On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 11:04 PM, Alexander Golec <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hey all, > > I'm preparing a presentation for Alfred Aho at Columbia, and I'd like to > ask how are namespaces translated during the translation phase. Are they > implemented dynamically, or are they actually compiled down to C? > > Alex > _______________________________________________ > pypy-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pypy-dev > If I understand you correctly, you're asking if the notion of a module (or namespace) exists at runtime for an RPython program, or whether that's resolved at compile time? The answer to that question is that all imports in RPython are resolved at compile time, and thus modules are a purely compile time concept. Alex -- "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." -- Evelyn Beatrice Hall (summarizing Voltaire) "The people's good is the highest law." -- Cicero
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