[Python-Dev] State of PEP-3118 (memoryview part)

[Stefan Krah]

Greg Ewing <greg.ewing at canterbury.ac.nz> wrote:
>> Options 2) and 3) would ideally entail one backwards incompatible
>> bugfix: In 2.7 and 3.2 assignment to a memoryview with format 'B'
>> rejects integers but accepts byte objects, but according to the
>> struct syntax mandated by the PEP it should be the other way round.
>
> Maybe a compromise could be made to accept both in the
> backport? That would avoid breaking old code while allowing
> code that does the right thing to work.

This could definitely be done. But backporting is beginning to look unlikely,
since we currently have three +1 for "too complex to backport".


I'm not strongly in favor of backporting myself. The main reason for me
would be to prevent having additional 2->3 or 3->2 porting obstacles.


Stefan Krah