Greg Ewing wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> Is there any reason this should be a separate project rather than just >> be rolled in to the core? > > Always keep in mind that one of the important characteristics > of CPython is that its implementation is very straightforward > and easy to follow. Replacing the ceval loop with machine > generated code would be a step away from that.
Funny to hear that from the author of a well-known code generator. ;-) I haven't looked at the specific Vmgen code in question, but I tend to find a short DSL description of repetitive functionality much more straightforward than the same thing implemented in custom, hand-optimised code in a general purpose language like C. Just think of the switch split that MAL described in one of his comments. Having two switch statements and a couple of separate special cases for a single eval loop might look pretty arbitrary and not straight forward at all to a reader who doesn't have enough background regarding the performance characteristics of Python's VM statements. Stefan _______________________________________________ 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
