[Python-Dev] IO implementation: in C and Python?

[Alexandre Vassalotti]

On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 12:35 AM, Steven D'Aprano <steve at pearwood.info> wrote:
>
> Currently, if I want to verify that (say) cFoo and Foo do the same thing, or
> compare their speed, it's easy because I can import the modules separately.
> Given the 3.0 approach, how would one access the Python versions without
> black magic or hacks?
>

My prefered way to handle this is to keep the original Python
implementations with a leading underscore (e.g., pickle._Pickler). I
found this was the easiest way to test the C and Python
implementations without resorting to import hacks.

-- Alexandre