Re: [Python-ideas] sys.implementation

Eric Snow wrote:

On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 7:22 PM, Nick Coghlan wrote:

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On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 4:37 AM, Benjamin Peterson wrote:

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Eric Snow writes:

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I'd like to move this forward, so any objections or feedback at this point would be helpful. I would like to see a concrete proposal of what would get put in there. +1

A possible starting list:

- impl name (with a view to further standardising the way we check for impl specific tests in the regression test suite) - impl version (official place to store the implementation version, potentially independent of the language version as it already is in PyPy) - cache tag (replacement for imp.get_tag())

One more: GC (reference-counting, copying, mark-and-sweep, generational, etc.)

This is a great start, Nick. Having a solid sys.implementation would (for one) help with the import machinery, as your list suggests. I'm planning on reviewing that old thread over the next few days. [1] In the meantime, any additional thoughts by anyone on what would go into sys.implementation would be very helpful.

-eric

p.s. is python-ideas the right place for this discussion? Also, ultimately this topic should go into a PEP, right?

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