[Python-Dev] Replacing PyWin32's PeekNamedPipe, ReadFile, and WriteFile

[Terry Reedy]

Lisandro Dalcin wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 9:57 AM, Jean-Paul Calderone<exarkun at divmod.com> wrote:
> 
>> True, CPython has C infrastructure.  What about the other Python runtimes,
>> though?
>>
> 
> Perhaps these other Python runtimes could implement the functionality
> of PC/_subprocess.c and use ctypes for that ?

Is it sensibly possible to augment a C file with #ifdefs so that it can 
be compiled either as a directly importable module or as a 
ctypes-accessible shared library?

tjr