[Python-Dev] Documenting [C]Python's Internals

[Yaniv Aknin]

Hi,

I wanted to let python-dev know about a series of articles about CPython's
internals I'm publishing under the collective title "Guido's Python"* (
http://tech.blog.aknin.name/tag/guidos-python/). Three articles already were
published already, more are planned (mainly focused on CPython/py3k, but
comparisons with other implementations may also be covered; we'll see). So
far I've done an introduction/whirlwind tour of Py_Main and a two-article
in-depth review of the (new-style) object system.

I'm sharing this with you (and hope you care) due to three reasons, probably
in escalating importance:
(a) Maybe some of python-dev's readers would be interested (possibly the
newer and more silent members).

(b) Maybe my scales are wrong, but I was a bit surprised by the number of
readers (>20,000 in the past two weeks); I wouldn't want to mislead such a
reader base and would be happy if a veteran here would be interested in
aiding by technically proofing the material (shan't be too hard I hope, feel
free to contact me directly if qualified and interested).

(c) While the content is currently geared to be blog-oriented, if it's found
worthy by the group I'd be delighted to formulate it into something more
'reference-material-ish' and give it back to the community. I found no
centrally organized CPython-internals material other than bits and pieces
(descrintro, eclectic blog posts, lectures, C-API reference, etc), and I
hope maybe something like this could be featured more officially on
python.org, with the relevant 'this is subject to change' disclaimers (can
be a document for new contributors, for pure Python programmers who're just
interested, or for whatever we decide).

Questions? Comments?
 - Yaniv

* think "Tim Berners-Lee's Web" or "Keanu Reeves' Green Gibberish", see the
first post for details
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