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Author	pitrou
Recipients	eltoder, mark.dickinson, pitrou, rhettinger
Date	2011-03-11.16:38:12
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> Also, the peephole optimizer was developed before the AST branch was > added to Python. Constant folding more properly belongs at the AST > level, not in the peepholer itself. Our strategy is to move as much > as possible into an AST optimizer and to stop building out the > peephole optimizer. Who is working on this "strategy"? Until someone takes it to task to implement the "correct pattern", I think iterative improvement of the peepholer is a reasonable thing.

> Also, the peephole optimizer was developed before the AST branch was
> added to Python.  Constant folding more properly belongs at the AST
> level, not in the peepholer itself.  Our strategy is to move as much
> as possible into an AST optimizer and to stop building out the
> peephole optimizer.

Who is working on this "strategy"?
Until someone takes it to task to implement the "correct pattern", I
think iterative improvement of the peepholer is a reasonable thing.

History
Date	User	Action	Args
2011-03-11 16:38:13	pitrou	set	recipients: + pitrou, rhettinger, mark.dickinson, eltoder
2011-03-11 16:38:12	pitrou	link	issue11462 messages
2011-03-11 16:38:12	pitrou	create