[Python-Dev] PEP 329: Treating Builtins as Constants in the Standard Library

[Michael Hudson]

"Phillip J. Eby" <pje at telecommunity.com> writes:

> At 09:55 AM 4/19/04 -0400, Raymond Hettinger wrote:
>> > I'm not sure I understand the reasoning for implementing this via a
>> > bytecode hack, rather than in the compiler or loading mechanisms.
>>
>>The reason is that it is not always possible to know (in general) what
>>things constants.  Take a look at the ASPN recipe example, it ought to
>>clarify for you how this works.
>
> I don't need clarification about the mechanism; I independently
> implemented *exactly* this hack myself a couple of years ago.  (I just
> didn't propose it become part of standard Python.)  See 'bind_func()'
> in:
>
> http://cvs.eby-sarna.com/PEAK/src/peak/util/Code.py?rev=1.1.2.1&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup

Here was me thinking I was the only one nuts enough to implement the
bytecodehacks, and I find everyone's at it!

Cheers,
mwh

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