On 28/05/13 06:01, Jim Mooney wrote:
I was looking at the bytecode doc page as a break from the Lutz book, since I like Assembler-type code due to its total non-ambiguity, but the page doesn't say much. Is there a doc somewhere that corresponds some of the bytecode to Python source? I thought rot_1, 2, 3, and 4 looked useful, but it would take awhile to disassemble random programs to see what source they come from.
Python byte-code is not officially documented, and is subject to change. But it should be relatively straight-forward to understand, the names are mostly self-explanatory. The main thing to remember is that the byte-code is reverse-polish stack-based, like Forth, Postscript, and most Hewlett-Packard scientific calculators. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stack-oriented_programming_language
Another question. I tried installing a package that back-compiles (in win 7), so I could see things that way, and got the error "Unable to find vcvarsall.bat"
Shall we guess what package that is? I love guessing games! Ah, who am I kidding. No I don't. -- Steven _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
