[Python-Dev] [unladen-swallow] PEP 384: Defining a Stable ABI

[Benjamin Peterson]

2009/5/20 Stephen J. Turnbull <stephen at xemacs.org>:
> Benjamin Peterson writes:
>  > 2009/5/20  <skip at pobox.com>:
>  >
>  > > I suspect it's not really germane to this discussion but if the
>  > > incref/decref functions were defined as inline would that effectively be
>  > > like using the macro versions vis a vis ABI compatibility?
>  >
>  > The code would be inlined into applications defeating the point of
>  > being able to change the implementation. :)
>
> Hang on, are you sure Skip isn't on to something?  If the A*P*Is are
> defined in such way that by making them *function calls* they preserve
> A*B*I compatibility, while making them inline gives performance, then
> the user (in this case, I really mean the vendor of an application
> that contains C modules, I guess) can choose which route to go, right?

In that case, they might as well be macros because changing would
require recompiling.



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Regards,
Benjamin