[LLVMdev] Minimum Python Version

[Sam Rushing]

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On 12/1/12 12:57 PM, Gregory Szorc wrote:
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> I believe LLVM should drop support for Python 2.4 and 2.5 for 2 main
reasons:
>
> 1) Python 2.4 and 2.5 are end-of-lifed
> 2) Python 3 is coming
Entering the discussion a bit late, but I'd like to make a plug here for
using Cython for any official Python bindings.  There are numerous
advantages to using it over writing extension modules by hand in C, but
one advantage that is relevant to this discussion: Cython supports
Python 2 and 3 from the same source code, so it goes a long way to
easing maintenance.

http://docs.cython.org/src/userguide/pyrex_differences.html

As an example of how to write such an interface, a minimalist JIT interface:

https://github.com/samrushing/lljit

- -Sam

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