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

R. David Murray rdmurray at bitdance.com
Tue Apr 17 14:18:38 CEST 2012


On Tue, 17 Apr 2012 01:11:14 +0200, Georg Brandl <g.brandl at gmx.net> wrote:
> On 16.04.2012 18:15, R. David Murray wrote:
> > I don't see how depending on Cython is better than depending on having
> > an existing Python.
> 
> 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.

Ah, yes, I had missed that subtlety.

--David


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