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by ammar2 409 days ago
> I'd prefer to move forward based on clear use cases

Taking the concrete example of the `struct` module as a use-case, I'm curious if you have a plan for it and similar modules. The tricky part of course is that it is implemented in C.

Would you have to rewrite those stdlib modules in pure python?
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mikepurvis 409 days ago
As in my sibling comment, pypy has already done all this work.

CPython's struct module is just a shim importing the C implementations: https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/main/Lib/struct.py

Pypy's is a Python(-ish) implementation, leveraging primitives from its own rlib and pypy.interpreter spaces: https://github.com/pypy/pypy/blob/main/pypy/module/struct/in...

The Python stdlib has enormous surface area, and of course it's also a moving target.

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ammar2 409 days ago
Aah, neat! Yeah, piggy-backing off pypy's work here would probably make the most sense.

It'll also be interesting to see how OP deals with things like dictionaries and lists.

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