[pypy-dev] Re: [pypy-svn] r20092 - pypy/dist/pypy/rpython

[Laura Creighton]

In a message of Mon, 21 Nov 2005 01:31:06 PST, Christian Tismer writes:
>arigo at codespeak.net wrote:
>
>> Author: arigo
>> Date: Sat Nov 19 20:42:12 2005
>> New Revision: 20092
>> 
>> Modified:
>>    pypy/dist/pypy/rpython/robject.py
>> Log:
>> Bug fix (for Christian :-) to compile code like
>> 
>>     d = {}
>>     d[x] = y
>> 
>> where x and y are SomeObjects.  The reason is that operations manipulat
>ing
>> PyObjects must not have a 'void' return value, even operations like 'se
>titem',
>> but a PyObject one.
>
>Thank you very much!
>I worked around that, but in the end, it is a bug.
>And btw. I discovereed a bulk of more bugs or inconsistencies,
>which might be tackled after I'm back from my "mission".
>
>ATM, I need to make a small addition to allow float values as dict
>keys. There is a lot more considerable, but I can work around all
>other stuff and don't want to spoil our project without discussion.
>The need for float comes from the lack of a primitive long type.
>Alternatively, I'm thinking to map the long type to some internal
>64 bit type. This would make some sense, also because we also have
>file related code that would need this type.
>
>I will start discusions when I'm back. Adding a bit of completeness
>(hash on float) will probably not hurt anybody.
>
>Btw., I have meanwhile turned all their application into RPython.
>Although this took many new little classes, and the lack of
>properties was as painful as the inability to define any __xx__
>methods, the result is still rather pythonic and runs at blinding speed-
>I'm now only 30% slower than their highly optimized Java
>implementation, and I guess I could get the rest for free by finishing
>the needed optimizations of refcounting and some other tiny things.
>
>all the best - chris
>
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Correct me if I am wrong, but if we allow float keys, then we make
code that is not portable between machines that have different
float representations?

Also, given that your new American friends are dealing with money,
what is wrong with using the decimal type as keys for them, or 
possibly better still Facundo's money module?

Laura