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> that was some years ago -- I wonder how much use it's seen?<br>
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You can go a surprisingly long way with Python's built-in and stdlib<br>
containers, so I'm not surprised it's not very widely used.</blockquote><div><br></div><div>Exactly — what are the odds that list or deque performance is your bottleneck?</div><div><br></div><div>However, the barrier to entry for a third party package is still quite a bit higher than the Stdlib. So if a third party package that provides nothing but a performance boost isn’t used much — that doesn’t mean it wouldn’t be well-used if it were in the stdlib.</div><div><br></div><div>Note: I am not advocating anything— I haven’t looked at blist at all.</div><br><div><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
I don't know what wheels are supposed to change here. You could already<br>
build binary packages for Windows before wheels existed. </blockquote><div><br></div><div>Yes, but with a different ecosystem an no virtual environment support. Being able to pip install binary wheels does make things easier for Windows users. </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">The problem as<br>
I understand it is that you need a Windows machine (or VM) together with<br>
the required set of compilers, and have to take the time to run the<br>
builds.</blockquote><div><br></div><div>Yup — still the case. Also with Mac and OS-X. Distributing a package with a compiled component is still a lot more work.</div><div><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
With conda-forge though, one could simply submit a recipe and have all<br>
builds done automatically in the cloud. Your users then have to use<br>
conda (rather than pip and </blockquote><div><br></div><div>I’m a big fan of conda and conda-forge.</div><div><br></div><div>But a similar auto-build system could support binary wheels and pypi as well. And indeed, the scipy folks are doing just that. </div><div><br></div>My point was that the infrastructure for delivering complied packaged is much better than it was even a few years ago.<br><div><br></div><div>-CHB</div><br><br>-- <br><br>Christopher Barker, Ph.D.<br>Oceanographer<br><br>Emergency Response Division<br>NOAA/NOS/OR&R (206) 526-6959 voice<br>7600 Sand Point Way NE (206) 526-6329 fax<br>Seattle, WA 98115 (206) 526-6317 main reception<br><br><a href="mailto:Chris.Barker@noaa.gov" target="_blank">Chris.Barker@noaa.gov</a><br>