Serializing Python compiled code.

[renjipanicker@gmail.com]

Hi everyone,

In a C++ application having a Python interpreter embedded, is it
possible to compile a small Python snippet into object code and
serialize the compiled object code to, for example, a database? I am
exploring the possibility of writing a data driven application, where
small-sized object code can be read from a database and executed.
Keeping aside all other considerations such as security, etc for a
moment, is this feasible?

Please do reply.

Thanks,
-/renji

[Tim Roberts]

Re: Serializing Python compiled code.

renjipanicker@g mail.com wrote:

>
>In a C++ application having a Python interpreter embedded, is it
>possible to compile a small Python snippet into object code and
>serialize the compiled object code to, for example, a database? I am
>exploring the possibility of writing a data driven application, where
>small-sized object code can be read from a database and executed.
>Keeping aside all other considerations such as security, etc for a
>moment, is this feasible?

The biggest problem, in my view, is that the compiled object code won't
work with any other version of Python, or with versions where the compiler
was built with other options, or possibly even on other processors with the
same version. The nice thing about a database server is that you can use
it from different computers without worrying about versions or processors.

Compilation is not that expensive. Why not just store the raw code
snippets?
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Tim Roberts, timr@probo.com
Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.