[Python-Dev] reference counting in Py3K

[Robert Kern]

Fredrik Lundh wrote:
> 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).

http://www.prescod.net/pyximport/

> 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...)

weave is alive and kicking and actively used although it could use some TLC.

http://svn.scipy.org/svn/scipy_core

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