[Python-Dev] Introduction

[Brett C.]

Jeffery Roberts wrote:
> Thanks for all of your replies.  The front-end rewrite sounds especially
> interesting. I'm going to look into that.  Is the entire front end
> changing (ie scan/parse/ast) or just the AST structure ?
> 
> If you have any more information or directions please let me know.
> 

It is just a new AST.  Redoing/replacing pgen is something else 
entirely.  =)

The branch that this is being developed under in CVS is ast-branch. 
There is a incomplete README in Python/compile.txt that explains the 
basic idea and direction.

-Brett