[Mono-list] re: Researching scripting langs with .net
Brian Lloyd
brian@zope.com
Wed, 19 Feb 2003 22:23:54 -0500
> Please excuse my ignorance, but will it eventually be possible to import
> an entire namespace at once such as:
> from CLR.System.IO import *
It would be possible - I haven't implemented it mainly because
'from x import *' is increasingly considered uncouth in python-land
and because it potentially fairly expensive.
> Also have you taken a look at ActiveState's work on Python and .NET?
> http://www.activestate.com/Corporate/Initiatives/NET/Research.html?_x=1
Yes - I believe that project is on ice though. That is a somewhat
different approach that tries to make Python a bone fide .NET language
(compiled to IL, etc.). I think that further work on an approach like
that would still be interesting - but it would be an awful lot of work
as well.
Brian Lloyd brian@zope.com
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