[pypy-dev] __builtin__ module

[Scott Fenton]

On Fri, Jan 24, 2003 at 02:48:42PM +0100, holger krekel wrote:
>
> what do you mean by this?  "everything" can always be expressed in
> a python function.  It's a matter of time and space so could you
> be more specific?

Mostly, stuff that exists as "builtin" syntax, ie printf-style formats
that can be implemented "under the hood" using sprintf should probably
be C. "everything" can be expressed in term of my signature, I just
wouldn't try it if my life depened on it.

>
> Anyway, I would try very hard to express all the builtins in python.
> And i see Thomas Heller's ctypes approach as a way to make
> this possible.  Before coding anything in C there must be a
> real *need* to do so.
>

I can make chr python either way. It's a question of how "deep" we want
python to go.

-Scott


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