[Python-Dev] libffi embedded in CPython

[Maciej Fijalkowski]

On Thu, Mar 12, 2015 at 12:31 AM, Antoine Pitrou <solipsis at pitrou.net> wrote:
> On Wed, 11 Mar 2015 23:10:14 +0200
> Maciej Fijalkowski <fijall at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > Well, sure. The point is, such bugs are unlikely to appear at a fast
>> > rate... Also, I don't understand why libffi issues would affect cffi
>> > any less than it affects ctypes, at least in the compiler-less mode of
>> > operation.
>>
>> My point here was only about shipping own libffi vs using the system
>> one (and it does affect cffi equally with or without compiler)
>
> So what? If ctypes used the system libffi as cffi does, it would by
> construction be at least portable as cffi is.  The only reason the
> bundled libffi was patched at some point was to be *more* portable than
> vanilla libffi is.
>
> So, really, I don't see how switching from ctypes to cffi solves any of
> this.

You're missing my point. Ripping off the libffi from CPython is a good
idea to start with. Maybe deprecating ctypes is *also* a good idea,
but it's a separate discussion point. It certainly does not solve the
libffi problem.