Should I write a book on Python Metaprogramming ?

[Michael Hudson]

Jack Diederich <jack at performancedrivers.com> writes:

> >   VII.  Code generators and code parsers.
> Do people really write code generators in python that output python?  

I have, but a loong time ago...

> I'm not sure I see the point if you have metaclasses and inspection.

Heh, my code generators were crude (but effective) performance hacks.
It was certainly possible to do what I wanted another way, but not
with the same level of efficiency... I wrote a longish explanation of
what I was up to, lemme look... here:

http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=m31ziyfy28.fsf_-_%40atrus.jesus.cam.ac.uk

Clearly the Right Answer to problems like this is better code
generation, not these kinds of hacks...

Cheers,
M.

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