[Python-Dev] fuzzy logic?

[Michael Hudson]

1) Is there anything is the standard library that does the equivalent
   of

import symbol,token

def decode_ast(ast):
    if token.ISTERMINAL(ast[0]):
        return (token.tok_name[ast[0]], ast[1])
    else:
        return (symbol.sym_name[ast[0]],)+tuple(map(decode_ast,ast[1:]))

  so that, eg:

>>> pprint.pprint(decode.decode_ast(parser.expr("0").totuple()))
('eval_input',
 ('testlist',
  ('test',
   ('and_test',
    ('not_test',
     ('comparison',
      ('expr',
       ('xor_expr',
        ('and_expr',
         ('shift_expr',
          ('arith_expr',
           ('term',
            ('factor', ('power', ('atom', ('NUMBER', '0'))))))))))))))),
 ('NEWLINE', ''),
 ('ENDMARKER', ''))

  ?  Should there be?  (Especially if it was a bit better written).

... and Greg's just said everything else I wanted to!

Cheers,
M.

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