Re: [Python-ideas] Python dialect that compiles into python

2018-09-12 Thread David Teresi
Not totally convinced about this. It would require PEP writers  to fully implement their proposed feature, people can usually get a pretty good idea of how a feature is supposed to work through PEPs (most of which are extremely well written), and these "mods" wouldn't be used in production code

Re: [Python-ideas] Python dialect that compiles into python

2018-09-11 Thread James Lu
I wholly support this proposal. ___ Python-ideas mailing list Python-ideas@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-ideas Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/

Re: [Python-ideas] Python dialect that compiles into python

2018-09-11 Thread Stephan Houben
Op di 11 sep. 2018 om 10:42 schreef Brice Parent : > Le 11/09/2018 à 02:15, Abe Dillon a écrit : > > [Steven D'Aprano] > >> It would be great for non-C coders to be able to prototype proposed >> syntax changes to get a feel for what works and what doesn't. > > > I think it would be great in genera

Re: [Python-ideas] Python dialect that compiles into python

2018-09-10 Thread Abe Dillon
[Steven D'Aprano] > It would be great for non-C coders to be able to prototype proposed > syntax changes to get a feel for what works and what doesn't. I think it would be great in general for the community to be able to try out ideas and mull things over. If there was something like a Python F

Re: [Python-ideas] Python dialect that compiles into python

2018-09-07 Thread Ethan Furman
On 09/07/2018 04:57 AM, Robert Vanden Eynde wrote: Actually, I might start to write this lib, that looks fun. You should also check out MacroPy: https://pypi.org/project/MacroPy/ Although I freely admit I don't know if does what you are talking about. -- ~Ethan~ __

Re: [Python-ideas] Python dialect that compiles into python

2018-09-07 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Fri, Sep 07, 2018 at 11:57:50AM +, Robert Vanden Eynde wrote: > Many features on this list propose different syntax to python, > producing different python "dialects" that can statically be > transformed to python : [...] > Using a modified version of ast, it is relatively easy to modifi

Re: [Python-ideas] Python dialect that compiles into python

2018-09-07 Thread Anders Hovmöller
Many features on this list propose different syntax to python, producing > different python "dialects" that can statically be transformed to python : > > - a,b += f(x) → _t = f(x); a += _t; b += _t; (augmented assignement > unpacking) > - a = 2x + 1 → a = 2*x + 1 (juxtaposition is product) >

[Python-ideas] Python dialect that compiles into python

2018-09-07 Thread Robert Vanden Eynde
Many features on this list propose different syntax to python, producing different python "dialects" that can statically be transformed to python : - a,b += f(x) → _t = f(x); a += _t; b += _t; (augmented assignement unpacking) - a = 2x + 1 → a = 2*x + 1 (juxtaposition is product) - f(*, x, y) →