[Python-Dev] Location of .so files (Was: Sharing expat instances)

["Martin v. Löwis"]

Phillip J. Eby wrote:
> Right; the question is why not just EXEC_PREFIX "/lib/python" VERSION
>  instead.  What benefit does the separate directory offer?

I can only guess: it's primarily a matter of tidiness.

> Note that the distutils, when installing a package containing C
> extensions, will install to site-packages under sys.exec_prefix; it
> does not separate the C extensions into special alternate library
> directories.

Yes, that's inconsistent. One way to make it consistent would be to
honor lib-dynload; the other to get rid of lib-dynload. I cannot see
how one of these option is better than the other (nor can I see
what the relevance for the expat discussion is, so I changed the
subject).

Regards,
Martin