[Python-Dev] Simplify lnotab? (AST branch update)

[Raymond Hettinger]

> >> > Even better if the lines for a particular piece of code don't
have
> >> > to all come from the same file.
> >>
> >>This seems _fairly_ esoteric to me.  Why do you need it?
> >
> > Compilers that inline function calls, but want the code to still be
> > debuggable.  AOP tools that weave bytecode.  Overloaded functions
> > implemented by combining bytecode.
> 
> Err...
> 
> > Okay, those are fairly esoteric use cases, I admit.  :)  However,
PyPy
> > already has some inlining capability in its optimizer, so it's not
all
> that
> > crazy of an idea that Python in general will need it.
> 
> Um.  Well, _I_ still think it's pretty crazy.

YAGNI



Raymond