[Python-Dev] PEP 298

[Guido van Rossum]

> Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> writes:
> 
> > > I intend to work on the PEP 298 (locked buffer interface)
> > > implementation, with the hope that it is not too late to bring this
> > > into 2.3.  Is there still a chance?
> > > 
> > > If it will not make it into 2.3, I will retract the PEP,
> > > because 2.4 is too late for me.
> > 
> > Is the PEP accepted?
> 
> How could I know? Marked as Draft, I would say it is ready for
> pronouncement.  Only the implementation is missing.

There are doubts about its usefulness.  (AKA YAGNI.)  Would you also
provide implementations for common object types?  Otherwise there
wouldn't be a point, right?

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)