06 AM, Nick Coghlan wrote: >> FWIW, I don't mind whether it's "< 0" or "== -1", so long as there's a >> comparison there to kick my brain out of Python boolean logic mode. > > Is there any speed difference (on common x86/64 processors and