[Python-Dev] Re: How about using modern C++ in development of CPython ?

24.03.21 11:54, redradist@gmail.com пише:

What about of using modern C++ in developing CPython ?

With C++ we can get the following benefits:

1. Readability - less code, most code is hidden by abstraction without losing performance
2. Maintainability - no code duplication in favor of using reusable classes
3. RAII - Resource Acquisition Is Initialization, predictable allocation and free resources

...

The drawbacks:

1. You can only use C++ internally. All API should be in pure C. It reduces possible benefits. 2. If you use C++, even internally, you have to link with libstdc++ and use C++ compatible linker. 3. C++ is much much more complex than pure C. It drastically reduces the number of available contributors and maintainers.

Also note that the C code it already written. The C++ code has yet to be written, with chances to introduce new bugs during rewriting and distracting resources from other tasks.