[Python-Dev] Module Suggestion: ast

[Georg Brandl]

Armin Ronacher schrieb:
> Hi all,
> 
> I would like to propose a new module for the stdlib for Python 2.6
> and higher:  "ast".  The motivation for this module is the pending
> deprecation for compiler.ast which is widely used (debugging,
> template engines, code coverage etc.).  _ast is a very solid module
> and is without a doubt easier to maintain then compiler.ast which
> was written in Python, it's lacking some features such as pretty
> printing the AST or traversing it.

If there are no further objections, I'll add this to PEP 361 so that the
proposal doesn't get lost.

Georg

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