On Fri, Jan 12, 2018 at 9:52 AM, Skip Montanaro <skip.montan...@gmail.com> wrote: >> So besides just grabbing a chunk of CPython source code and digesting it, I >> was wondering if those of you have read and understood the source code, do >> you have any tips or good starting points? > > Not mentioned yet, but maybe worth considering, might be to dip into > the way back machine and start with a much earlier version of Python, > maybe 1.5.2 or 2.0. The basic structure of the system is still there, > but without much of the complexity which came along with more recent > changes. No Unicode, types and classes were still separate, the > bytecode interpreter was much simpler, many types were simpler. > > Once you have the basic foundation, pick something which has changed > significantly, and make a deep dive into it.
Hmm. While I see the value in that, I think there's more value in testing what's actually familiar. Work with the current version, and tinker with it while you explore it. Unicode text, particularly, is worth hanging onto. ChrisA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
