[Python-Dev] libffi embedded in CPython

[Steve Dower]

Maciej Fijalkowski wrote:
> After reading this http://bugs.python.org/issue23085 and remembering struggling
> having our own patches into cpython's libffi (but not into libffi itself), I
> wonder, is there any reason any more for libffi being included in CPython?

We use it for ctypes, so there's certainly still a need. Are you asking whether we need a fork of it as opposed to treating it like an external (like OpenSSL)?

> Cheers,
> fijal