[Python-Dev] Optimization of the Year

[Armin Rigo]

Hello Guido,

On Tue, Feb 10, 2004 at 09:56:44AM -0800, Guido van Rossum wrote:
> Good idea.  We'd also have to break binary compatibility (of the List
> API) forcibly otherwise we could be fooled by 3rd party extensions
> compiled for older Python versions -- usually we're careful to keep
> binary compatibility.

Unfortunately, the existence of the PyList_GET_XXX macros means that perfectly
legal extension modules would break if you do something like changing the
order of the fields.  Is it more important to try and keep binary
compatibility for these 99%, or to force a reproducible segfault in the
remaining 1%?


Armin