Request for Python/C API mailing list

Hi,
I was asking some questions about Pythons C/API in the
python-dev 
mailing list and 2 of the guys there suggested I start a new
mailing


---- snip from py-dev ML

 > Futrhermore, questions about the C API often concern
CPython
 > > implementation details and so they don't feel
like they would belong in
 > > comp.lang.python.  As an experiment, it might
make sense to open a
 > > mailing list dedicated to the Python C API.  It
could become a useful
 > > support forum for extension writers (a group very
useful to Python) and
 > > maybe even a melting pot for new ideas regarding
CPython, much like
 > > comp.lang.python historically provided ideas for
Python the language.

Agree a Python/C API List would be great, in fact I cant see
any reasons
not to have it- likely the pure python users dont want to
know about
refcounting problems.. etc anyway.

http://mail.p
ython.org/mailman/listinfo
http://www.pyth
on.org/community/sigs/
There are lists/newsgroup for py2exe and pyrex,
Python-ObjectiveC etc,

Python/C API seems much more generic, and its also fairly
tricky to use
at times - when doing more advanced stuff (subtyping has
been tricky for
me anyway). I expect the dev's of pyrex, pygame etc might
also need to
discuss C API spesific issues as well.

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On Jun 21, 2007, at 7:37 PM, Campbell Barton wrote:

> Hi,
> I was asking some questions about Pythons C/API in the
python-dev
> mailing list and 2 of the guys there suggested I start
a new mailing

I wouldn't be opposed to creating the list if there is
enough  
interest.  I used to do a lot of C API stuff, but not so
much these  
days.

Perhaps we should create it with an expiration date so that
if  
there's little or no traffic on it, we can just retire it in
a year.

- -Barry

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Barry Warsaw wrote:
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> On Jun 21, 2007, at 7:37 PM, Campbell Barton wrote:
> 
>> Hi,
>> I was asking some questions about Pythons C/API in
the python-dev
>> mailing list and 2 of the guys there suggested I
start a new mailing
> 
> I wouldn't be opposed to creating the list if there is
enough interest.  
> I used to do a lot of C API stuff, but not so much
these days.
> 
> Perhaps we should create it with an expiration date so
that if there's 
> little or no traffic on it, we can just retire it in a
year.
> 
> - -Barry

Sounds reasonable, how can we make it so?

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On Jun 25, 2007, at 11:04 AM, Campbell Barton wrote:

> Sounds reasonable, how can we make it so?

I'd like to see if anybody else on this list chimes in with
their  
opinion.  You might also want to take an informal (PEP 10
style) poll  
on python-dev and python-list.  If you get deafening
silence, it's  
probably not worth it.

- -Barry

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testing joining the list and it seems to work.
Id appreciate if others could join also, before the list is
made public.

http
://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/capi-sig

Once its on the main sig page Id like to post on python ml
and possibly 
python dev ml since that is where the list was suggested.
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