On Dec 03, 2012, at 02:29 PM, Larry Hastings wrote: >4) Builtin function arguments are defined in a small DSL; these > are expanded to code and data using a custom compile-time > preprocessor step. > >All the core devs I've asked said "given all that, I'd prefer the >hairy preprocessor macros". But by the end of the conversation >they'd changed their minds to prefer the custom DSL. Maybe I'll >make a believer out of you too--read on!
The biggest question with generated code is always the effect on debugging. How horrible will it be when I have to step through argument parsing to figure out what's going wrong? -Barry _______________________________________________ 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
