pocketpy

C++17 header-only Python interpreter for game engines.

Please see https://pocketpy.dev for details or try Live Demo.

News

PocketPy is undergoing a major reconstruction. The next version, 0.8.x, is a huge break change compared with 0.6.x.

Changes in 0.8.x:

1. better way for C bindings/host bindings
2. try/catch support
3. yield/coroutine support (we will try to implement asyncio)
4. complete reflection (exec/eval/getattr/setattr/hasattr)
5. bytecode optimizer (will improve the performance by 2x-3x)

Since the main purpose of PocketPy is for game engines, which is usually single-threaded. We will change some designs to fit this situation. All threaded interfaces will be deleted. PocketPy will no longer provide thread support at the C language level. If one needs to run the virtual machine in a thread, we recommend to use the thread support provided by the host language.

Reference

• cpython

• byterun

• emhash