This experimental projects aims to provide efficient code generation for Restricted Python (RPython).

The main goal with this project is to learn LLVM.

RPython is subset of python that is statically typed. A valid RPython is a valid python programm. The concept of RPython was created by the PyPy project (http://codespeak.net/pypy/dist/pypy/doc/) and is developped in the following paper: http://www.disi.unige.it/person/AnconaD/papers/Recent_abstracts.html#AACM-DLS07

The code translation is done by analysis python bytecode of the function object provided as entry point. This means that the full power/dynamism of python can be use to generate the code (generate class methods...)

Python bindings for LLVM are used to generate the code (http://mdevan.nfshost.com/llvm-py/examples.html).