[Python-Dev] Splitting up the PVM

[David Ascher]

On Tue, 8 Jun 1999, Guido van Rossum wrote:

> We should structurally split the Python Virtual Machine and related
> code up into different parts -- both at the source code level and at
> the runtime level.  The core PVM becomes a replaceable component, and
> so do a few other parts like the parser, the bytecode compiler, the
> import code, and the interactive read-eval-print loop.  

> The goal of course, is to create a market for 3rd party components
> here, e.g. Chris' flat PVM, or Skip's bytecode optimizer, or Greg's
> importer, and so on.
> 
> Thoughts?

If I understand it correctly, it means that I can fit in a third-party
read-eval-print loop, which is my biggest area of frustration with the
current internal structure. Sounds like a plan to me, and one which (lucky
for me) I'm not qualified for!

--david