[Python-Dev] LZMA compression support in 3.3

[Guido van Rossum]

On Sat, Aug 27, 2011 at 10:36 PM, Dan Stromberg <drsalists at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Sat, Aug 27, 2011 at 8:57 PM, Guido van Rossum <guido at python.org> wrote:
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>> 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.
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> And yet Cext's are full of CPython-isms.

I have to apologize, I somehow misread your "all Python variants" as a
mixture of "all CPython versions" and "all platforms where CPython
runs".

While I have no desire to continue this discussion, you are most
welcome to do so.

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--Guido van Rossum (python.org/~guido)