In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Thomas Guettler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: . . . >creating source code with a script, is no good solution. > >Once I had to maintain lisp code which stored its data in lisp code, too >(incl. conditions and loops). It was a nightmare. > >Please explain what you want to do, and we will find a better solution. . . . Yes and no. There are times when it's justified. I ENTIRELY agree, though, that many people who *think* that's what they want to do simply don't understand how dynamic base Python is, and therefore don't realize how much easier it can be to write a single, unified application.
At this point, 'twould be appropriate to describe an instance or two in which code generation is a good idea. While I have some, they're tedious to make clear. Maybe I'll do so in a follow-up ... -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list