[pypy-dev] Boost.Python and PyPy -- status?

[Maciej Fijalkowski]

On Thu, Jan 9, 2014 at 8:05 PM, Toby St Clere Smithe <mail at tsmithe.net> wrote:
> Hi Yury,
>
> "Yury V. Zaytsev" <yury at shurup.com> writes:
>> Did you actually try it?
>
> Hah, no! I wasn't that optimistic!
>
>> I have found that cpyext has seen huge improvements in the last years.
>> This summer, I've managed to compile some rather complex
>> Cython-generated code with minor manual changes...
>
> This certainly sounds promising. I'll give it a go in the next couple of
> weeks, and report back (unless anyone else pipes up warning me not
> to). If I can get boost::python to build against PyPy, that will be very
> pleasing.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Toby

Hi

I'm less optimistic. Boost::Python uses tons of internal stuff as far
as I know. We really discourage people from using it, because it's a)
slow b) prone to not behave exactly like CPython and c) be incomplete.

Cheers,
fijal