dev call 20230504

Dev Call: 4 May 2023

Present

TBD

Agenda

• Release 0.9: RC1 is out 🥳
  • CI changes
  • Bringing all HPy-compatible project up-to-date
• Merged PRs:
  • Support vectorcall protocol
  • Extend HPy call API
• PyCon US / Python Language Summit
  • Subinterpreter-readiness flag https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/104108
• Numpy/HPy
  • Florian is looking into NumPy/HPy performance of the game-of-life example and NumPy's benchmarks.
• Next Steps
  • Release 0.9.0.
  • Write a post to discuss.python.org (perhaps letting Thomas post first).
  • Create a PR porting numpy to heap types (after letting numpy people know we are planning to submit it).
  • Evaluate performance of heap types vs non heap types.
  • Discuss performance with numpy and discuss.python.org.
  • Create a PR porting numpy to HPy (after letting numpy people know we are planning to submit it).
  • Evaluate performance of numpy HPy vs heap type branch.
  • Fix performance issues.
  • Discuss on discuss.python.org and with numpy.
  • Release HPy 1.0.0.
  • Merge numpy HPy branch and save the world!