[Python-Dev] issue 9807 - a glitch in coexisting builds of different types

[Benjamin Peterson]

2010/10/1 Barry Warsaw <barry at python.org>:
> I can think of a couple of ways out, none of which are totally satisfying.
> Probably the easiest out is to change the PEP 3149 naming so that the files
> don't end in ".so".  E.g. use this instead:
>
>    foo.cpython-32dmu-so
>    foo.cpython-32m-so

-1 Doesn't that break not only Python's convention for extensions on
shared modules but also any *nix shared object?

>
> or similar.  I think that'd be a fairly straightforward change, but it might
> break some useful assumptions (we'd still fall back to .so of course).
>
> Other ideas:
>
> - make import.c smarter so that you can match against other than just the
>  suffix.  probably a lot of work.

Although it would be more work, I think this is the most "correct" option.


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Regards,
Benjamin