martin v löwis qpnyslvloewisde thomas lee wrote martin v löwis wrote leaves us options 5 reuseabuse numobject arbitrary constants afaict work box eek seem like num would work box would good idea suggested completeness replacing num const might make optimizations specifically numeric values slightly hairier semantically think might different enough warrant separate ast nodes despite similarity implementation compiler level think separate const would mere addition compatibility uses ast thats actually better simultaneous removal num regards martin _______________________________________________ pythondev mailing list zvlllneumpythonorg httpmailpythonorgmailmanlistinfopythondev unsubscribe httpmailpythonorgmailmanoptionspythondevpythondev40tangomucom fri 08 aug 2008 103317 0200 pythondev optimization python asts deal constant values