On Jun 23, 6:11 am, Lenard Lindstrom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > When this thread turned to the topic of macros I did an Internet search > for information on macros relevant to Python. Dylan's macros look > promising. The Python-inspired language Converge has macros > (http://convergepl.org/). Michael Hudson's Bytecodehacks package > supports limited Python macros > (http://bytecodehacks.sourceforge.net/bch-docs/bch/module-bytecodehack... > ). There is also the __macro__ package, which I still have on my > computer, but I cannot find its home page. > > The __macro__ package simply allows text substitution of source code at > module import time. The bytecodehack.macro module lets one define what > amounts to inlined functions. IMO neither package represents a > productive macro system. And I could find no other attempts to take > Python macros beyond wishful thinking. So until some solid proposal for > Python macros is put on the table any discussion of their merits is > unproductive. I can suggest though that procedural macros are a natural > starting point given the runtime nature of class and function creation. > > -- > Lenard Lindstrom > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I would add to your list http://livelogix.net/logix/ and http://www.fiber-space.de/EasyExtend/doc/main/EasyExtend.html Michele Simionato -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
