[Python-Dev] LZMA compression support in 3.3

[Guido van Rossum]

On Sat, Aug 27, 2011 at 3:14 PM, Dan Stromberg <drsalists at gmail.com> wrote:
> IMO, we really, really need some common way of accessing C libraries that
> works for all major Python variants.

We have one. It's called writing an extension module.

ctypes is a crutch because it doesn't realistically have access to the
header files. It's a fine crutch for PyPy, which doesn't have much of
an alternative. It's also a fine crutch for people who need something
to run *now*. It's a horrible strategy for the standard library.

If you have a better proposal please do write it up. But so far you
are mostly exposing your ignorance and insisting dramatically that you
be educated.

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