Could there be an os independent wrapper around things like Py_SetPythonHome?
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Description
Could there be an os independent wrapper around things like Py_SetPythonHome? It's not the most rustic of ffi interfaces and the sizes change between windows and linux.
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Research direction
Start by locating PyO3's existing bindings for Py_SetPythonHome and the related Python C API interfaces. Compare how the underlying sizes differ on Windows and Linux, then define the platform-independent wrapper's expected behavior and validate it against the project's existing binding tests.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python, rust
- Domain
- backend-api-design
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100