[OT] code is data

[bruno at modulix]

Diez B. Roggisch wrote:
>>> because lots of people know how to describe XML transformations, and
>>> there are plenty of tools that implement such transformations
>>> efficiently ?
>>
>>
>> Efficiently enough for dynamic (runtime) use ?
> 
> 
> Using XML-transformation for AST manipulation isn't my first choice
> either - yet efficiency concerns aren't really the point here - after
> all we're talking about generating code,

I thought we were talking about *transforming* code - just like one uses
metaclasses to transform a class definition, or @decorators to transform
a function definition...

(snip)

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bruno desthuilliers
python -c "print '@'.join(['.'.join([w[::-1] for w in p.split('.')]) for
p in 'onurb at xiludom.gro'.split('@')])"