[Python-Dev] Let's update CObject API so it is safe and regular!

[Jim Fulton]

On Apr 1, 2009, at 11:51 PM, Guido van Rossum wrote:
...
>> Note also this cheap exported-vtable hack isn't the
>> only use of CObjects; for example _ctypes uses them to wrap plenty of
>> one-off objects which are never set as attributes of the _ctypes  
>> module.
>>  We'd like a solution that enforces some safety for those too,  
>> without
>> creating spurious module attributes.
>
> Why would you care about safety for ctypes? It's about as unsafe as it
> gets anyway. Coredump emptor I say.


At which point, I wonder why we worry so much about someone  
intentionally breaking a CObject as in Larry's example.

Jim

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Jim Fulton
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