On Wed, 11 Mar 2015 22:55:33 +0000 Paul Moore
On 11 March 2015 at 22:33, Maciej Fijalkowski
wrote: You're missing my point. Ripping off the libffi from CPython is a good idea to start with. Maybe deprecating ctypes is *also* a good idea, but it's a separate discussion point. It certainly does not solve the libffi problem.
OK, so let's focus on the libffi side of things and ignore deprecating or replacing ctypes.
I guess I don't see a problem with a proof-of-concept patch to upgrade the libffi (obviously it's not possible to rely on a "system" libffi on Windows, but treating it as an external might work). If it passes all the tests on all platforms, maybe it could be considered.
Agreed. We have enough tests and enough buildbots that it can be attempted. (besides, the only more-or-less officially supported platforms are Linux, Windows, OS X; we also try to not to be too broken on the BSDs, but that's it) Regards Antoine.