I've converted _bsddb.c to use the py3k buffer API for all data and keys
it takes as input.  All tests now fail with this error:

BufferError: Cannot make this object read-only.

This presumably results from this call:

  PyObject_GetBuffer(obj, view, PyBUF_LOCKDATA)

I need to lock the data so that the GIL can be released during database
operations (I/O).

Allowing bytes objects to have an immutability or readonly bit (internal
or otherwise) has been a recent topic on the python-3000 mailing list;
that would allow bytes' buffer API to satisfy this GetBuffer LOCKDATA
request...

I sent an initial patch to the mailing list.  Its too late to be ready
for 3.0a1; I'll fix it up next week.

Attaching the most recent patch (minor update from the second one i sent
to the python-3000 mailing list to initialize ob_readonly_exports = 0 in
the appropriate places).

Current mailing list discussion is pointing out that the name LOCKDATA
means something other than what the existing pep3118 description implies
and that we may want to modify the pep to support more obviously named
things such as READ_LOCK, and EXCLUSIVE or similar...  here's a link to
the current thread:

http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-3000/2007-September/010325.html

All the tests pass for me, Gregory.  Were the failures with some patch
you  had only locally?

This bug will be taken care of by PEP 3137
http://python.org/dev/peps/pep-3137/ being implemented.

Anyways, no the _bsddb.c changes that I checked in do not cause a
problem because I checked them in using PyBUF_SIMPLE.

Until PEP 3137 is implemented the possibility of hidden data corruption
due to mutable bytes objects being modified while an IO library that
releases the GIL is using them remains.

Feel free to close this bug in favor of something that just tracks the
PEP being implemented.

On 10/7/07, Gregory P. Smith <report@bugs.python.org> wrote:
[SNIP]
> Feel free to close this bug in favor of something that just tracks the
> PEP being implemented.

Eh, it can stay open as a reminder to double-check everything is fine
once PEP 3137 goes in.  It's really up to you since the bugs is
assigned to you.  =)

*ping* Can this issue be closed?