Re: [Python-Dev] astgen.py vs. ASDL for ASTs

2013-09-25 Thread Eli Bendersky
On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 6:35 AM, Eli Bendersky wrote: > > > > On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 6:28 AM, Benjamin Peterson wrote: > >> 2013/9/25 Eli Bendersky : >> > Hello, >> > >> > Some history (as best as I could collect it) followed by a question: >> > >> > Before Python 2.5, the ast stdlib module was

Re: [Python-Dev] astgen.py vs. ASDL for ASTs

2013-09-25 Thread Eli Bendersky
On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 6:28 AM, Benjamin Peterson wrote: > 2013/9/25 Eli Bendersky : > > Hello, > > > > Some history (as best as I could collect it) followed by a question: > > > > Before Python 2.5, the ast stdlib module was auto generated by a script > > named astgen.py from a textual AST defin

Re: [Python-Dev] astgen.py vs. ASDL for ASTs

2013-09-25 Thread Brett Cannon
On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 9:28 AM, Benjamin Peterson wrote: > 2013/9/25 Eli Bendersky : > > Hello, > > > > Some history (as best as I could collect it) followed by a question: > > > > Before Python 2.5, the ast stdlib module was auto generated by a script > > named astgen.py from a textual AST defin

Re: [Python-Dev] astgen.py vs. ASDL for ASTs

2013-09-25 Thread Brett Cannon
cc'ing Jeremy Hylton who made the decision to use Zephyr. On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 9:15 AM, Eli Bendersky wrote: > Hello, > > Some history (as best as I could collect it) followed by a question: > > Before Python 2.5, the ast stdlib module was auto generated by a script > named astgen.py from a

Re: [Python-Dev] astgen.py vs. ASDL for ASTs

2013-09-25 Thread Benjamin Peterson
2013/9/25 Eli Bendersky : > Hello, > > Some history (as best as I could collect it) followed by a question: > > Before Python 2.5, the ast stdlib module was auto generated by a script > named astgen.py from a textual AST definition in Tools/compiler/ast.txt. Sorry, what Python 2.4 ast stdlib modul

[Python-Dev] astgen.py vs. ASDL for ASTs

2013-09-25 Thread Eli Bendersky
Hello, Some history (as best as I could collect it) followed by a question: Before Python 2.5, the ast stdlib module was auto generated by a script named astgen.py from a textual AST definition in Tools/compiler/ast.txt. Since 2.5 (http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0339/) ASTs are part of the n