[C++-sig] Re: [BPL] python::interpreter proposal

[David Abrahams]

Dirk Gerrits <dirk at gerrits.homeip.net> writes:

> Dirk Gerrits wrote:
>
>> object interpreter::run(object code_string);
>> Run the Python code in the string extract<std::string>(code_string)
>> with this (sub-)interpreter and return the result.
>
> Perhaps there should be
>
> object interpreter::run(char const* code);
> object interpreter::run(std::string const& code);
>
> overloads too, for efficiency? And perhaps even:
>
> object interpreter::run(compiled_string const& code);
>
> for a class compiled_string which wraps Py_CompileString.
>
> Just some brainstorming...

This is all premature optimization, IMO.  

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