On Sat, 27 Jan 2018 22:18:08 +0100 Pau Freixes <pfreixes@gmail.com> wrote:
Correct me if I'm wrong, but most of you argue that the proper Zen of Python - can we say it mutability [1]? as Victor pointed out - that allow the user have the freedom to mutate objects in runtime goes in the opposite direction of allowing the *compiler* to make code with some optimizations. Or, more specifically for the ceval - *interpreter*? - apply some hacks that would help to reduce the footprint of some operations.
Allow me to disagree. It's true that the extremely dynamic and flexible nature of Python makes it much harder to optimize Python code than, say, PHP code (I'm not entirely sure about this, but still). Still, I do think it's a collective failure that we've (*) made little progress in interpreter optimization in the last 10-15 years, compared to other languages. (*) ("we" == the CPython team here; PyPy is another question) Regards Antoine.