[New-bugs-announce] [issue24002] Add un-parse function to ast

[Larry Hastings]

New submission from Larry Hastings:

Twice recently I've wanted a function that transforms an AST node tree back into text:

* In the hacked-up Tools/clinic/clinic.py for issue #24001
* In the hacked-up Lib/inspect.py for issue #23967

Both times I did a half-assed job just to get the patch working, so we could decide whether or not we want to go this route.

It seems useful and reasonable to do a proper job and add this functionality to ast.

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components: Library (Lib)
messages: 241477
nosy: benjamin.peterson, georg.brandl, larry
priority: normal
severity: normal
stage: needs patch
status: open
title: Add un-parse function to ast
type: enhancement
versions: Python 3.5

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