[Stackless] Planning Stackless Lite

[Christian Tismer]

Well it is quite similar to PyPy, but more pragmatic since it will  
work in short time and carries only a small baggage. I will try to  
make a minimum kernel that does not need Psyco with all its current  
complexity. What I use is just what I learned, and some extracts from  
those projects. Dependencies are bad, code is bad. Minimize what you  
can. Ciao - chris

Sent from my iPhone

On 19.01.2010, at 21:48, Henning Diedrich <hd at authentic-internet.de>  
wrote:

> Wow. Is this going to replace efforts to "implement stackless in  
> PyPy"? If those still exist?
>
> Regards,
> Henning
>
> Christian Tismer wrote:
>> Hit the wrong button...
>>
>> The idea is to implement the code for context switching using  
>> Psyco's technology and by patching Python at runtime. Patching the  
>> Python source is no longer necessary. Instead, certain important  
>> locations in the interpreter will be analysed at runtime. Stackless  
>> will have descriptions of these places that allow to generate code  
>> to unwrap and restorr the stack and to jump to these locations.
>>
>> The approach is not easy, since it involves partial disassembling  
>> of machine code. Also it is more platform dependant than ever. But  
>> it is the most versatile solution I can come up with.
>>
>> The Stackless module which is hard-wired into Stackless will become  
>> a plain Python module that can take full advantage of Psyco.
>>
>> That's just a short brain-dump. I' happy to get your thoughts. Ciao  
>> - chris
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On 19.01.2010, at 19:29, Christian Tismer <tismer at stackless.com>  
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Howdy!
>>>
>>> I have a new concept in mind that might replace Stackless as it is  
>>> known. Just a quock note, as I am away from my machine.
>>>
>>> The plan is to get a Stackless without any restrictions, as a  
>>> plain extension module, and with full Psyco support.
>>>
>>> Sounds like an April joke? No, I'm just leveling up on  
>>> craziness. ;-)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>
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