On 3/19/07, Michael Spencer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jay Parlar wrote: > > I'm considering applying to be a student in this year's SoC, and the > > AST code generation in particular looks interesting to me (listed > > here: http://wiki.python.org/moin/CodingProjectIdeas/PythonCore). > > > > I was wondering a few things: > > > > 1) Who would most likely mentor this project? > > 2) I've never worked in the core before (but have been using Python as > > my primary language for about 6 years), so I'm wondering if the > > potential mentor thinks it'd even be feasible for me to jump at a > > project like this without prior knowledge. > > > > I'm interested in this project for two reasons. The first is that I'm > > still trying to pick my PhD thesis, and I'm leaning in the direction > > of automated code generation for embedded systems. I feel like working > > on this project would at least push me one way or another in terms of > > picking. I've done a major code generation tool before, but it was for > > a problem domain I was already an "expert" in, so I didn't develop any > > generic methods. > > > > Also, I've been wanting to contribute to Python core for awhile now, > > and just haven't had the opportunity to get my feet wet with the code. > > > > Thanks, > > Jay P. > > _______________________________________________ > > Python-Dev mailing list > > Python-Dev@python.org > > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev > > Unsubscribe: > > http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/python-python-dev%40m.gmane.org > > > FWIW, I've already implemented bytecode generation from AST, > http://svn.brownspencer.com/pycompiler/branches/new_ast/ > as I reported to this list previously. > http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2006-October/069589.html >
But the idea being put forth is to use the built-in AST compiler directly, not for an external library like yours, Michael. -Brett _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
