On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 1:38 PM, "Martin v. Löwis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thomas Lee wrote: > > Martin v. Löwis wrote: > >>> This leaves us with a few options: > >>> > >> > >> 5. Reuse/Abuse Num(object) for arbitrary constants. > >> AFAICT, this should work out of the box. > >> > >> > > Eek. It *does* seem like Num would work out of the box, but would this > > be a good idea? > > No. I suggested it just for completeness. > > > > What about *replacing* Num with Const? Might make optimizations > > specifically for numeric values slightly hairier, and semantically I > > think they might be different enough to warrant separate AST nodes > > despite the similarity in implementation at the compiler level. > > I think they should be separate. Const would be a mere addition; > for compatibility with other uses of the AST, that's actually better > than simultaneous removal of Num.
Adding Const sounds good to me. Jeremy > > Regards, > Martin > > > > _______________________________________________ > Python-Dev mailing list > Python-Dev@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev > Unsubscribe: > http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/jeremy%40alum.mit.edu > _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com