[Python-Dev] Optimization of the Year

["Martin v. Löwis"]

Armin Rigo wrote:
> Unfortunately, the existence of the PyList_GET_XXX macros means that perfectly
> legal extension modules would break if you do something like changing the
> order of the fields.  Is it more important to try and keep binary
> compatibility for these 99%, or to force a reproducible segfault in the
> remaining 1%?

I think Python 2.4 might be binary-incompatible with 2.3, anyway.

Regards,
Martin