[Python-ideas] AST Transformation Hooks for Domain Specific Languages

[Michael Foord]

On 8 April 2011 13:58, Nick Coghlan <ncoghlan at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 9:32 PM, Nick Coghlan <ncoghlan at gmail.com> wrote:
> >  get_cookie() - Magic cookie to add to PYC files containing instances
> > of the DSL (allows recompilation to be forced if the DSL is updated)
>
> An alternative might be to require that the cookie be provided when
> the DSL is registered. That would make cookie validity checking
> faster. That kind of implementation detail is in the noise though,
> compared to the possible implications of the overall idea.
>
>
You *really* ought to implement this as an extension module and an import
hook so that we can try it out. :-)

All the best,

Michael Foord


> Cheers,
> Nick.
>
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