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dcwatson / deflate

Python extension wrapper for libdeflate.

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Stable ABI #47

Closed dcwatson closed 2 months ago

dcwatson commented 2 months ago

Use the stable Python ABI
Return ~memoryview~ bytearray from compression methods
~Error when specifying incorrect size on decompression~
Eliminate some boilerplate in the C module

dcwatson commented 2 months ago

I don't think this is going to work (yet). The biggest issue is that Py_buffer was not stabilized until 3.11. I could change the API to just accept bytes, or just read-only bytes-like objects (via the y# format), but would rather not.

henryiii commented 2 months ago

It was not added to the Stable ABI, that doesn't mean it wasn't stable.

henryiii commented 2 months ago

The biggest issue is that Py_buffer was not stabilized until 3.11.

It's the "Limited API" and "Stable ABI". Something can be a stable part of the API but not be part of the "Limited API".