[Python-ideas] Including the unparse module in the standard library

[Ryan Gonzalez]

If you want to get source code from an AST, you'd probably be better off 
with a more fully-featured library like Astor: 
https://github.com/berkerpeksag/astor


On July 12, 2018 1:21:23 PM Andre Roberge <andre.roberge at gmail.com> wrote:

> In the cPython repository, there is an unparse module in the Tools section.
> https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/master/Tools/parser/unparse.py
>
> However, as it is not part of the standard library, it cannot be easily
> used; to do so, one needs to make a local copy in a place from where it can
> be imported.
>
> This module can be useful for people using the ast module to create and
> parse trees, modify them ... and who want to convert the result back into
> source code.  Since it is obviously maintained to be compatible with the
> current Python version, would it be possible to include the unparse module
> in the standard library?
>
> André Roberge
>
>
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