[Cython] Rewriting/compiling parts of CPython's stdlib in Cython

[Stefan Behnel]

Robert Bradshaw, 29.03.2011 02:09:
> I don't see re-implementing
> working C modules written, though probably valuable from a maintenance
> point of view, as compelling of a use case.

It would be rather helpful for CPython, though. Many stdlib modules lack 
dedicated maintainers, and it's likely easier in the Python world to find a 
maintainer for code that's "mostly Python", than for code that's C plus 
CPython's C-API.

Stefan