Re: python like syntax for lua

[Asko Kauppi <asko.kauppi@...>]

*to throw more heat on the rocks - i'm a Finn after all..* ;)

I've lately experimented with the idea of compiling Python extension 
modules (that there's lots of) as Lua extensions. This is still in very 
infancy - it's called 'hypton' within the gluax releases - but it could 
just as well work.

The benefits:
- proven code from the Py community
- possibly 1-to-1 API with the Py community

To make this clear, you wouldn't need Py at all for anything. Just rip 
the modules you like, recompile (for lua) and off you go..

-ak



Nick Trout kirjoittaa perjantaina, 13. kesäkuuta 2003, kello 22:44:

> > The interpreter does its best to do the right thing. You can
> > use as many spaces as you want, and as many tabs as you want.
> > You can even mix them, and also exchange them (to exchange
> > you need 8 space tabs).
>
> If you read the Python style guidelines by Guido you aren't supposed to
> mix tabs and spaces for obvious reasons.
>
> http://www.python.org/doc/essays/styleguide.html
>
> If you aren't going to take any other language features, other than
> indentation, it seems a little misleading to associate the project with
> Python? Isn't the only thing you'll gain that you don't have to type in
> do...end ? You are free to indent how you like in Lua.