On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 11:36 PM, Alexander Golec <thejf...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Impressive. I would think that there would be some trouble with names that > may or may not be included in the namespace depending on execution of the > module. The module would still need to be executed at runtime, but I'm > guessing the names that it might produce are bounded? > > Alex > > > > On Dec 5, 2011, at 11:33 PM, Alex Gaynor wrote: > > > > On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 11:04 PM, Alexander Golec <thejf...@gmail.com>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 >> pypy-dev@python.org >> 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 > > _______________________________________________ > pypy-dev mailing list > pypy-dev@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pypy-dev > > > During compilation it is statically known what names exist within a module, this is one of the restrictions of RPython. 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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