Python Formatted C Converter (PfCC)

[Erik Max Francis]

Alex McHale wrote:

>   That is *basically* the way it goes, as it stands.  The aim is to
> eventually be able to code something like this:
> ---
> def main( ):
>    int x, y = 2, 3
>    int w,z
>    w,z = 4,5
	...
> ---
>   You get the idea.  The def call will probably be used - as an aide
> in
> prototyping.

This is an extremely bad idea.  Python is not C, and C is not Python. 
Trying to make one look like the other defeats the purpose of either. 
Pray tell, how do you declare a "PythonC" function as returning a value
of a particular type?  You have to be able to do it, and pretending like
C can be recast into Python ignores that fact.

C and Python are quite different languages.  Don't try to make them the
same, because you are setting yourself up to fail.

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