[Python-Dev] Tweak to PEP 523 for storing a tuple in co_extra

[Brett Cannon]

On Sat, Sep 3, 2016, 17:45 Yury Selivanov <yselivanov.ml at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> >
> >     But without that new API (basically what Christian proposed) you'd
> >     need
> >     to iterate over the list in order to find the object that belongs to
> >     Pyjion.
> >
> >
> > Yes.
>
> Yeah, which means the same for my opcode patch... Which unfortunately
> will make things slower :(
>
> >       If we manage to implement my opcode caching idea, we'll have at
> >     least two known users of co_extra.  Without a way to claim a
> >     particular
> >     index in co_extra you will have some overhead to locate your objects.
> >
> >
> > Two things. One, I would want any new API to start with an underscore
> > so people know we can and will change its semantics as necessary. Two,
> > Guido would have to re-accept the PEP as this is a shift in the use of
> > the field if this is how people want to go.
>
>
> Since this isn't a user-facing/public API feature, are we *really*
> forced to accept/implement the PEP before the beta?
>

I say yes since people could want to use it during the beta for testing
(it's Ned's call in the end, though).


> I'd be happy to spend some time tomorrow/Monday to hammer out an
> alternative approach to co_extra. Let's see if we can find a slightly
> better approach.
>

OK!

-brett


> Yury
>
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