[Python-Dev] A minimal Python interpreter written in Python for experimenting with language changes

[Alex Walters]

Are you aware of pypy?

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> From: Python-Dev [mailto:python-dev-bounces+tritium-
> list=sdamon.com at python.org] On Behalf Of asrp asrp
> Sent: Friday, February 2, 2018 7:02 PM
> To: python-dev at python.org
> Subject: [Python-Dev] A minimal Python interpreter written in Python for
> experimenting with language changes
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I don't know if this is the right place to post this. Please redirect as
needed.
> 
> I've made a small Python interpreter in Python with runtime AST node
> semantics and edit-and-continue. I thought it could make prototyping
> language changes more easily and visualize usage before writing them in C.
> 
> Its here: https://github.com/asrp/python_terp
> 
> So, for example, redefining the for_stmt function in the right scope
changes
> the behaviour of future for loops at runtime.
> 
> Although from discussion I've read in PEPs, actual implementation always
> look like a non-issue (which seems like magic to me) so maybe no-one here
> actually needs this.
> 
> (I really needed edit-and-continue for one of my projects but of course,
> running it in this extra interpreter is much too slow.)
> 
> asrp
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