[Cython] Arc Riley, PyMill, and FUD

[Stefan Behnel]

Hi,

Greg Ewing wrote:
> Stefan Behnel wrote:
> 
>> The latest discussion with Greg on the integer-loop syntax should make it
>> clear that Cython and Pyrex are not fundamentally diverging projects. And I
>> really don't think they should be.
> 
> That's good to hear.

And I really mean it. We even adapted our versioning scheme to Pyrex and put a
great deal of work into merging the changes in Pyrex 0.9.6.


> However, if one of the priorities
> of Cython is really going to be to compile pure Python code,
> there are likely to be problems at some point, because
> I'm going to want to make Pyrex do things that you won't
> like, and vice versa.

As long as there is a way to discuss these things and decide that the
difference is worth it, that's fine.


> BTW, the discussion we've been having about isinstance
> vs. typecheck is a bit ironic in this light. I'm arguing
> for *more* compatibility with Python in this area,
> and you're arguing for *less*. :-)

Read my answer. :) This is not about Python compatibility, as it deals with
the semantics of C types.

Stefan