[Python-Dev] Re: Activating pymalloc

[Neil Schemenauer]

Vladimir Marangozov wrote:
> [Neil]
> > Alternatively, we can expose a new object malloc API that is
> > documented not to be thread safe and that may not use the system
> > malloc() and free().
> 
> This doesn't repair broken extensions.  Under the second suggestion,
> all APIs would be malloc/free, and you'll introduce yet another one,
> just to find out after some time that people will mix this new API
> with the others just as well...

No, the new APIs would default to using pymalloc.  "Broken" extensions
would still work because the old APIs would always use the malloc().

  Neil