1 Feb
2002
1 Feb
'02
3:51 p.m.
It just occurred to me that my LOAD_GLOBAL/LOAD_ATTR eliding scheme can't work, since LOAD_ATTR calls PyObject_GetAttr, which can wind up calling __getattr__, which is free to inflict all sorts of side effects on the attribute lookup. PEP 267 doesn't appear to be similarly affected, assuming it can conclude that LOAD_GLOBAL is actually loading a module object. (Can it?) LOAD_GLOBAL alone shouldn't be a problem, since all that does is call PyDict_GetItem for globals and builtins. damn... Skip