On Fri, Feb 4, 2022 at 12:52 AM Eric V. Smith <eric@trueblade.com> wrote:
On 2/3/2022 12:15 PM, Victor Stinner wrote:
IMO if PyObject* becomes a handle, the migration to the HPy API should be much easier.
It seems to me that moving PyObject* to be a handle leaves you in a place very similar to HPy. So why not just focus on making HPy suitable for developing C extensions, leave the existing C API alone, and eventually abandon the existing C API?
I tried to explain the reasons why HPy doesn't solve all problems in the PEP 674: https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0674/#the-c-api-is-here-is-stay-for-a-fe... One problem is to provide a better C API to users: HPy is great for that! Another problem is the inability to evolve Python because the C API leaks implementation details: HPy doesn't solve this problem because Python must continue supporting the C API for a few more years. My approach is to (slowly) bend the C API towards HPy design/API to ease the migration to HPy *and* (slowly) allow changing more Python internals (without affecting the public C API). Victor -- Night gathers, and now my watch begins. It shall not end until my death.