[Python-Dev] [PEP 576/580] Comparing PEP 576 and 580

[Antoine Pitrou]

On Tue, 31 Jul 2018 19:10:48 +0900
INADA Naoki <songofacandy at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I said "So PEP 576/580 are needed only when implementing callable object".
> I showed example "functools.partial or functools.lru_cache".
> 
> Using FASTCALL for callable object, instead of tp_call is one of important goal
> of PEP 576 and 580.
> 
> So, cleary, ordinal extension author should be able to understand and implement
> PEP 576 and 580.

No, Jeroen is right here.  Ordinary extension authors do not need to
understand and implement PEP 576 and 580.

First, it's rare for extension types to be callable.
Second, even if an extension type is callable, implementing PEP 576 or
580 is only useful if tp_call overhead is really important.

In any case, just using tp_call will be as good as it was before.
There is no regression, hence it is incorrect to say that we place an
additional burden on the shoulders of extension authors.  Yes, they
can learn an additional PEP to increase tp_call performance; but they
don't have to.

Regards

Antoine.