[Python-Dev] reference counting in Py3K

[Fredrik Lundh]

Josiah Carlson wrote:

> Perhaps a bit into the future, extending import semantics to notice .pyx
> files, compare their checksum against a stored md5 in the compiled
> .pyd/.so, and automatically recompiling them if they (or their includes)
> have changed: +10 (I end up doing this kind of thing by hand with
> phantom auto-build modules).

which reminds me...  does anyone know what happened to the various
"inline C" versions that were quite popular a few years ago.  e.g.

http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2002-January/019178.html

(I've been using an extremely simple home-brewn version in a couple of
projects, and it's extremely addictive, at least if you're a C/C++ veteran...)

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