Benefits

The primary benefit of pypp is improved readability of source code. Furthermore, the template engine provides powerful macro functionality which helps save keystrokes whilst coding.

Features

• Ease of use: just one import statement
• No additional file to declare nor any change in file extension required
• Once compilation is done, no runtime overhead
• Freshness check: compilation is only performed upon changes to source files
• Based on the Mako template engine

Drawbacks

• Increases start-up time
• Some template constructs confuse source code editor syntax highlight functionality