Shrinking Python

[Chris Liechti]

"Mahrt, Dallas" <dallasm at aiinet.com> wrote in
news:mailman.1023999624.27508.python-list at python.org: 

> I am looking into using Python in a small device with limited space
> for binaries. Due to this, I am both investigating creating a shared
> library with the interpreter and shrinking the footprint of this
> library. I have found many threads talking bout shared libraries, so I
> am not too concerned about that aspect. 
> 
> I am concerned about shrinking the library's binary footprint. I did
> find several links to a "Deeply Embedded Python" based on 1.5.1 which
> has since vanished. I have stripped the library to improve size some
> (to ~1.13 MB) but would like to reduce it further. Has anyone tackled
> this or even attempted? Are there any links to resources that may help
> me that I haven't found? 

http://pippy.sourceforge.net/ seems to use 137k (app) + 300k (lib, VM) on 
my palm. its a stripped down 1.5.2

chris

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Chris <cliechti at gmx.net>