python to C code generator

Andrew Z formisc at gmail.com
Tue Jan 23 09:25:27 EST 2018


Id go this way too. Basic C is straightforward.  I usually consider
learning a new "thing " if the time to support potwntially combersome
solution using existing methods  justifies the effort.

On Jan 23, 2018 09:01, "Ned Batchelder" <ned at nedbatchelder.com> wrote:

> On 1/23/18 8:48 AM, kushal bhattacharya wrote:
>
>> On Tuesday, January 23, 2018 at 7:05:02 PM UTC+5:30, bartc wrote:
>>
>>> On 23/01/2018 13:23, kushal bhattacharya wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Wednesday, January 17, 2018 at 4:34:23 PM UTC+5:30, kushal
>>>> bhattacharya wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>> Is there any python framework or any tool as  which can generate C
>>>>> code from python code as it is .
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Kushal
>>>>>
>>>> yes i have but it generates a complex C code with python dependencies.I
>>>> want to call the generated function from another C code but i Cant figure
>>>> out how to do that
>>>>
>>> Because the translation isn't simply defined.
>>>
>>> I've just tried nuitka on the Python code 'a=b+c', and it generates 2400
>>> lines of C. The main purpose seems to be to generate a self-contained
>>> executable corresponding to the Python, but generating first a C
>>> equivalent then using a C compiler and linker.
>>>
>>> This equivalent code may just contain all the bits in CPython needed to
>>> do the job, but bypassing all the stuff to do with executing actual
>>> byte-code. But it also seems to do some optimisations (in the generated
>>> C before it uses C compiler optimisations), so that if static types can
>>> be inferred it might make use of that info.
>>>
>>> Perhaps you simply want to use Python syntax to write C code? That would
>>> be a different kind of translator. And a simpler one, as 'a=b+c'
>>> translates to 'a+b+c;' in C.
>>>
>>> --
>>> bartc
>>>
>>
>> This is exactly what i meant to say.My goal is to translate the python
>> code into its C equivalent with function name as it is.
>>
>
> The best way to do that is to read the Python code, understand what it
> does, and re-write it in C.  You won't find an automatic tool that can do
> the job you want.  The semantics of Python and C are too different.
>
> --Ned.
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