Recommendations on porting Python to D

[mw]

On Friday, 12 July 2024 at 18:07:50 UTC, mw wrote:
> On Friday, 3 May 2024 at 17:38:10 UTC, Chris Piker wrote:
>> On Thursday, 25 April 2024 at 16:57:53 UTC, mw wrote:
>>> On Wednesday, 24 April 2024 at 22:07:41 UTC, Chris Piker 
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Python-AST to D source converter may already exist?
>>>
>>> https://github.com/joortcom/eiffel_rename/tree/main/yi
>>>
>>> A rudimentary converter from (extended) Python to D. Maybe 
>>> you can use it as a starting point.
>>
>> Thanks for the suggestions.  I put the question aside for a 
>> bit, but yesterday ran across a python transpiler here:
>>
>>   https://github.com/py2many/py2many
>>
>> It already has support for C++, Go and others.  Since I have 
>> mountains of python code created over many years, maybe it 
>> would be worth contributing to this project out of self 
>> interest.
>>
>> Can you take a look at py2many and see what you think about 
>> it?  Getting D on the support list might be good.
>
> Hi,
>
> I have made basic py2many.pyd work at language/syntax level in 
> my dlang fork:
>
> https://github.com/mw66/py2many/tree/dlang
>
> The following examples works now:
>
> https://github.com/mw66/py2many/tree/dlang/tests/expected
>
> py2many/ 13:56:23$ ls ./tests/expected/*.d
> ./tests/expected/bubble_sort.d
> ./tests/expected/cls.d
> ./tests/expected/fib.d
> ./tests/expected/import_tests.d
> ./tests/expected/classes.d
> ./tests/expected/dict.d
> ./tests/expected/hello_world.d
> ./tests/expected/nested_dict.d
>
>
> I haven't created PR to be merged into the main branch, since 
> it's better to pass all the tests.
>
> All the remaining work is to make Python's specific feature 
> (e.g. async), library (e.g. complex number, NamedTemporaryFile) 
> work in D. There are many things need to be done, if you have 
> time, you can pick up from my fork, and work from there. (E.g. 
> you can create PR to my branch, and when everything is ready, 
> we submit to the main py2many all together).
>
>
> HTH.

FYI, now merged into the main branch:

https://github.com/py2many/py2many/tree/main/pyd