Re: Major change proposal

Mark Hahn wrote:
>...
> 
> I've read the IronPython code and I'm a bit nervous at this point.  Jim uses
> the static classes for the Python built-in types and methods.  He keeps a
> separate set of dynamic "reflection" objects on a one-for-one basis with the
> static object instances.  This lets the static objects run code at full
> speed and the reflection objects store the dynamic attributes.  This kind of
> proxying makes quite efficient use of the built-in static objects.  I don't
> know if I can pull off a similar trick since there aren't any built-in
> prototype-based static objects.

I'm having trouble understanding what you mean. When you say a "built-in 
object" do you mean like None? Or do you really mean built-in object types?

  Paul Prescod