[Python-Dev] cffi in stdlib

[Guido van Rossum]

With 1.5 years per release, it'd be 10 years before we'd hit 3.10.
>From a software engineering perspective, 10 years is indistinguishable
from infinity, so I don't care what happens 10 years from now -- as
long as you don't blame me. :-)

On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 11:21 AM, Brett Cannon <brett at python.org> wrote:
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> On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 2:12 PM, Guido van Rossum <guido at python.org> wrote:
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>> Generally speaking, deferring something to Python 4 means "never".
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> Does that mean your aversion to double digit version numbers (i.e. 3.10) is
> gone or you expect to freeze Python in carbonite by then?
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> -Brett
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>> On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 11:06 AM, R. David Murray <rdmurray at bitdance.com>
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>> > On Tue, 26 Feb 2013 18:14:26 +0000, Paul Moore <p.f.moore at gmail.com>
>> > wrote:
>> >> BTW, I assume that the intention is that both cffi and ctypes remain
>> >> available indefinitely? Nobody's looking to deprecate ctypes?
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>> > I would expect that ctypes would be deprecated eventually simply because
>> > there aren't very many people interested in maintaining it, and probably
>> > fewer if cffi is accepted.  That said, I would not expect it to leave
>> > the stdlib until either the bit rot was so bad it wouldn't be worth
>> > shipping it, or (more likely) we reach Python4 and decide at that time
>> > that it is time for it to go.
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>> > Of course, this is just me talking, we only have a *very* vague "sense
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>> > the house" for what Python4 means at this point :)
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>> > --David
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