Re: pl/Ruby, deprecating plPython and Core

From: Marko Kreen <marko(at)l-t(dot)ee>
To: David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org>
Cc: Gregory Maxwell <gmaxwell(at)gmail(dot)com>, "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, Hannu Krosing <hannu(at)skype(dot)net>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: pl/Ruby, deprecating plPython and Core
Date: 2005-08-17 10:25:08
Message-ID: 20050817102507.GA2353@l-t.ee
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On Tue, Aug 16, 2005 at 01:46:26PM -0700, David Fetter wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 16, 2005 at 11:39:04PM +0300, Marko Kreen wrote:
> > On Tue, Aug 16, 2005 at 10:38:37AM -0700, David Fetter wrote:
> > > If somebody has figured out a way to make a PL/Python (without the
> > > U), that's great, but nothing has happened on this front in a
> > > couple of years, and Guido said that it was a problem with the
> > > language that he wasn't going to fix.
> >
> > Could you provide a reference to that?
>
> Here's the word from Guido
>
> http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2003-05/msg00687.php

Thanks.

Although this does not seem as definite as you said it be,
rather current Python architecture makes it harder than it
should be.

Btw, at least Zope guys have 'figured a out a way':

http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=python-dev&m=107666724918647&w=2

Only problem with their implementation is that they haven't
updated it yet for Python 2.4.

--
marko

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