[Python-Dev] SoC AST generation question

[Brett Cannon]

On 3/19/07, Michael Spencer <mahs at telcopartners.com> wrote:
> Jay Parlar wrote:
> > I'm considering applying to be a student in this year's SoC, and the
> > AST code generation in particular looks interesting to me (listed
> > here: http://wiki.python.org/moin/CodingProjectIdeas/PythonCore).
> >
> > I was wondering a few things:
> >
> > 1) Who would most likely mentor this project?
> > 2) I've never worked in the core before (but have been using Python as
> > my primary language for about 6 years), so I'm wondering if the
> > potential mentor thinks it'd even be feasible for me to jump at a
> > project like this without prior knowledge.
> >
> > I'm interested in this project for two reasons. The first is that I'm
> > still trying to pick my PhD thesis, and I'm leaning in the direction
> > of automated code generation for embedded systems. I feel like working
> > on this project would at least push me one way or another in terms of
> > picking. I've done a major code generation tool before, but it was for
> > a problem domain I was already an "expert" in, so I didn't develop any
> > generic methods.
> >
> > Also, I've been wanting to contribute to Python core for awhile now,
> > and just haven't had the opportunity to get my feet wet with the code.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Jay P.
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> FWIW, I've already implemented bytecode generation from AST,
> http://svn.brownspencer.com/pycompiler/branches/new_ast/
> as I reported to this list previously.
> http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2006-October/069589.html
>

But the idea being put forth is to use the built-in AST compiler
directly, not for an external library like yours, Michael.

-Brett