[Python-Dev] RE: More informative error messages

[Greg Ewing]

Michael Hudson <mwh at python.net>:

> > Rewrite they Python core in Pyrex.
> 
> That wouldn't alleviate the runtime cost, would it?

No, but it would save having to write all the refcounting and error
checking code by hand, with attendant abundancy of opportunities for
getting it wrong...

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