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[Python-Dev] PEP about sys.implementation and implementation specific user site directory

Christian Heimes lists at cheimes.de
Sat Oct 10 02:44:01 CEST 2009 
Martin v. Löwis wrote:
>> Given that this is all about establishing some common ground between
>> implementations I would propose not using a CPython specific term
>> here such as PyStructSequence :)  The Python docs seem to use structseq
>> for sys.float_info.
> 
> Also, why does it have to be a sequence in the first place? Wouldn't
> a plain object with named attributes be good enough?

Any object with attributes is good enough. For CPython a structseq
provides the necessary feature of a read only object with attributes. I
figured out it's the easiest way to archive the goal without creating a
new class.

> 
>>> compiler (required):
>>>   verbose name of the compiler, for example "GCC 4.3.3", "Java
>>> HotSpot(TM) Client VM (Apple Inc.)", "Mono JIT compiler version 2.0.1"
>> What's the value of this attribute?  The main reason I ask is there's
>> no way that I know of to determine the JIT being used in .NET.  We could
>> of course fill in some dummy value here for IronPython but I'm also not 
>> sure why anyone would use this.
> 
> Also, why is it the name of the JIT compiler, and not the name of the
> source language compiler?

The term "source language compiler" describes the intent of the field
perfectly. Thanks Martin! I was merely guessing what the compiler name
may look like on Jython.

Christian
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