I you want to see some real Python internals (complete with low-level C gore), take a look at Yaniv Aknin's series starting here - http://tech.blog.aknin.name/2

I you want to see some real Python internals (complete with low-level C gore), take a look at Yaniv Aknin's series starting here - http://tech.blog.aknin.name/2010/04/02/pythons-innards-introduction/ http://tech.blog.aknin.name/2010/04/02/pythons-innards-intro... ... and my own series - http://eli.thegreenplace.net/category/programming/python/python-internals/ http://eli.thegreenplace.net/category/programming/python/pyt..., in particular starting with http://eli.thegreenplace.net/2010/06/30/python-internals-adding-a-new-statement-to-python/ http://eli.thegreenplace.net/2010/06/30/python-internals-add...