[Python-Dev] importlib is now bootstrapped (and what that means)

[Brett Cannon]

On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 20:27, Antoine Pitrou <solipsis at pitrou.net> wrote:

> On Tue, 17 Apr 2012 01:11:14 +0200
> Georg Brandl <g.brandl at gmx.net> wrote:
> >
> > No, it's not just an existing Python, it is (at least currently) the same
> > version of Python being built.  Therefore I wrote about the bootstrapping
> > problems when bytecode changes.
> >
> > Depending on Cython is better in that it breaks the bootstrapping cycle,
> > but on the other hand the C code may need to be regenerated when the C
> API
> > changes in an incompatible way.
>
> Cython OTOH probably needs Python 2.x, which isn't that great for
> building Python 3. And requiring Cython for developing is not very
> contributor-friendly.
>

Well, required to regenerate _frozen_importlib, but nothing else. I mean
making fixes go into importlib directly and get tested that way, not
through __import__(). So really Cython would only be needed when
importlib._bootstrap has been changed and you are making a commit.

-Brett


>
> Regards
>
> Antoine.
>
>
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