Message 144401 - Python tracker (original) (raw)

Message144401

Author	ncoghlan
Recipients	alex, belopolsky, jcea, meador.inge, ncoghlan, rfk, rhettinger
Date	2011-09-22.04:28:04
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Message-id	1316665685.24.0.0103012336174.issue11816@psf.upfronthosting.co.za
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'Op' is just an abbreviation of 'operation'. So 'operation code' becomes 'opcode' and 'operation information' becomes 'opinfo'. The fact that it comes for the 'dis' module gives the context that the kind of operation we're talking about is a Python byte code instruction. When people are hacking on bytecode in the future, they'll likely end up using get_opinfo() a fair bit, so swapping the succinct 'opinfo' for the verbose 'bytecode_instruction' strikes me as a poor trade-off.

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'Op' is just an abbreviation of 'operation'. So 'operation code' becomes 'opcode' and 'operation information' becomes 'opinfo'. The fact that it comes for the 'dis' module gives the context that the *kind* of operation we're talking about is a Python byte code instruction. When people are hacking on bytecode in the future, they'll likely end up using get_opinfo() a fair bit, so swapping the succinct 'opinfo' for the verbose 'bytecode_instruction' strikes me as a poor trade-off.

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Date	User	Action	Args
2011-09-22 04:28:05	ncoghlan	set	recipients: + ncoghlan, rhettinger, jcea, belopolsky, alex, rfk, meador.inge
2011-09-22 04:28:05	ncoghlan	set	messageid: 1316665685.24.0.0103012336174.issue11816@psf.upfronthosting.co.za
2011-09-22 04:28:04	ncoghlan	link	issue11816 messages
2011-09-22 04:28:04	ncoghlan	create