Chuck Rhode <crh...@lacusveris.com> added the comment: Here are four ways to generate things called in the documentation Abstract Syntax Trees (ASTs). Obviously they are not all the same kind of object:
#!/usr/local/bin/python2.6 import sys import compiler import parser import ast STATEMENT = 'd[1,] = 2' print 'level %s' % sys.version print compiler.parse(STATEMENT) print parser.suite(STATEMENT).tolist() print ast.dump( compile(STATEMENT, '<string>', 'exec', ast.PyCF_ONLY_AST), annotate_fields=False, include_attributes=False, ) print ast.dump( ast.parse(STATEMENT), annotate_fields=False, include_attributes=False, ) # Fin Here are the results: >>> level 2.6.2 (r262:71600, Jun 29 2009, 08:08:18) [GCC 4.3.2] >>> Module(None, Stmt([Assign([Subscript(Name('d'), 'OP_ASSIGN', [Const(1)])], >>> Const(2))])) >>> [257, [267, [268, [269, [270, [327, [304, [305, [306, [307, [308, [310, >>> [311, [312, [313, [314, [315, [316, [317, [318, [1, 'd']], [322, [9, '['], >>> [323, [324, [304, [305, [306, [307, [308, [310, [311, [312, [313, [314, >>> [315, [316, [317, [318, [2, '1']]]]]]]]]]]]]]]], [12, ',']], [10, >>> ']']]]]]]]]]]]]]]]], [22, '='], [327, [304, [305, [306, [307, [308, [310, >>> [311, [312, [313, [314, [315, [316, [317, [318, [2, '2']]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]], >>> [4, '']]], [0, '']] >>> Module([Assign([Subscript(Name('d', Load()), Index(Tuple([Num(1)], >>> Load())), Store())], Num(2))]) >>> Module([Assign([Subscript(Name('d', Load()), Index(Tuple([Num(1)], >>> Load())), Store())], Num(2))]) To me the *compiler* module has vestigial utility. It would be nice if it returned correct results. ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue6978> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com