Hello, On Thu, 05 Jun 2014 12:08:21 +1200 Greg Ewing <greg.ew...@canterbury.ac.nz> wrote:
> Serhiy Storchaka wrote: > > A language which doesn't support O(1) indexing is not Python, it is > > only Python-like language. > > That's debatable, but even if it's true, I don't think > there's anything wrong with MicroPython being only a > "Python-like language". As has been pointed out, fitting > Python onto a small device is always going to necessitate > some compromises. Thanks. I mentioned in another mail that we exactly trying to develop a minimalistic, but Python implementation, not Python-like language. What is "Python-like" for me. The other most well-know, and mature (as in "started quite some time ago") "small Python" implementation is PyMite aka Python-on-a-chip https://code.google.com/p/python-on-a-chip/ . It implements good deal of Python2 language. It doesn't implement exception handling (try/except). Can a Python be without exception handling? For me, the clear answer is "no". Please put that in perspective when alarming over O(1) indexing of inherently problematic niche datatype. (Again, it's not my or MicroPython's fault that it was forced as standard string type. Maybe if CPython seriously considered now-standard UTF-8 encoding, results of what is "str" type might be different. But CPython has gigabytes of heap to spare, and for MicroPython, every half-bit is precious). > > -- > Greg > _______________________________________________ > Python-Dev mailing list > Python-Dev@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev > Unsubscribe: > https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/pmiscml%40gmail.com -- Best regards, Paul mailto:pmis...@gmail.com _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
