[Tutor] Python 2.7.1 interpreter passing function pointer as function argument and Shedskin 0.7

[Alan Gauld]

"Frank Chang" <frankchang91 at gmail.com> wrote

>       When I run the Shedskin 0.7 Python to C+++ compiler on the
> same python program, I receive the error message * Error *
> automata_test.py:148 : unbound identifier 'lookup_func'. lookup_func 
> is a
> python function pointer passed as an argument to a python function.
>      I have marked lines 148,161,172 and 174 in the python program
> automata_test.py shown below. The shedskin tutorial says  the latest 
> version
> of the Shedskin 0.7 Python to C++ compiler does not support 
> overloading
> __iter__ and __call__.


These sound like issues with shedskin rather than Python, you
will probably get better support on their forum/newsggroup/list.

You may also find other compilers deal with your particular needs
better - cython for example.

But finally, remember that Python is not C++. If you really
need C++ use C++. The compilers are clever and can save a lot of
effort, but Python is primarily an dynamic interpreted language and
a lot of its more advanced idioms do not translate easily to 
statically
compiled code.

HTH,