[Pyrex] [Cython] ANN: Pyrex 0.9.8

[Kirill Smelkov]

В сообщении от Суббота 17 мая 2008 Greg Ewing написал(a):
> Kirill Smelkov wrote:
> 
> > http://hg.cython.org/pyrex/
> > 
> > So, I think everyone would be grateful to you if you'll keep it up-to-date.
> 
> I've just added an hg push command to my upload script,
> so it should happen fairly automatically now.
> 
> > Yes, you'll loose precise control on what Pyrex is, but given there is a shell of
> > motivated people around, I think Pyrex and you will gain much more in return ...
> > 
> > That's how I think ...
> > Please let me know *your* thoughts.
> 
> What worries me is that if multiple people are hacking on the
> Pyrex source at once, I'm going to lose track of how it works,
> and then I won't be able to contribute to it myself any more.
> 
> Python has many people working on it, but it's a lot simpler
> in structure. It's fairly easy to work on things like adding
> a new object or library module without fear of disturbing
> anything else.
> 
> The various parts of Pyrex are much more closely coupled than
> that. I have to think long and hard before changing anything,
> and I'm the one who wrote it.
> 
> Also, I'm a bit overwhelmed by the pace of change going on
> in the Cython project. It seems to be heading off in
> directions rather different from Pyrex, such as turning
> into a Python compiler, and/or a NumPy compiler, and folks
> are rushing into making changes for py3k, when I've hardly
> begun to think about what I want to do about that.
> 
> If all that were happening to Pyrex itself, I wouldn't be
> able to keep up. So it would either race ahead of me, or
> I would be holding it back.
> 
> So I think it's probably a good thing having Cython as a
> separate project where people are free to try out all their
> wild ideas. Then when the dust has settled I can take the
> best ideas and fold them back into Pyrex.
> 
> Think of it as the "Pyrex-Unstable" branch if you like. :-)

Greg, thanks for your reply.

Yes, I'll think of Cython as Pyrex-Unstable (or Pyrex-Experimental :) from
now on.

Thanks again,
Kirill.