From: "Guido van Rossum" <guido@python.org> > > Actually, I'm not going to try to convince anyone to make this a stable > > public API until after I've failed to convince you that maybe there ought > > to be a libpython.so on AIX. > > You're talking to the wrong guy. I have no access to AIX, no > experience with it, and no understanding of it. Somebody else will > have to judge your recommendation, not me. By "you" I meant "the wider you", not "the royal you", nor you (Guido) specifically. > > On AIX, the dynamic linking model is in some ways a lot like that of > > Windows, and it's really tough for a shared library to get ahold of > > symbols from an executable (witness the strange implementation of > > the title function of this email on AIX). If it didn't break > > something else, it might be a major simplification to move the bulk > > of Python into a shared library on this platform, just as it is on > > Windows... especially for poor unsuspecting souls (like me) who try > > to use the Python 'C' API from a shared library (not an extension > > module). Without some major hackery to patch up those symbols, it > > unceremoniously dumps core when you try to call Python functions. > > Maybe Anthony Baxter can corrobborate your story. I hope "you" find it worth looking into at least.
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