[Python-Dev] PEP 575 (Unifying function/method classes) update

[Nick Coghlan]

On 17 June 2018 at 19:00, Jeroen Demeyer <J.Demeyer at ugent.be> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have been working on a slightly different PEP to use a new type slot
> tp_ccalloffset instead the base_function base class. You can see the work in
> progress here:
>
> https://github.com/jdemeyer/PEP-ccall
>
> By creating a new protocol that each class can implement, there is a full
> decoupling between the features of a class and between the class hierarchy
> (such coupling was complained about during the PEP 575 discussion). So I got
> convinced that this is a better approach.
>
> It also has the advantage that changes can be made more gradually: this PEP
> changes nothing at all on the Python side, it only changes the CPython
> implementation. I still think that it would be a good idea to refactor the
> class hierarchy, but that's now an independent issue.
>
> Another advantage is that it's more general and easier for existing classes
> to use the protocol (PEP 575 on the other hand requires subclassing from
> base_function which may not be compatible with an existing class hierarchy).

Ah, this looks *very* nice :)

Cheers,
Nick.

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