Mailing List Archive: tinyPython

tinyPython

May 1, 1999, 2:08 PM

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Python is a great scripting language, which is easily extended. now i
would like to be able to embed it into my projects (C++ applications).
i know about the documentation and about the 'embed' demo (and also
about CXX, which is great for extending Python, when you are using
C++).

has anybody experience with creating 'the smallest, possible working
Python interpreter', with only the essential files included? not
including any special modules your applications would need.

the problem is, that Python is getting bigger and bigger (which is ok
with me), but i just need the core language for my special purpose.

would you share your experiences with me?

kaweh

btw: i am using NT and VisualC++ 6.0, so i can't use the standard
'config/makefile' way of rebuilding python, but the provided PC
special mechanism (which works really fine, btw).

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MHammond at skippinet

May 1, 1999, 4:39 PM

Post #2 of 3 (831 views)

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The simplest way to trim fat (on Windows) is to simply remove entries from
config.c. This will cut out modules you dont need.

After that, things get a little tricker - you really need to start kicking
out types to trim much size - eg, the complex type, or the float type.

There has been some work recently to port Python onto a number of embedded
systems - this has similar goals to yours, although will probably want to go
even further. Guido has expressed support for this, and we may see some
changes for 1.6 (likely to be 12 months away). If you want to see anything
before then, you probably need to get involved in this effort!

HTH...

Mark.

Kaweh Kazemi wrote in message <372c6b37.4637758@news.teleweb.at>...

>has anybody experience with creating 'the smallest, possible working
>Python interpreter', with only the essential files included? not
>including any special modules your applications would need.
>
>the problem is, that Python is getting bigger and bigger (which is ok
>with me), but i just need the core language for my special purpose.
>
>would you share your experiences with me?
>
>kaweh
>
>btw: i am using NT and VisualC++ 6.0, so i can't use the standard
>'config/makefile' way of rebuilding python, but the provided PC
>special mechanism (which works really fine, btw).

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spamfranke at bigfoot

May 2, 1999, 11:32 AM

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On Sun, 2 May 1999 09:39:04 +1000, "Mark Hammond" <MHammond@skippinet.com.au>
wrote:

[...]
>Guido has expressed support for this, and we may see some
>changes for 1.6 (likely to be 12 months away). If you want to see anything
>before then, you probably need to get involved in this effort!

Is there any conversation in a SIG or mailing list you can point to?

Stefan