[Python-Dev] Open CPython VM for type information (original) (raw)

Nick Coghlan ncoghlan at gmail.com
Sun Dec 17 01:54:57 CET 2006

Kay Schluehr wrote:

Brett Cannon schrieb:

In other words, I wouldn't count on this ever happening. =) The best you could do is try to propose some direct mechanism for adding support to the eval loop to dispatch to some function for unrecognized opcodes, but I wouldn't count on that being accepted either.

-Brett Brett, thanks for the short answer. Although it is negative regarding my attempt, it is also important to know which ideas are outlawed and where one steps into a no-go area concerning the evolving language standard and its main implementation.

To add one thing to Brett's response: making it easier to experiment with the VM (e.g. to explore static typing options) was one of the motivations behind the PyPy project [1].

Although given the mention of RPython in your original message I suspect you already know about that ;)

Cheers, Nick.

[1] http://codespeak.net/pypy/dist/pypy/doc/architecture.html#mission-statement

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