"Delaney, Timothy (Tim)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Thomas Heller wrote: > >> As the author, I would be happy to see ctypes included with the >> standard Python build. > > I'm sure you know the magical incantation to get that to happen ... > > 1. Propose it on python-dev. > > 2. Commit to maintain it in the python core (or alternatively, propose > to use the ElementTree maintenance method). > > 3. Get it accepted by Guido. > > 4. Do it. > > If a library isn't put forward for inclusion by the *author*, it won't > be included - even if it's obviously best-of-breed. This was the > sticking point for ElementTree (until the author found out what was > going on and happily put it forward).
I have done 1. I commit myself to 2. I promise to do 3., if someone convinces Guido to accept it (or whoever has the power to accept it). This is my response to Martin v. Löwis, who wrote: > I don't have such a plan. To my knowledge, ctypes has never been > contributed to Python, either, so its author apparently has no plan, > either. It has been proposed to include it in core Python, but Guido didn't accept it. The thread starts here: http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2004-January/thread.html#41814 And Guido's last word was this (see the end of the message): http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2004-January/041856.html Thomas -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list