Mailman 3 November 2008 - pypy-dev

documentation on codespeak
by Stephan Diehl 29 Nov '08

29 Nov '08

Hallo, I think that the pypy documentation on codespeak is still served from the 'dist' branch and not the new 'trunk' branch. cheers, stephan

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Problem importing csv
by Phyo Arkar 28 Nov '08

28 Nov '08

Hello; I cannot import csv via pypy Python Python 2.5.2 (pypy 1.0.0 build 60168) on linux2 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. And now for something completely different: ``this is a perfect channel topic'' >>>> import csv Traceback (most recent call last): File "<console>", line 1, in <interactive> File "/root/python/pypy-trunk/latest/lib-python/2.5.2/csv.py", line 7, in <module> from _csv import Error, __version__, writer, reader, register_dialect, \ ImportError: No module named _csv is _csv module not developed yet?

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[patch] Modifications to trunk so it translates under FreeBSD 7 64 bits
by Gabriel Lavoie 28 Nov '08

28 Nov '08

Hello, I made some modifications to trunk so it translates under FreeBSD 7, 64 bits. Here is the diff. I know it's not perfect but at least it builds. Gabriel -- Gabriel Lavoie glavoie(a)gmail.com

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corepy - assembler from python
by Maciej Fijalkowski 28 Nov '08

28 Nov '08

for those of you that don't follow news usually: http://www.corepy.org/ seems worth exploring Cheers, fijal

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Some Newbie Questions
by Phyo Arkar 26 Nov '08

26 Nov '08

Hi Pypy Devs! I love python so much and I am so exicted by this ambitious project! What I understand about this Project is to develop a version of python , which is written in Pure Python . SO now , i do not have C Skills but I can Develop , Tweak , Make changes to python Just in Python , Am I Right? SO In Future , it is possible that Guido himself will be developing python in PyPy ? Question : I have to use Python Or RPython? Also By doing so , We can convert Python to Any langauge of Choice , which is very interesting. I have build pypy-c with optimization Level 3 and stackless , whcih is done flawlessly. I have seen benchmarks on one of the page and now PyPy is even faster then Normal python 2.5 827 vs 810 ms on Richard Test, it is very interesting . Question : Resulting pypy-c is python 2.4.1 , is there python 2.5 Version of pypy-c avaliable? I saw a branch about it before by a GSOC student but now is that already marged ?(my version svn is 4 days ago) If that arleady marged , how can i build it to get pypy-c with python 2.5 support? Another Questions is , If i follow my Python code in RPython , Can i converty RPythonic Code to C and compile ? SO it is possilbe to convert Existing Python Projects into C (if they follow Rpython)? If So , how can it be done ? An example , i will be very appreciate . Another , i compiled pypy-c in stackless , which is faster in term of pypy-c's perfomance? normal or stackless? If theres better performance options please let me know. Also doing , what are the extra modules added with --allworkingmodules ? I am hoping in near future , i can help in this project after enough understanding . Regards, Phyo.

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sprint in Wrocław (PL)
by Bartosz SKOWRON 25 Nov '08

25 Nov '08

Hello folks! Fijal asked me to write about possibility of making a sprint in Wroclaw. There is a possibility to set a sprint at Wroclaw University of Technology campus for free. But we have a chance to reserve a class only during winter break. This period is between 30.01 - 22.02. I got a permission to make a sprint from uni's boss but i have to set the dates. My proposition is 9.02-15.02 2009. What about you? Are you interested in this sprint? The town is quite cheap (as whole Eastern Europe is) and there are a lot of hostels/hotels etc. Also it's very near to Germany and Czech Rep. Let me know if you have any questions. I should reserve a class asap but I need the dates and your opinion :) cheers! bart/getxsick

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PyPy under FreeBSD 7
by Gabriel Lavoie 25 Nov '08

25 Nov '08

Hello, I'm trying to translate PyPy into pypy-c on FreeBSD 7.0 but at the beginning of the translation process I get the following error, NotImplementedError("don't know how to get the C-level errno!") from the file "pypy/rpython/lltypesystem/ll2ctypes.py". How can I solve this problem? It seems it's python-ctypes related. I'm using Python 2.5.3 (from ports tree) and when I tried to build the port "devel/py-ctypes", it told me that ctypes was provided with Python 2.5.x. Thanks! Gabriel -- Gabriel Lavoie glavoie(a)gmail.com

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PyPy Talks anyone got a copy?
by Timothy Baldridge 22 Nov '08

22 Nov '08

Hey, I'm trying to get a copy of the PyPy talks, but there doesn't seem to be anyone seeding the torrents. Does anyone have a HTTP copy I could download? If so I could host them on my HTTP server for others to download. Timothy -- Two wrights don't make a rong, they make an airplane. Or bicycles.

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Re: [pypy-dev] [pypy-svn] r60055 - pypy/trunk/pypy/interpreter/pyparser/test
by Antonio Cuni 21 Nov '08

21 Nov '08

fijal(a)codespeak.net wrote: > +def setup_module(mod): > + if sys.version > '2.5': > + py.test.skip("Fails on top of cpy 2.5 for messy reasons, investigate") > + maybe I just misunderstood what you want to do, but are you sure you don't want to also check if we are running on top of cpython or on top of pypy-c? Else you will skip the test once we fix our own version number. ciao, Anto

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compiler optimizations: collecting ideas
by Daniel Furrer 17 Nov '08

17 Nov '08

[This message has been posted to python-dev as well. Sorry for the duplication to those who read both.] Hello everybody, As part of an advanced compiler design course at our university (ETH Zurich), we have to implement an optimization (or various thereof). I've spoken with a couple of people who are, like me, very fascinated by Python. So I would just like to ask if somebody has any ideas on what we could do? Our constraints: - We are 4 persons, each willing to potentially spend around 4-6 full days of work. - We've been working on generating Control Flow Graphs, generating Static Single Assignment Form (inserting phi-nodes) and removing it again. We've also implemented techniques like constant folding, copy propagation, Common Subexpression Elimination etc. We're looking for: - Hints as to which python compiler would be best to work on. (The official Python compiler package seems very nice to work with actually... [and so does PyPy.]) - If there are any requests in the area of optimization that we could have a look at Any feedback would be highly appreciated as well as pointers to specific bugs in the tracker and other relevant discussions. Best regards, Daniel

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