I'm fine with giving it a public interface. Please submit a patch with docs included.
On Tue, May 27, 2008 at 9:47 AM, Stefan Behnel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [reposting this to python-dev, as it affects both 2.6 and 3.0] > > Hi, > > when we build extension classes in Cython, we have to first build the type to > make it available to user code, and then update the type's tp_dict while we > run the class body code (PyObject_SetAttr() does not work here). In Py2.6+, > this requires invalidating the method cache after each attribute change, which > Python does internally using the type_modified() function. > > Could this function get a public interface? I do not think Cython is the only > case where C code wants to modify a type after its creation, and copying the > code over seems like a hack to me. > > Stefan > > _______________________________________________ > 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/guido%40python.org > -- --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/) _______________________________________________ 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
