[Python-Dev] Subject lines of commit email

2005-12-01 Thread Martin v. Löwis
Due to popular demand, we have changed the format of the subject lines that mailer.py will send out on commit, to include the file names of the modified files (not just the directory). As the original mailer.py couldn't do that, David Goodger contributed the necessary changes. If people feel stro

Re: [Python-Dev] Plea to distribute debugging lib

2005-12-01 Thread Trent Mick
[Thomas Heller wrote] > Anyway, AFAIK, the activestate distribution contains Python debug dlls. [Er, a month late, but I was in flitting around Australia at the time. :)] Yes, as a separate download. ftp://ftp.activestate.com/ActivePython/etc/ ActivePython--win32-ix86-debug.zip And

Re: [Python-Dev] ast-objects branch created

2005-12-01 Thread Martin v. Löwis
Jeremy Hylton wrote: > I'm not sure what your intent for this work is, but I'd like to create > a parallel arena branch and compare the results. I'll start work on > that tomorrow. I certainly want the PyObject* branch to become "life" at some time; I think this is the way to go, and that an aren

Re: [Python-Dev] ast-objects branch created

2005-12-01 Thread Neal Norwitz
On 12/1/05, Jeremy Hylton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Martin, > > I'm not sure what your intent for this work is, but I'd like to create > a parallel arena branch and compare the results. I'll start work on > that tomorrow. I think this is a good thing. It will be much easier to compare impleme

Re: [Python-Dev] PyAST_FromNode returning PyTypeObject* ?

2005-12-01 Thread Neal Norwitz
On 12/1/05, "Martin v. Löwis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Neal, > > Why did you suggest that PyAST_FromNode returns PyTypeObject*? > I can't see why type objects are much used in the AST, unless > I'm missing something essential. It was late and I was trying to make progress. Assume it was a mis

Re: [Python-Dev] ast-objects branch created

2005-12-01 Thread Jeremy Hylton
Martin, I'm not sure what your intent for this work is, but I'd like to create a parallel arena branch and compare the results. I'll start work on that tomorrow. Jeremy On 11/30/05, "Martin v. Löwis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I created > > http://svn.python.org/projects/python/branches/ast-o

Re: [Python-Dev] Memory management in the AST parser & compiler

2005-12-01 Thread Nick Coghlan
Martin v. Löwis wrote: > Nick Coghlan wrote: > > The ast C structs are already auto-generated by a Python script > (asdl_c.py, to > > be precise). The trick is to make that script generate full PyObjects > rather > > than the simple C structures that it generates now. > > See the ast-object b

[Python-Dev] PyAST_FromNode returning PyTypeObject* ?

2005-12-01 Thread Martin v. Löwis
Neal, Why did you suggest that PyAST_FromNode returns PyTypeObject*? I can't see why type objects are much used in the AST, unless I'm missing something essential. Anyway, I started converting ast.c (two functions only), and noticed that there is a convention to have nested variables referring to