[Python-Dev] PEP 298

[Thomas Heller]

> > And that's the main point of the PEP: the 'old' buffer interface
> > is nearly useless if you want too be safe.
> 
> Except that we can't force everyone to change at once, so we're stuck
> with this...
> 
> Can you find an actual case where this could be used to cause a
> segfault?

I'm not sure about core python, if one doesn't use the buffer object.
(Um, I probably shouldn't have mentioned this.)

And not anymore in my own extensions, but that's because I implemented
my own private scheme.

Thomas