[Python-Dev] PEP 296 - The Buffer Problem

[Greg Ewing]

Scott Gilbert <xscottg@yahoo.com>:

> The inner-thing _could_ be a Python object (and Guido suggested that
> maybe it should be), but that's an implementation detail.

In that case, unless there's some reason for it
*not* to be a Python object, you might as well
make it one and take advantage of all the
Python refcount machinery.

<plug>
If you use Pyrex for the implementation, making
Python objects will be dead easy!
</plug>

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