Xbase++ preprocessor implementation in Python

Terry Reedy tjreedy at udel.edu
Tue Apr 6 22:56:09 EDT 1999


In article <37097A3A.F772205 at magna.com.au>, garys at magna.com.au says...

>Attached please find a Python implementation of the Xbase++ preprocessor. 
...
>Oh, and it is *dead slow*! - hundreds of times slower I think!
...

I do not know re's well enough to comment on whether they can be rewritten 
to run faster.  I believe there is a python profiler which might give 
indications on where to start to speed things up.

Terry J. Reedy





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