[pypy-dev] Re: stuff

[holger krekel]

[Michael Hudson Tue, Jun 15, 2004 at 05:06:31PM +0100]
> holger krekel <hpk at trillke.net> writes:
> 
> > [Michael Hudson Tue, Jun 15, 2004 at 04:38:56PM +0100]
> >> holger krekel <hpk at trillke.net> writes:
> >> > [Michael Hudson Tue, Jun 15, 2004 at 03:42:24PM +0100]
> >> > I think you could put a _stringhelper.py into appspace and use that
> >> > from the app-level definition of app_mod__String_ANY IIUC.
> >> 
> >> Guess so, but I don't think we have the equivalent of
> >> PyImport_ImportModule() yet, do we?
> >
> > no.  But you need to have that app_mod__String_ANY thingie, anyway 
> > and can import from there, as far as i see. 
> 
> Oh yeah :-)

Actually, some ImportModule function at interp-level would be nice. 
Hum, OTOH i don't see why space.builtin.__import__ wouldn't work :-) 

> >> > Note that these days, apart from Files and wholly-wrapped cpython-modules, we
> >> > don't have all that many cpythonobject-wrapped thingies around, anymore. 
> >> 
> >> True.
> >
> > so maybe it's not worth the effort to seriously think about it if we
> > are only talking abut Files? 
> 
> Maybe not.  But it might help for other extension types, too...

sorry for asking a possibly dumb question: what/which do you mean with
extension types? Something like socket and friends? 

cheers,

    holger