[Python-Dev] Make extension module initialisation more like Python module initialisation

Stefan Behnel stefan_ml at behnel.de
Tue Aug 6 17:59:06 CEST 2013


Ryan, 06.08.2013 17:02:
> Nice idea, but some of those may break 3rd party libraries like Boost.
> Python that have their own equilavent of the Python/C API. Or Even SWIG
> might experience trouble in one or two of those.

Te idea is that this will be an alternative way of initialising a module
that CPython will only use if an extension module exports the corresponding
symbol. So it won't break existing code, neither source code nor binaries.

Stefan



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