[Python-Dev] dl module

[Thomas Wouters]

On Fri, Feb 09, 2001 at 02:35:26PM -0500, Andrew Kuchling wrote:

> The dl module isn't automatically compiled by setup.py, and at least
> one patch on SourceForge adds it.

> Question: should it be compiled as a standard module?  Using it can,
> according to the comments, cause core dumps if you're not careful.

-1. The dl module is not just crashy, it's also potentially dangerous. And
the chance of the setup.py attempt to add it working on most platforms is
low at best -- 'manual' dynamic linking is about as portable as threads ;-P

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Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>

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