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Re: Inception

From Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid>
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Subject Re: Inception
Date 2016-03-02 22:30 -0800
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Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> writes:
> I'm familiar with that document. It doesn't help me understand what you
> mean by “embed CPython in CPython”.

It seems straightforward enough to me.  Lots of Python programs load C
extensions.  Denis is asking whether one of those C extensions could
itself embed CPython through the embedding interface.  My answer: I
don't know, but I'm dubious about the prospect, based on how the
embedding interface works.  One of Armin Ronacher's old blog posts
discusses the interface and some of its drawbacks:

http://lucumr.pocoo.org/2014/8/16/the-python-i-would-like-to-see/#the-damn-interpreter

It might be that MicroPython or PyPy is easier to embed in that way.

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Inception Denis Akhiyarov <denis.akhiyarov@gmail.com> - 2016-03-02 21:01 -0800
  Re: Inception Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2016-03-03 16:32 +1100
    Re: Inception Denis Akhiyarov <denis.akhiyarov@gmail.com> - 2016-03-02 21:43 -0800
      Re: Inception Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2016-03-03 17:06 +1100
        Re: Inception Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2016-03-02 22:30 -0800
      Re: Inception Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2016-03-02 22:22 -0800
  Re: Inception Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2016-03-03 16:37 +1100
  Re: Inception Christian Gollwitzer <auriocus@gmx.de> - 2016-03-03 09:09 +0100
    Re: Inception Denis Akhiyarov <denis.akhiyarov@gmail.com> - 2016-03-03 15:04 -0800

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