Python from Wise Guy's Viewpoint

[Frode Vatvedt Fjeld]

"Terry Reedy" <tjreedy at udel.edu> writes:

> [..] For even faster runtime 'name lookup' an implementation may
> represent names as slot numbers (indexes) for a hiddem, non-Python
> array.  CPython does this (with C pointer arrays) for function
> locals whenever the list of locals is fixed at compile time, which
> is usually.  (To prevent this optimization, add to a function body
> something like 'from mymod import *', if still allowed, that makes
> the number of locals unknowable until runtime.) [..]

This certainly does not ease my worries over Pythons abilities with
respect to interactivity and dynamism.

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Frode Vatvedt Fjeld