[Python-3000] Modules with Dual Python/C Implementations

[Barry Warsaw]

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On Dec 11, 2006, at 6:50 PM, Greg Ewing wrote:

> I say stop worrying and ditch the Python version. An
> alternative Python implementation is going to have to
> provide implementations of all the existing C-only
> modules. A few more isn't going to kill it.

The C and Python versions of some modules are not always identical.   
There can be subtle differences and those would need to be addressed  
before the Python version could be ditched.  E.g. subclass-able  
StringIO.

- -Barry

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