Terry J. Reedy <tjre...@udel.edu> 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 <rep...@bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue38747> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com