[Python-Dev] versioned .so files for Python 3.2

[Barry Warsaw]

On Jun 24, 2010, at 01:00 PM, Benjamin Peterson wrote:

>2010/6/24 Barry Warsaw <barry at python.org>:
>> On Jun 24, 2010, at 10:58 AM, Benjamin Peterson wrote:
>>
>>>2010/6/24 Barry Warsaw <barry at python.org>:
>>>> Please let me know what you think.  I'm happy to just commit this to the
>>>> py3k branch if there are no objections <wink>.  I don't think a new PEP is
>>>> in order, but an update to PEP 3147 might make sense.
>>>
>>>How will this interact with PEP 384 if that is implemented?
>> I'm trying to come up with something that will work immediately while PEP 384
>> is being adopted.
>
>But how will modules specify that they support multiple ABIs then?

I didn't understand, so asked Benjamin for clarification in IRC.

<gutworth> barry: if python 3.3 will only load x.3.3.so, but x.3.2.so supports
           the stable abi, will it load it?  [14:25]
<barry> gutworth: thanks, now i get it :)  [14:26]
<barry> gutworth: i think it should, but it wouldn't under my scheme.  let me
        think about it

-Barry
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