Chris Angelico <ros...@gmail.com> writes: > On Sun, Aug 29, 2021 at 7:40 AM Hope Rouselle <hrouse...@jevedi.com> wrote: >> >> I'd like get a statistic of how often each loop is used in practice. >> >> I was trying to take a look at the Python's standard libraries --- those >> included in a standard installation of Python 3.9.6, say --- to see >> which loops are more often used among while and for loops. Of course, >> since English use the preposition ``for'' a lot, that makes my life >> harder. Removing comments is easy, but removing strings is harder. So >> I don't know yet what I'll do. >> >> Have you guys ever measured something like that in a casual or serious >> way? I'd love to know. Thank you! > > For analysis like this, I recommend using the Abstract Syntax Tree: > > https://docs.python.org/3/library/ast.html > > You can take a Python source file, parse it to the AST, and then walk > that tree to see what it's using. That will avoid any false positives > from the word "for" coming up in the wrong places.
Wonderful. Someone here actually posted a nice ``routine'' that does the job marvelously well. I had the impression the poster posted only to solve my request --- impressive and appreciated. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
