Re: Translators/parsing Python

[roland dot kaufmann at space dot at]

>>>>> "Lalo" == Lalo Martins <lalo@webcom.com> writes:

    Lalo> On Tue, Jan 25, 2000 at 10:06:43AM -0500, dj trombley wrote:
    >>  This was my feeling as well.  Compiled Python byte-code
    >> executes as a neat, easy to implement stack language.  You'll
    >> want to look at the marshalling facility for python.
    >> (python/marshall.c) A .pyc is just a marshalled code object.
    >> I've started porting it to Guile, but since this is the first
    >> bit of Scheme I've ever coded, I'm not sure I'm doing it
    >> properly, or in an idiosyncratic way.  This is compounded by
    >> the fact that there is almost no documentation available.  What
    >> has me stumped is how to represent python dictionaries; one
    >> could of course simply port the python dictionary from C, but
    >> it seems there should be some way to expose the namespace
    >> facility of Guile.  Since I don't understand the namespace
    >> facility, and since again the documentation is scant, I'd stuck
    >> the project in the fridge for awhile.  Also, there seems to be
    >> some sort of mapping-type interface in ice-9/, but again, no
    >> docs.

    Lalo> You're looking for ``alists''. info (r5rs)Pairs and lists

Unless you're trying to implement the slowest Python byte-code
interpreter in the west, hash tables would be a better choice.  There
is some documentation in the old guile reference manual.

                                                     HTH
                                                     Roland