[Python-Dev] Include ctypes into core Python?

[Delaney, Timothy (Tim)]

Guido van Rossum wrote:

>> As was pointed out on c.l.py, the `dl` module suffers the exact same
>> problem (I don't know myself, as I've never used it). There are no
>> warnings about this in the `dl` module documentation.
> 
> Good point. I think there should be such warnings though.

Added documentation patch 1402224:
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1402224&group_i
d=5470&atid=305470

May need a little more work on the wording.

>> I can't see how it would be possible to guarantee that such a module
>> could not cause crashes.
> 
> And I'm not asking for that.
> 
>> I'm of the opinion that having a big red
>> warning at the top of the module documentation that this is a
>> contributed module, and incorrect use could cause segmentation
>> faults/crashes, etc would be sufficient.
> 
> Works for me.

Sounds like we agree on everything :) Maybe I should start channelling
... <wink>.

Tim Delaney