[Python-Dev] Possible modules that could use docs

Nick Bastin nbastin at opnet.com
Mon Apr 19 11:47:08 EDT 2004


On Apr 19, 2004, at 11:42 AM, Neal Norwitz wrote:

> On Mon, Apr 19, 2004 at 11:36:51AM -0400, Barry Warsaw wrote:
>>
>> puremodule.c could probably be deprecated.  Does anybody use Purify
>> anymore -- and if so, have you ever used puremodule?  Does it still
>> compile?  Are the APIs it uses still up-to-date?
>
> Although I did use Purify on python years ago, I never use it now.
> Though, I never used the puremodule.  IMO, Purify is not useful
> compared to valgrind.  +1 on deprecating puremodule.c.

I think it's useful to point out that Purify runs on a lot more 
platforms than valgrind does, so we should probably keep puremodule 
around, and update it if necessary.

--
Nick




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