[Python-Dev] C++ for CPython 3? (Re: str.count is slow)
Greg Ewing
greg.ewing at canterbury.ac.nz
Fri Mar 3 00:47:36 CET 2006
Fredrik Lundh wrote:
> someone also pointed out in private mail (I think; it doesn't seem to
> have made it to this list) that CPython's extensive use of "inheritance
> by aggregation" is invalid C.
>
> switching to C++ would be one way to address that, of course.
A rather heavyweight solution to a problem that does
not seem to have been a problem in practice so far,
only in theory.
Practicality beats purity once again...
--
Greg
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