I tend to use the compiler module: http://docs.python.org/lib/compiler.html
With the output of the parsing functions I selectively inspect the AST nodes using the named attributes listed in the documentation: http://docs.python.org/lib/module-compiler.ast.html For cases where one just needs to traverse the child nodes of an AST node, the getChildNodes method is probably more helpful than the getChildren method, which returns things like name strings and other miscellaneous information mixed up with the list of nodes. If you want a genuine XML DOM version of a Python AST, the following project might provide you with a solution: http://pysch.sourceforge.net/ast.html See also: http://uucode.com/texts/genxml/genxml.html Paul -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
