Just for your information we are using the current Python 2.3.4 distribution unchanged as an embedded interpreter for a PocketBuilder application and it is working just fine. We do the same thing for a few of our PoweBuilder applications on standard Windows machines and the same code works on both -- both Python and C. The only gotcha for us was the fact that the WinCE platform is Unicode only and we were avoiding Unicode on the Win32 platform.... :-)
On 5/17/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Quoting James Salter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > Thanks for the prompt advice Fuzzy. > > > > Getting into the guts of python may be acceptable, depending on whether its > > going to be worth it. > > > > Anyone willing to indulge me even further by mounting a case for python in > > favour of a VBScript / Jscript host (apart from the fact that VBScript is > > vile)? > > > > You should only use Python if you want a scripting language that your > users will > actually be able to program in. If usability isn't a concern then another > language may be more suitable ;-) > > Seriously though, I guess there is already a Jscript implementation built into > WindowsCE. It may be easier/more practical to leverage that. > > Building a minimum (embeddable) Python VM for the Windows CE platform > would be a > very cool thing of course..... > > Fuzzy > http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python > > > James > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> Sent: Tuesday, 17 May 2005 7:18 PM > >> To: James Salter > >> Cc: pythonce@python.org > >> Subject: Re: [PythonCE] Python within another application > >> > >> Quoting James Salter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> > >> > Hi all. > >> > > >> > A few years back I implemented Python scripting in a win32 ftp client. I > >> > was wondering if the procedure would be similar, or possible, on a CE > >> app. > >> > > >> > James > >> > >> The issue is whether the C API is exposed in the same way. The answer is > >> probably *yes* - as it is just a port of the main python distribution. > >> > >> (I have no experience of this - so this is all conjecture of course). > >> > >> I think your main problem will be resource consumption on the limited > >> platform. > >> If you cut down the python interpreter to only include the bare > >> essentials (get > >> rid of some of the embedded modules etc) then it would be more viable. > >> That may > >> entail more work in the Python source code than you are up for though. > >> > >> Best Regards, > >> > >> Fuzzy > >> http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ > >> > PythonCE mailing list > >> > PythonCE@python.org > >> > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonce > >> > > >> > >> > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > PythonCE mailing list > PythonCE@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonce > _______________________________________________ PythonCE mailing list PythonCE@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonce
