[Python-Dev] Re: Re: subprocess - updated popen5 module

[Neil Hodgson]

Fredrik Lundh:

> Thomas Heller wrote:
>
> > How many _xxxx.pyd windows specific modules do we need?
>
> as many as it takes to make Python an excellent tool.  it's not like one
> more entry in the makefile, and 20k in the binary distribution will cause
> problem for anyone.

   Requiring windows interface modules to be written in C rather than Python
reduces the number of Python users that can add, modify and fix these
modules. It also increases the amount of effort involved in working on these
modules.

   Neil