Re: [pypy-dev] Thinking about the GIL

2011-03-27 Thread Alex Gaynor
On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 8:53 PM, hyar...@iinet.net.au wrote: > > On Fri Mar 25 21:41 , Armin Rigo sent: > > >Hi, > > > >On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 1:44 AM, hyar...@iinet.net.au > >hyar...@iinet.net.au> wrote: > >> (...) Wrapping each bytecode in an STM > >> transaction would give you an as-if-serial

Re: [pypy-dev] Thinking about the GIL

2011-03-27 Thread hyar...@iinet.net.au
On Fri Mar 25 21:41 , Armin Rigo sent: >Hi, > >On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 1:44 AM, hyar...@iinet.net.au >hyar...@iinet.net.au> wrote: >> (...) Wrapping each bytecode in an STM >> transaction would give you an as-if-serial execution order, again with no guarantees >> about which order. You get tran

Re: [pypy-dev] Google Summer of Code Idea Proposal

2011-03-27 Thread Dan Roberts
Hi Romain, I just wanted to chime in that I think a Python backend for Cython would be awesome. You wouldn't want to generate bytecode for compatibility reasons: PyPy doesn't use exactly CPython's bytecode, and afaik IronPython and Jython both just use their host VM bytecode directly. Generatin

[pypy-dev] Google Summer of Code Idea Proposal

2011-03-27 Thread Romain Guillebert
Hi I'm interested in doing the Summer of code on PyPy, from what I saw on the mailing list and on irc, I would like to work on 2 things which might interest you (there is no order of preference). * Python backend for Cython (to interface with C code, this could use use ctypes or an API exposed

[pypy-dev] Next sprint

2011-03-27 Thread Armin Rigo
Hi all, The next sprint will most probably occur in Gothenburg, April 25th to May 1st. A proper sprint announcement should follow shortly. A bientôt, Armin. ___ pypy-dev@codespeak.net http://codespeak.net/mailman/listinfo/pypy-dev