Python libraries

[Phil Mayers]

On 24/07/13 13:59, John Dennis wrote:
> On 07/24/2013 05:19 AM, Arran Cudbard-Bell wrote:
>> As an aside, it looks like the module is not wholly compatible with
>> Python 3, it still builds, but lots of mismatched types and undefined
>> symbols.
>>
>> If anyone wants to have a go at fixing it doesn't look too hard. Most
>> of the issues are in the martialing/un-martialing code.
>
>> Shudder; C-codebase supporting both py2 and py3 - no, I think I'll pass
>> on that...
>
> I have a lot of experience with CPython. One of my upcoming tasks is to
> convert a C based Python library to support both Py2 and Py3 which will
> force me to learn the conversion issues. But I won't be getting to that
> for a month or two. I could probably take a look this issue after I've
> got some more experience with that. But I don't have time in the
> immediate near future, so if you can wait I could probably help. FWIW
> the Py2 migration to Py3 is just starting to get attention in a lot of
> places, despite Py3 having been out several years most places are still
> running Py2 so I don't think we've reached a critical need just yet.

Well, one option would be to use cython against a small C lib, as cython 
already generates py2/py3-safe code.