[Python-Dev] Using Cython for standard library?

[Brendan O'Connor]

>>> Is using Cython for anything in Modules/ really an option? In my limited
>>> experiments with it, I did like it.
>>>
>>> But using it for Python standard library stuff doesn't look quite right to
>>> me:
>>>
>>> - Option 1: distribute Cython with Python and integrate into build process
>>> -- Ouch!
>>
>> Can you be a bit more descriptive?
>
> Cython is still being worked on (intensively, it seems). Bundling it
> with Python means deciding on a particular version probably for
> an entire major release lifecycle (use Cython x.y.{newest} for
> Python 2.7, for example).

If we're talking about Cython for core libraries...

For the subset of python that also works in Cython, I've seen a 10-30%
performance speedups on (admittedly trivial) test code.  Conceivably,
*everything* could be Cython-compiled if you cared about performance
more than transparency.

Brendan
anyall.org