[PythonCE] Python within another application

[mike@pcblokes.com]

Quoting James Salter <jsalter at cse.unsw.edu.au>:

> Thanks for the prompt advice Fuzzy.
>
> Getting into the guts of python may be acceptable, depending on whether its
> going to be worth it.
>
> Anyone willing to indulge me even further by mounting a case for python in
> favour of a VBScript / Jscript host (apart from the fact that VBScript is
> vile)?
>

You should only use Python if you want a scripting language that your 
users will
actually be able to program in. If usability isn't a concern then another
language may be more suitable ;-)

Seriously though, I guess there is already a Jscript implementation built into
WindowsCE. It may be easier/more practical to leverage that.

Building a minimum (embeddable) Python VM for the Windows CE platform 
would be a
very cool thing of course.....

Fuzzy
http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python

> James
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: mike at pcblokes.com [mailto:mike at pcblokes.com]
>> Sent: Tuesday, 17 May 2005 7:18 PM
>> To: James Salter
>> Cc: pythonce at python.org
>> Subject: Re: [PythonCE] Python within another application
>>
>> Quoting James Salter <jsalter at cse.unsw.edu.au>:
>>
>> > Hi all.
>> >
>> > A few years back I implemented Python scripting in a win32 ftp client. I
>> > was wondering if the procedure would be similar, or possible, on a CE
>> app.
>> >
>> > James
>>
>> The issue is whether the C API is exposed in the same way. The answer is
>> probably *yes* - as it is just a port of the main python distribution.
>>
>> (I have no experience of this - so this is all conjecture of course).
>>
>> I think your main problem will be resource consumption on the limited
>> platform.
>> If you cut down the python interpreter to only include the bare
>> essentials (get
>> rid of some of the embedded modules etc) then it would be more viable.
>> That may
>> entail more work in the Python source code than you are up for though.
>>
>> Best Regards,
>>
>> Fuzzy
>> http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python
>>
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