There's no direct support for this but it shouldn't be too hard to do. You can
carry the AST around w/ you by doing an Ast.RuntimeConstant(myAstRoot).
For example let's say that we wanted to hold onto the AST for all Python
functions. Over in FunctionDefinition.cs we call a helper method called
MakeFunction to create the real Python function object. We could add a new
parameter there (because we don't have enough :)) and then do:
MSAst.Expression ret = Ast.Call(
typeof(PythonFunction).GetMethod("MakeFunction"),
// method
Ast.CodeContext(),
// 1. Emit CodeContext
Ast.Constant(SymbolTable.IdToString(_name)),
// 2. FunctionName
Ast.CodeBlockExpression(code, flags !=
FunctionAttributes.None), // 3. delegate
Ast.NewArray(typeof(string[]), names),
// 4. parameter names
Ast.NewArray(typeof(object[]), defaults),
// 5. default values
Ast.Constant(flags),
// 6. flags
Ast.Constant(_body.Documentation, typeof(string)),
// 7. doc string or null
Ast.Constant(this.Start.Line),
// 8. line number
Ast.Constant(_sourceUnit.GetSymbolDocument(this.Start.Line),
typeof(string)) // 9. Filename
Ast.Constant(code) // or maybe code.Body ?
);
>From there we could then use the AST to create a new AST, create a new
>CodeBlock, and then replace the delegate the PythonFunction instance holds
>onto w/ a new delegate. Unfortunately if there's going to be lots of mutation
>then there's going to be lots of compilation which isn't going to be too good.
> You could also try interpreted mode to reduce that overhead (also we do have
>some profile driven compilation features which could help make this
>determination for you automatically but they're very naïve at this point).
And as a random thought: does the AST actually need to change or just the
actions the code performs at runtime? If the AST just represents the structure
of the code you could insert a bunch of helper calls who's behavior changes as
the AST 'mutates'. As an aside we eventually want to support custom
DynamicSite's which would enable you to do any 'operation' you care about.
Once we had that support you could turn these helper calls into dynamic sites
in order to improve the perf.
That might not have been quite the answer you're looking for but hopefully it's
some food for thought that will help you determine if you can do what you need.
-----Original Message-----
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Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2007 6:05 AM
To: users@lists.ironpython.com
Subject: [IronPython] FW: FW: DLR question
>From the silence I'll assume it is :)
I'm prototyping a new language (currently implemented in Python) and I am
looking at the DLR to see if it can help make it speedy. However my language
has the property that it can mutate it's own AST at any point, and from reading
the IronPython and ToyScript sources it looks like the AST of the "source"
program needs to be static. Is there anything I can make use of in the DLR
here, or should I be resigned to implementing more than I'd hoped myself?
Cheers,
Ben
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Sent: 13 November 2007 07:53
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Subject: [IronPython] FW: DLR question
Hi there!
Is this the correct forum for questions about the DLR, or is there a separate
DLR mailing list somewhere?
Cheers,
Ben
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