[This message has been posted to python-dev as well. Sorry for the duplication to those who read both.]<br><br>Hello everybody,<br><br>As part of an advanced compiler design course
at our university (ETH Zurich), we have to implement an optimization
(or various thereof).<br>I&#39;ve spoken with a couple of people who are, like me, very fascinated by Python.<br>
So I would just like to ask if somebody has any ideas on what we could do?<br><br>Our constraints:<br>- We are 4 persons, each willing to potentially spend around 4-6 full days of work.<br>-
We&#39;ve been working on generating Control Flow Graphs, generating Static
Single Assignment Form (inserting phi-nodes) and removing it again.
We&#39;ve also implemented techniques like constant folding, copy
propagation, Common Subexpression Elimination etc.<br>
<br>We&#39;re looking for:<br>- 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.])<br>- If there are any requests in the area of optimization that we could have a look at<br>
<br>Any feedback would be highly appreciated as well as pointers to specific bugs in the tracker and other relevant discussions.<br>
<br>Best regards,<br><font color="#888888">Daniel</font>