ANN: Pyrex 0.4.3

[Bjorn Pettersen]

> From: Skip Montanaro [mailto:skip at pobox.com] 
> 
>     Matthias> What's the reason of introducing a new language
construct
>     Matthias> instead of transforming the old one into a pure C loop
>     Matthias> wherever possible?
> 
> Because Python is highly dynamic:
> 
>     >>> def myrange(x,y=None,z=None):
>     ...   return [4.0]
>     ... 
>     >>> import __builtin__
>     >>> __builtin__.range = myrange
>     >>> for i in range(12):
>     ...   print i
>     ... 
>     4.0
> 
> When compiling, you can't assume anything about the input 
> parameters or return value of range().  You need a new 
> construct which says, "this is how to enumerate the integers 
> between x and y."

But surely in the context of Pyrex you could make assignment to builtins
illegal? (after all Pyrex isn't Python, it just looks like it <wink>)

-- bjorn