[Python-Dev] Pronouncement needed in issue9675

Benjamin Peterson benjamin at python.org
Wed Sep 29 01:26:09 CEST 2010


2010/9/28 Amaury Forgeot d'Arc <amauryfa at gmail.com>:
> 2010/9/29 Guido van Rossum <guido at python.org>:
>>> Can someone please explain why converting to a PyCapsule object is not
>>> an option?
>>> PyCObject_AsVoidPtr() and PyCObject_Import() accept Capsules and will
>>> work as before.
>>
>> Because bsddb is an external module?
>
> Yes, bsddb is compiled in a separate .pyd or .so. But what does this change?

By external, I presume he means externally maintained.



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Regards,
Benjamin


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