[Lxml-checkins] r50751 - in lxml/trunk: . doc

[scoder at codespeak.net]

Author: scoder
Date: Fri Jan 18 15:57:15 2008
New Revision: 50751

Modified:
   lxml/trunk/   (props changed)
   lxml/trunk/doc/lxml2.txt
Log:
 r3264 at delle:  sbehnel | 2008-01-16 10:43:18 +0100
 doc update


Modified: lxml/trunk/doc/lxml2.txt
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--- lxml/trunk/doc/lxml2.txt	(original)
+++ lxml/trunk/doc/lxml2.txt	Fri Jan 18 15:57:15 2008
@@ -21,6 +21,17 @@
 extensions.  Wherever possible, lxml 1.3 comes close to the semantics of lxml
 2.0, so that migrating should be easier for code that currently runs with 1.3.
 
+One of the important internal changes was the switch from the Pyrex_
+compiler to Cython_, which provides better optimisation and improved
+support for newer Python language features.  This allows the code of
+lxml to become more Python-like again, while the performance improves
+as Cython continues its own development.  The code simplification,
+which will continue throughout the 2.x series, will hopefully make it
+even easier for users to contribute.
+
+.. _Cython: http://www.cython.org/
+.. _Pyrex:  http://www.cosc.canterbury.ac.nz/~greg/python/Pyrex/
+
 
 Changes in etree and objectify
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