Kay Schluehr <kay.schlu...@gmx.net> writes: > On 7 Jan., 16:50, J Kenneth King <ja...@agentultra.com> wrote: > >> Python expressions are not >> data types either and hence no macros -- I can't write a python function >> that generates python code at compile time. > > Have you ever considered there are languages providing macros other > than Lisp?
Of course. > Macros have nothing to do with homoiconcity. Not directly, no. >> I can only write a python >> program that parses some other string and generates code that can be run >> by another interpreter. > > No, it is the same interpreter and it is also possible to modify > python parsers on the fly. This is just not possible with Pythons > builtin parser. PyPy is probably the best bet when/if it gets finished. > > >> >> Consider: >> >> for i in range(0, 100): >> do_something_interesting(i) >> >> That's a pretty straight forward Python expression, but I can't do >> anything with it -- it's not a unit of data, it's a string. >> >> The distinction is not subtle by any means. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
