Re: [Pyobjc-dev] Embedding

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On Monday, November 25, 2002, at 07:01 AM, Peter Montagner wrote:
> There is also Unsanity's Application Enhancer: 
> http://www.unsanity.com/haxies/ape/

As much as some of Unsanity's Haxies are very cool, I would avoid using 
this as a mechanism for embedding the python interpreter.   APE has 
been a constant source-- directly and indirectly-- of system 
instability, app crashes, and other problems.  Mostly, this has been 
the result of module developers exercising various APIs incorrectly and 
not the fault of APE directly.

The end result is that APE is synonymous with the Extensions mechanism 
found in Mac OS 9 and prior.  They both provide a way to modify the 
system in just about anyway desired at the cost of stability and 
consistency of operation.

APE is a hell of a technical achievement, but has caused a boatload of 
problems within the user community.

b.bum