Re: [Python-ideas] Built-in parsing library

2019-04-09 Thread Nam Nguyen
On Mon, Apr 8, 2019 at 7:59 AM Christopher Barker wrote: > > > On Mon, Apr 8, 2019 at 12:02 AM Paul Moore wrote: > >> I would expect that the only reasonable way of getting a parsing >> library in the stdlib would be to propose an established one from PyPI >> to be moved into the stdlib > > > Ab

Re: [Python-ideas] Built-in parsing library

2019-04-09 Thread Barry Scott
Nam, I'm not so sure that a "universal parsing library" is possible for the stdlib. I think one way you could find out what the requirements are is to refactor at least 2 of the existing stdlib modules that you have identified as needing a better parser. Did you find that you could use the sam

Re: [Python-ideas] Built-in parsing library

2019-04-09 Thread Stephen J. Turnbull
Barry Scott writes: > I'm not so sure that a "universal parsing library" is possible for > the stdlib. That shouldn't be our goal. (And I don't think Nam is wedded to that expression of the goal.) > I think one way you could find out what the requirements are is to > refactor at least 2 of