On Wed, 11 Mar 2015 22:55:33 +0000 Paul Moore <p.f.mo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 11 March 2015 at 22:33, Maciej Fijalkowski <fij...@gmail.com> wrote: > > You're missing my point. Ripping off the libffi from CPython is a good > > idea to start with. Maybe deprecating ctypes is *also* a good idea, > > but it's a separate discussion point. It certainly does not solve the > > libffi problem. > > OK, so let's focus on the libffi side of things and ignore deprecating > or replacing ctypes. > > I guess I don't see a problem with a proof-of-concept patch to upgrade > the libffi (obviously it's not possible to rely on a "system" libffi > on Windows, but treating it as an external might work). If it passes > all the tests on all platforms, maybe it could be considered. Agreed. We have enough tests and enough buildbots that it can be attempted. (besides, the only more-or-less officially supported platforms are Linux, Windows, OS X; we also try to not to be too broken on the BSDs, but that's it) Regards Antoine. _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
