[capi-sig] Re: Get Rid of the Stable ABI?

On Wed, Mar 17, 2021 at 8:27 PM M.-A. Lemburg <mal@egenix.com> wrote:

Even with tools like Cython you still need the C API.

Agreed, although a layer of indirection can be helpful when making changes. For example, for HPy we are hoping to write an HPy backend for Cython at some point which generates C code that uses the HPy API instead of the existing C API. That is decidedly non-zero work, but will potentially port a large chunk of the C extension ecosystem in one go (with a fair bit of mopping up required, I'm sure).