[Python-Dev] Python keywords (was Lockstep iteration (original) (raw)

Guido van Rossum guido@beopen.com
Wed, 09 Aug 2000 19:36:30 -0500

[Guido] > The JPython approach should be added to CPython. This effectively > turns off keywords directly after ".", "def" and in a few other > places.

Excellent. I saw a reference to this after I sent my mail. I'd be happy to help, in a long, drawn out, when-I-find-time kind of way. What is the general strategy - is it simply to maintain a state in the parser? Where would I start to look into? Mark.

Alas, I'm not sure how easy it will be. The parser generator will probably have to be changed to allow you to indicate not to do a resword lookup at certain points in the grammar. I don't know where to start. :-(

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.pythonlabs.com/~guido/)