[Python-3000] how about switching to a preprocessor? (Re: A better way to initialize PyTypeObject)

[Barry Warsaw]

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On Dec 2, 2006, at 3:58 PM, Neil Toronto wrote:

> One potential problem with this idea is that you can't drop into C  
> code
> without calling an external C function, which may not be acceptable in
> some instances. Another is that if you want to analyze the performance
> of your code, you at least have to *look* at the C code it generates,
> which is a bit icky. I think that's pretty much going to happen no
> matter what though, unless the preprocessor is only a very thin  
> wrapper
> around C.

We need to keep in mind things like debugging and code discovery  
(IDE, tags, grep), when talking about requiring the use of a  
preprocessor for extensions.  For an application like ours that is  
very heavily embedded/extended I'm concerned how difficult it will be  
debug, develop, and maintain these generated extensions.  Generated  
code can be a big time saver while you'r developing the code, but  
eventually you have to go digging into it, then it's always way more  
painful.

- -Barry

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