FFI module architecture decision was 'Python support policy'

Gary E. Miller gem at rellim.com
Mon Sep 7 17:23:18 UTC 2020


Yo James!

You did the same for gpsd, working nicely there.

Right before Hal wants a release may not be the best tie for it.

On Mon, 7 Sep 2020 09:03:48 -0700
James Browning via devel <devel at ntpsec.org> wrote:

> I (re)developed a Python wrapper around a C FFI stub[1]. It is largely
> based around my merge request !1010 [2].
> 
> Time to compile should be reduced because instead of compiling the
> entire source N times or compiling the Python extension N times (for
> an unimplemented concept), the source only compiled once.
> 
> The FFI stub would allow for simplified development of non-Python
> libraries.
> 
> What does everyone think about this? Can anyone make it break?
> 
> [1] https://gitlab.com/NTPsec/ntpsec/-/commits/ntpc
> [2] https://gitlab.com/NTPsec/ntpsec/-/merge_requests/1010
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