pygame and python 2.5

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Fri Feb 9 15:03:25 EST 2007


    Ben> Python extensions written in C require recompilation for each new
    Ben> version of Python, due to Python limitations.

    >> Can you propose a means to eliminate this limitation?

    Mike> Sure, write your wrapper-style extensions in ctypes :).

I was think more along the lines of how could the Python extension module
API change so that for example, modules compiled for Python 2.6 would
continue to work without warning under Python 2.7.  Maybe ctypes is the
answer, but suspect it addresses a different API than I was thinking of.

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