[IronPython] Standard Library Inclusion - C Extension Modules

[Curt Hagenlocher]

On Thu, Aug 7, 2008 at 1:24 PM, Michael Foord <fuzzyman at voidspace.org.uk> wrote:
> Curt Hagenlocher wrote:
>
>> The sqlite example is more complicated for two reasons:
>> 1) There wouldn't be any point in doing it unless we could distribute
>> the referenced third-party project as well.
>
> Actually - there is *no* requirement for you to distribute the third party
> code. That wouldn't make the compatibility layer pointless, it would still
> be extremely useful.

My feeling is that you may as well download an entire package if
you're going to need to download any single part of it.  I'd rather
not deliver a feature that doesn't work at all "out-of-the-box". But I
imagine we'd reconsider this if there's enough demand for it.

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Curt Hagenlocher
curt at hagenlocher.org