[BCC python-dev, +python-ideas] Funny you should mention this. ABC, Python's predecessor, worked like this. However, it didn't work out very well. So, I'd say you're about 30 years too late with your idea... :-(
--Guido On Sat, Sep 17, 2011 at 8:05 AM, Albert Zeyer <alb...@googlemail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I was thinking about a persistent Python interpreter system. I.e. you > start a Python interpreter instance and you load and create all your > objects, classes and code in there (or load it in there from other > files). > > The basic idea is that you wont restart your Python script, you would > always modify it on-the-fly. Or a bit less extreme: You would at least > have the possibility with this to do this (like just doing minor > changes). Also, if your PC halts for whatever reason, you can continue > your Python script after a restart. > > This goes along my other recent proposal to store the AST of > statements in the related code objects > (http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.python.devel/126754). An internal > editor could then edit this AST and recompile the code object. > > For the persistance, there would be an image file containing all the > Python objects. > > All in all, much like most Smalltalk systems. > > --- > > Has anyone done something like this already? > > --- > > There are a few implementation details which are not trivial and there > doesn't seem to be straight forward solutions, e.g. most generally: > > * How to implement the persistance? > * How to handle image compatibility between CPython updates? Even possible? > > Regards, > Albert > _______________________________________________ > 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/guido%40python.org > -- --Guido van Rossum (python.org/~guido) _______________________________________________ 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
