[Python-Dev] Experiment an opt-in new C API for Python? (leave current API unchanged)

[Paul Moore]

On Wed, 14 Nov 2018 at 16:00, Victor Stinner <vstinner at redhat.com> wrote:
>
> In short, you don't have to modify your C extensions and they will
> continue to work as before on Python 3.8.
[...]
> I hope that "later" we will get a faster CPython using <put amazing
> new optimizations there>, only compatible with C extensions compiled
> with the new C API. My secret hope is that it should ease the
> experimentation of a (yet another) JIT compiler for CPython :-)

OK, got it. Thanks for taking the time to clarify and respond to my
concerns. Much appreciated.
Paul