[pypy-commit] pypy default: add a warning
antocuni
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Thu Jun 7 14:05:49 CEST 2012
Author: Antonio Cuni <anto.cuni at gmail.com>
Branch:
Changeset: r55464:503851d6f414
Date: 2012-06-07 14:05 +0200
http://bitbucket.org/pypy/pypy/changeset/503851d6f414/
Log: add a warning
diff --git a/pypy/doc/release-1.9.0.rst b/pypy/doc/release-1.9.0.rst
--- a/pypy/doc/release-1.9.0.rst
+++ b/pypy/doc/release-1.9.0.rst
@@ -75,7 +75,9 @@
* It is now possible to create and manipulate C-like structures using the
PyPy-only ``_ffi`` module. The advantage over using e.g. ``ctypes`` is that
``_ffi`` is very JIT-friendly, and getting/setting of fields is translated
- to few assembler instructions by the JIT.
+ to few assembler instructions by the JIT. However, this is mostly intended
+ as a low-level backend to be used by more user-friendly FFI packages, and
+ the API might change in the future. Use it at your own risk.
* The non-x86 backends for the JIT are progressing but are still not
merged (ARMv7 and PPC64).
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