python under the hood

[tpochep@mail.ru]

Hello.

Is there any good information about python's internals and semantic? I
mean "under the hood".
For example, I want to understant what do these strings

x = 10
y = 10
x = 20

mean (memory allocation for object? ctors? etc.)
Unfortynatly, I'm too lazy to read python's source code :) (and I
guess, it's not very easy :) )

[Fredrik Lundh]

Re: python under the hood

tpochep@mail.ru wrote:

Is there any good information about python's internals and semantic? I
mean "under the hood".
For example, I want to understant what do these strings
>
x = 10
y = 10
x = 20
>
mean (memory allocation for object? ctors? etc.)

reading this might help:

http://effbot.org/zone/python-objects.htm

</F>

[A.T.Hofkamp]

Re: python under the hood

On 2006-10-20, tpochep@mail.ru <tpochep@mail.r uwrote:

Hello.
>
Is there any good information about python's internals and semantic? I
mean "under the hood".

Not exactly 'under the hood', but very close is the Python/C API.
You can learn a great deal by reading the Extending&Embed ding manual as well as
the Python/C API reference manual.

Unfortynatly, I'm too lazy to read python's source code :) (and I
guess, it's not very easy :) )

After the above, some parts should be familiar. The functions in the Python/C
API are also being used inside Python.

I also found the source code pretty understandable, although I read only a
small part of it.

Albert

[John Salerno]

Re: python under the hood

tpochep@mail.ru wrote:

Hello.
>
Is there any good information about python's internals and semantic? I
mean "under the hood".
For example, I want to understant what do these strings
>
x = 10
y = 10
x = 20
>
mean (memory allocation for object? ctors? etc.)
Unfortynatly, I'm too lazy to read python's source code :) (and I
guess, it's not very easy :) )
>

I found both Learning Python and Python in a Nutshell (both O'Reilly) to
be really good at covering some of the details of what's happening in
the language. Assuming you want to read whole books about it! :)