Author: mattip <matti.pi...@gmail.com> Branch: extradoc Changeset: r5609:827afaef5ee9 Date: 2016-02-24 15:50 +0100 http://bitbucket.org/pypy/extradoc/changeset/827afaef5ee9/
Log: ghost-write a rough draft blog post about cpyexy-gc-support diff --git a/blog/draft/cpyext-gcsupport.rst b/blog/draft/cpyext-gcsupport.rst new file mode 100644 --- /dev/null +++ b/blog/draft/cpyext-gcsupport.rst @@ -0,0 +1,23 @@ +CAPI Support update +=================== + +I have merged a rewrite of the interaction between c-API c-level objects and +interpreter level objects. Each refcounted c-level object is now reflected in +an interpreter level object, and the garbage collector can release the object +pair only if the refcount is 0 and the interpreter level object is not longer +referenced. + +The rewrite significantly simplifies our previous code, and should make using +the c-API less slow (it is still slower than using pure python though). +XXX citations needed ... + +The good news is that now PyPy can support the upstream `lxml`_ package, which is +is one of the most popular packages on PyPI (specifically version X.X.X with old +PyPy specific hacks removed). We do recommend using the `cffi lxml`_ alternative, +since it will be faster on PyPy. + +We are actively working on extending our c-API support, and hope to soon merge +a branch to support more of the c-API functions. Please try it out and let us +know how it works for you. + +Armin Rigo and the PyPy team _______________________________________________ pypy-commit mailing list pypy-commit@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pypy-commit
