Neal Norwitz wrote: > I'm tempted to say we should merge now. I know the branch works on > 64-bit boxes. I can test on a 32-bit box if Martin hasn't already. > There will be a lot of churn fixing problems, but maybe we can get > more people involved.
The ssize_t branch has now all the API I want it to have. I just posted the PEP to comp.lang.python, maybe people have additional things they consider absolutely necessary. There are two aspects left, and both can be done after the merge: - a lot of modules still need adjustments, to really support 64-bit collections. This shouldn't cause any API changes, AFAICT. - the printing of Py_ssize_t values should be supported. I think Tim proposed to provide the 'z' formatter across platforms. This is a new API, but it's a pure extension, so it can be done in the trunk. I would like to avoid changing APIs after the merge to the trunk has happened; I remember Guido saying (a few years ago) that this change must be a single large change, rather many small incremental changes. I agree, and I hope I have covered everything that needs to be covered. Regards, Martin _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
