[pypy-dev] Questions about the C core
Samuele Pedroni
pedronis at bluewin.ch
Sun Jan 12 06:11:50 CET 2003
From: "David Ascher" <DavidA at ActiveState.com>
> On the topic of macros et al:
>
> I think that delivering minimal python will be quite hard. If the
> mandate is to create a new implementation of Python, then I think that
> the syntax of current Python should be seen as a "minimal" requirement
> from a syntactic POV. New syntactic elements can clearly be defined as
> well, although naturally care should be taken to ensure that existing
> code still works. (so making 'spam' a reserved word probably wouldn't work).
>
> On the other hand, I'm going to lose interest in this project pretty
> fast if it turns into an _unsubstantiated_ argument about language
> design. If a new language construct is proposed as a fairly direct and
> well-supported way to get the implementation done better, faster,
> cheaper, then by all means.
maybe I was not completely clear but that was my point too.
I believe that an open parser architecture can do the trick (i.e. supporting
necessary additional constructs) without the struggle of a debate on
syntax/semantics of macros in python.
I sense that toying with new language features at large risks to be rather
non-constructive.
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