[Python-Dev] Extending types in C - help needed

[Martin v. Loewis]

> This seems to be very close to the __reduce__ idea I posted
> on this thread a couple of days ago. Why not extend it to
> fully support this standard Python protocol ?

Because it is not clear, to me, what specifically the semantics of
this protocol is. I wrote it to support MacOS calldll. I cannot see
applicability beyond this API.

One of the strength of OO and polymorphism is precisely that users can
freely extend the protocols that their objects support, without
requiring *all* objects to support the protocol. A standard protocol
should be clearly useful cross-platform, for many different types, in
different applications.

Regards,
Martin