Re: [Jython-users] Static methods?

[<bc...@wo...>]

>bc...@wo... (Finn Bock) writes:
>
>> I suppose it depends on the viewpoint. I have never seen jythonc as a
>> java code generator. To me, it is a jython compiler and its main purpose
>> is to analyze and freeze a collection of jython code so that there is no
>> need for dynamic creation of bytecode.

[John Goerzen]

>I don't see it as a Java code generator, but it *is* quite useful to
>be able to call Python methods from Java and to make Python methods
>appear to be Java methods.  (Why else would there be @sig support?)

I blame Jim Hugunin for that weird feature <wink>.

Ofcourse I will not remove the feature, but I don't think that I will
expand on it either. Patches are always welcome, but be warning that
jythonc is a unstable minefield ready to explode even at the slightest
modification.

regards,
finn