[Python-Dev] redesigning the extension module initialisation protocol

[Stefan Behnel]

Eli Bendersky, 11.08.2013 19:43:
> Out of curiosity - can we list actual use cases for this new design? The
> previous thread, admittedly, deals with an isoteric corner-cases that comes
> up in overly-clever tests. If we plan to serious consider these changes -
> and this appears to be worth a PEP - we need a list of actual advantages
> over the current approach. It's not that a more conceptually pure design is
> an insufficient reason, IMHO, but it would be interesting to hear about
> other implications.

http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2012-November/122599.html

http://bugs.python.org/issue13429

http://bugs.python.org/issue16392

Yes, it definitely needs a PEP.

Stefan