2013/9/25 Eli Bendersky <eliben@gmail.com>:
> 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 module? Any module named "ast" (or
"_ast") didn't exist until 2.5.

I think Eli is talking about the compiler package's own AST. 
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On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 9:28 AM, Benjamin Peterson <benjamin@python.org> wrote:
2013/9/25 Eli Bendersky <eliben@gmail.com>:
> 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 module? Any module named "ast" (or
"\_ast") didn't exist until 2.5.

I think Eli is talking about the compiler package's own AST.