[Python-Dev] Possible modules that could use docs

[Barry Warsaw]

On Mon, 2004-04-19 at 12:01, Neal Norwitz wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 19, 2004 at 11:47:08AM -0400, Nick Bastin wrote:
> > 
> > On Apr 19, 2004, at 11:42 AM, Neal Norwitz wrote:
> > 
> > >On Mon, Apr 19, 2004 at 11:36:51AM -0400, Barry Warsaw wrote:
> > >>
> > >>puremodule.c could probably be deprecated.  Does anybody use Purify
> > >>anymore -- and if so, have you ever used puremodule?  Does it still
> > >>compile?  Are the APIs it uses still up-to-date?
> > >
> > >Although I did use Purify on python years ago, I never use it now.
> > >Though, I never used the puremodule.  IMO, Purify is not useful
> > >compared to valgrind.  +1 on deprecating puremodule.c.
> > 
> > I think it's useful to point out that Purify runs on a lot more 
> > platforms than valgrind does, so we should probably keep puremodule 
> > around, and update it if necessary.
> 
> Valgrind runs on x86 and PPC (still experimental).
> IIRC, Purify "runs" on Solaris, HPUX, Windows (x86), and SGI?
> (I tried to verify but the IBM site isn't responding.)
> IMO that's not a lot.

I was able to get to this page:

http://www-306.ibm.com/software/awdtools/purifyplus/unix/

and it looks like the suite of tools runs on "Linux" now too.

> Where Purify "running" is relative to any particular patch you have
> installed on the system and if you can download a beta.  I stopped using
> Purify because Rational was so awful to deal with.

-Barry