[pypy-dev] How are namespaces implemented in rpython?

[Alex Gaynor]

On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 11:04 PM, Alexander Golec <thejfasi at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hey all,
>
> I'm preparing a presentation for Alfred Aho at Columbia, and I'd like to
> ask how are namespaces translated during the translation phase. Are they
> implemented dynamically, or are they actually compiled down to C?
>
> Alex
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If I understand you correctly, you're asking if the notion of a module (or
namespace) exists at runtime for an RPython program, or whether that's
resolved at compile time?

The answer to that question is that all imports in RPython are resolved at
compile time, and thus modules are a purely compile time concept.

Alex

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