Jeremy Bowers wrote: > On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 14:05:15 +0000, Antoon Pardon wrote: > > I don't see how generating byte code for a = 9; when seeing the > > expression a = 3 + 6, would be a problem for non-functional > > languages. > > Ultimately, the use is fairly limited; I can't imagine the > execution time saved would reach the time of implementation > for weeks after a release, even aggregating across all Python > use in the world, and "real time gained" (i.e., time useful > to a human) would probably never add up to the > implementation time. So why bother? That's a horrid trade off > when there are so many other real gains to be had.
Especially since you can already do it explicitly with Raymond Hettinger's cookbook recipe: http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python/Recipe/277940 Robert Brewer MIS Amor Ministries [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
