>  current pygame-ctypes SDL-wrapping core => Pistol, or PistolCore
>  higher-level pygame-ctypes stuff (sprites, etc) => PistolGrip

How about Pystol (pronounced Pistol) and Pystol.Grip (pygame
compatibility lib)

Python SDL & TOols Library

Tim Ansell

>  So the PistolGrip is what the user (the game developer) "hangs onto",
>  while the Pistol (or PistolCore) is what actually gets the low-level
>  work done.
>  
>  I think this could be sort of catchy.  It's quite distinct from the
>  old name, but still suggests gaming in some sense (how many FPS games
>  *don't* have a pistol?).  We can even pretend that the "grip" part is
>  an acronym. "game routines in python", or something.
>