Antoine Pitrou <pit...@free.fr> added the comment: > Why not add fast paths to the generic functions if that's what you're > concerned about? > > It's unexpected for the user of the functions and breaks years of > tradition. What if someone calls PyList_Append on a custom type that > doesn't do as they expect and then PyList_GET_ITEM? > > It seems like asking for subtle bugs to me. The only correct way to is > change code that uses these type specific apis to use the generic > ones.
I agree with Benjamin. IIRC we already have a bunch of fast paths in abstract.c. ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue10977> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
