On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 1:47 PM, Craig Citro <craigci...@gmail.com> wrote: >> There has been some contentious debate about this in the past, where a >> Cython developer(s?) insisted Cython be listed among the "Python >> implementations" somewhere, on a par with IronPython, Jython and PyPy. >> This does not seem the right place to list Cython to me. (Much though >> I admire Cython's accomplishments!) >> >> Insofar as the OP asked about "a compiler for Python" and you pointed >> to Cython as an example, your post could easily be misunderstood as an >> attempt to reopen that debate. >> > > Ahh. Well, I can't speak for the rest of the Cython folks, but let me > say: I agree, Cython can't stand on its own without CPython, and there > are a ton of other things I'm personally interested in doing long > before we try to change that. Sorry if I was accidentally fanning any > dying embers. :) > >> Beign able to access call frames via tracebacks is certainly part of >> the standard semantics, and a proper Python implementation should go >> through great lengths to get this interface right (as IronPython, >> Jython and PyPy indeed do). >> > > Is the requirement just the construction of full tracebacks in the > event of an exception? Because Cython does that right now. In the > event of an exception, the Python call frames are constructed as the C > call stack is unwound. I thought Maciej was suggesting that having > full Python frames for any Python call was part of the semantics, > which is what we only do in the case of a profiling run. I'm really > not trying to belabor the point -- but if there's something Cython > should be doing and isn't, it's always good to hear about it. (Feel > free to point me to an appropriate section of the docs ...) >
However those frames are not completely like Python frames - they don't let you look into locals for example. It's a cool feature though that it exists at all, I did not know that. Cheers, fijal _______________________________________________ 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