[Python-Dev] stat module in C -- what to do with stat.py?

[Eric V. Smith]

On 6/20/2013 9:40 AM, Nick Coghlan wrote:
> On 20 June 2013 23:29, Christian Heimes <christian at python.org> wrote:
>> Am 20.06.2013 15:21, schrieb Florent:
>>> we already have "_pyio.py", we could have "_pystat.py".
>>
>> Works for me.
> 
> I suggest following the guidelines in PEP 399 for cross implementation
> compatibility of the standard library:
> http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0399/#details
> 
> 1. Keep stat.py
> 2. Make the C version "_stat"
> 3. Add the following to the end of stat.py:
> 
>     try:
>         from _stat import *
>     except ImportError:
>         pass
> 
> Run the tests with and without the C module in the test suite (again,
> as per PEP 399).

Agreed with the above.

But isn't the real problem with this module in Python the fact that the
constants might be wrong? I'm not sure what, if anything, we can do
about that.

-- 
Eric.