Terry J. Reedy <[email protected]> added the comment:
> why a C extension apart and not a patch to `readline`? Search "python ctypes vs c extension". Multiple SO answers. I believe speed and language competancy are big factors. I don't think and stdlib modules use ctypes. ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <[email protected]> <https://bugs.python.org/issue38747> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
