Please help.

[John Ladasky]

On Monday, February 9, 2015 at 10:26:47 AM UTC-8, Dave Angel wrote:

> That will help him with the functions.  But not with the keywords.  The 
> OP didn't specify Python version, but in 3.x, print() is a function, and 
> can be rebound.  Since he said keyword, he's either mistaken, or he's 
> running 2.x
> 
> But any real keywords, are a real problem.  For example, changing 'if' 
> to some other string.

That's true, Dave, he did say "key words".  I only helped him with his example of a Python built-in function.  And you're right, shadowing key words is currently not possible.

Are you familiar with a program known as a "talk filter"?  They've been around for decades.  

http://www.hyperrealm.com/talkfilters/talkfilters.html

Talk filters are usually used for off-color humor, rather than for serious purposes.  A talk filter processes a text stream, line-by-line, typically in a chat room setting.  A dictionary of words, and their replacements, is defined.  

I could see a talk filter being used to translate a non-English version of Python into standard English Python code.  I suppose that a hook for a talk filter could be added to the interpreter itself.  It wouldn't be easy to change word order to accommodate the syntax of another language, but words themselves could be altered.