Re: Python Library for Prothon (was: stackless implementation)

From: "Christian Tismer"

> ...
> >>Well, then let's think of a strategy which allows to (ab)use all
> >>of the Python linraries, which are partially great!
> >
> >
> > That would be great but I don't think that will be possible.  I will
need to
> > make good porting tools so they can be stolen or rewritten one by one
> > easily.  We can improve them as we steal them.
>
> Why don't we just offer a Python interpreter as an
> extension module which allows to run Python scripts?
> Simple objects like strings, lists and tuples could
> be converted for parameterisation, and a way to call
> an arbitrary Python function could not be that complicated.
> Then you can provide wrappers for almost all of the
> library stuff and build "your" library in very small
> time, maybe adjusting the user interface to the
> functions already in a prothonic way.
> Then, piece by piece, the modules can be translated
> and improved.
> On the other hand, I'd even consider to keep them as
> they are, because you get the maintenance of these
> modules for free.

This has been suggested several times but is seems like "cheating". :-)