Re: [Boost-build] Python port (Was: bjam memory consumption)

From: Tomas Puverle (Tomas.Puverle_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-04-17 13:22:39

> It's the levels build on top of jam language that are scary. For example, 
the 
> classes mechanism is a complete hack. And non-ref-counted strings eat memory.
> So, it's mostly needed to port higher-level parts into Python. Replacing 
> half-baked class in Jam language with real class in Python can only improve 
> performance.

Thanks, that's interesting.  

Is the plan to embed python or to call C++ from it?  It is my understanding 
that the former is not a favoured alternative by the python community?

Any other changes planned after switching to Python?  Changes to syntax?  Any 
new features that are hard to implement right now?