[Python-Dev] PEP 447: add type.__locallookup__

[Ronald Oussoren]

On 29 Jul, 2013, at 14:49, Ronald Oussoren <ronaldoussoren at mac.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> This PEP proposed to add a __locallookup__ slot to type objects,
> which is used by _PyType_Lookup and super_getattro instead of peeking
> in the tp_dict of classes.  The PEP text explains why this is needed.
> 
> Differences with the previous version:
> 
> * Better explanation of why this is a useful addition
> 
> * type.__locallookup__ is no longer optional.
> 
> * I've added benchmarking results using pybench.
>  (using the patch attached to issue 18181)
> 
> Ronald

And something I forgot to ask: is anyone willing to be the BDFL-Delegate for
PEP 447?

Ronald