Self hosting Python? (was: Python is just as good as C++ for real apps)

[Gustavo Córdova Avila]

>
> Gustavo Córdova Avila <gcordova at sismex.com> wrote in message
> news:<mailman.1011833199.21292.python-list at python.org>...
> >   p = Memory.BytePointer()
> >   dict = { lotsa stuff }
> >   # Assign to "p" the address in memory of dict.
> >   p = dict
>
> That last statement isn't doing what you think it is doing.
> An assignment wipes out the history of a variable, so after
> the snippet above, p and dict are the same dictionary, both
> have type "dict", and the first statement has NO effect on
> the current state of p. To create a pointer type, you would
> need something like:
>
>     import Memory
>     D = {"eggs": "spam"}
>     ptrToD = Memory.AddrOf(D)
>

Damn! My C++ roots are showing. :P
I forgot that you can't redefine "=".
But you got the drift :)

-gus