[Microbit-Python] NEEDS ACTION - Please confirm!!!

[Michael]

Harry,


To echo Nick's comment - I would assume that it's not a big deal. My
understanding
is that the prototype system has been used to inspire the implementation of
the
production system, not as a basis.

Indeed, while I'm interested in having a python to C++ compiler myself (for
use with
cubs/scouts), I started a complete ground up re-write of that on my own
time using my
own resources a couple of months ago, and that takes a better approach than
the
approach I took for the prototype.  (which was very time constrained)

That rebuild BTW is here: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pyxie

I'd hope you don't need that, but if you do, it's there.

I've not seen the touchdevelop/C++/ARM stack though, and don't have a
production
device so I can't really comment beyond that. As I say though I'd hope it'd
not be
a problem if I can't be there.

Touch develop is itself (now) open source though, and you can find that
here:

   - https://github.com/Microsoft/TouchDevelop

My *impression* is that if you do need to do anything "compiler-y", that
what you'd
want to do is to parse the python to the AST in here:

   - https://github.com/Microsoft/TouchDevelop/tree/master/ast

And then let the touch develop stack handle the details. There's a
suggestion of which
parts of python to support in the specification I wrote as well, which in
the case of the
prototype was based on the parts I knew that (given enough time) I knew I
could
compile.

All that said, don't take anything I've said here as "correct", because I
don't have
current information.

Best Regards,


Michael

On 29 June 2015 at 12:48, Harry Percival <harry at pythonanywhere.com> wrote:

>  I've got to be at a popup show at 12 (I had thought it was going to be an
> evening gig), so probably not worth my attending for one hour, sadly :/
>
> How much of a problem is it if Michael, the author of the C wrapper
> thingie, can't attend?
>
>
> On 29/06/15 12:31, Tom Hunger wrote:
>
> I will be there on the 5th of July. I'm more confused than ever about
> what's going on but I'm looking forward to helping with specific problems :)
>
> On Mon, Jun 29, 2015 at 12:24 PM, Nicholas H.Tollervey <ntoll at ntoll.org>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Just looking at my post-weekend inbox. Only two people have confirmed
>> they can make Sunday's BBC hack. IIRC 7 people were marked down that
>> they could make it.
>>
>> It'd really be super-helpful if you could confirm your attendance.
>>
>> Best wishes,
>>
>> Nicholas.
>>
>>
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