[Python-Dev] future-proofing vector tables for python APIs: binary-module interoperability

[Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton]

>> [SNIP]
>> Yes it is enough to encapsulate memory allocation and file functions into
>> python shared library. The python provide memory allocation functions, but
>> not all modules use them. File functions are hiden by posixmodule and python
>> modules can't use them.
>
>  except ... posixmodule gets renamed to ntmodule .... oh, i see what
> you mean: python modules aren't allowed _direct_ access to msvcrtNN's
> file functions, they have to go via posixmodule-renamed-to-ntmodule.

 .... thinking about this some more...  posixmodule.c is linked (by
default) into pythonNN.dll, thus making pythonNN.dll totally dependent
on a version of msvcrt.

decoupling posixmodule.c from pythonNN.dll leaves the possibility to
make python independent of msvcrt versioning.

it would need to be a custom-compiled .pyd module, due to the early dependency.

i'll see if this is possible.

l.