Python from Wise Guy's Viewpoint

Frode Vatvedt Fjeld frodef at cs.uit.no
Sun Oct 19 13:38:40 EDT 2003


John Thingstad <john.thingstad at chello.no> writes:

> [..] Functions are internally delt with using dictionaies.  The
> bytecode compiler gives it a ID and the look up is done using a
> dictionary.  Removing the function from the dictionary removes the
> function.  (pythonese for hash-table)

So to get from the ID to the bytecode, you go through a dictionary?
And the mapping from name to ID happens perhaps when the caller is
bytecode-compiled?

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Frode Vatvedt Fjeld




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