[Python-Dev] Introduction
logistix
logistix@cathoderaymission.net
Fri, 23 May 2003 14:44:19 -0500 (CDT)
On 23 May 2003, Jeremy Hylton wrote:
> On Thu, 2003-05-22 at 16:56, Jeffery Roberts wrote:
> > Thanks for all of your replies. The front-end rewrite sounds especially
> > interesting. I'm going to look into that. Is the entire front end
> > changing (ie scan/parse/ast) or just the AST structure ?
> >
> > If you have any more information or directions please let me know.
>
> The current plan is to create an AST and replace the bytecode compiler.
> We're leaving a rewrite of the parser for a later project. It's a
> fairly big project; large parts of it are done, but there is work
> remaining to do in nearly every part -- the concrete-to-abstract
> translator, error checking, compilation to byte-code.
>
> At the moment, it's possible to start an interactive interpreter session
> and see what works. But it isn't possible to compile and run all of
> site.py and everything it imports.
>
> Jeremy
>
Should patches just go to sourceforge's "parser/compiler" category, or
will that create too much confusion?