Graph library for Python

Terry Reedy tjreedy at udel.edu
Sun Dec 13 03:38:12 EST 2009


geremy condra wrote:

> Well, I've just concluded a short conversation with Raymond Hettinger,
> and I think its fair to characterize him as being opposed to the idea
> at present. In addition to the popularity test, he's also noted that
> ideally a core CPython dev should be involved in the project. Putting
> the two together is, AFAICS, a death knell for any extant graph lib.
> 
> Having said that, I'd still like to see how much common ground we
> could find among the existing libraries. IMHO, there's a lot more
> in common than there is different.

The large number of current projects practically guarantees that none 
will be popular enough, and perhaps than none get the usage needed to 
shake out a broadly useful api. So any consolidation wuold be good.




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