[Python-Dev] Please help complete the AST branch (original) (raw)

Jiwon Seo seojiwon at gmail.com
Wed Jan 5 17:32:44 CET 2005

I'd like to help here on the AST branch, if it's not too late. (Especially I'm interested with the generator expression part.)

If I want to volunteer, do I just begin to work with it? Or do I need to read something or discuss with someone?

Thanks.

Jiwon.

On Mon, 3 Jan 2005 23:03:33 -0500, Jeremy Hylton <jhylton at gmail.com> wrote:

On Mon, 03 Jan 2005 18:02:52 -0800, Brett C. <bac at ocf.berkeley.edu> wrote: > Plus there is the running tradition of sprinting on the AST branch at PyCon. I > was planning on shedding my bug fixing drive at PyCon this year and sprinting > with (hopefully) Jeremy, Neal, Tim, and Neil on the AST branch as a prep for > working on it afterwards for my class credit.

I'd like to sprint on it before PyCon; we'll have to see what my schedule allows. > If anyone would like to see the current code, check out ast-branch from CVS > (read the dev FAQ on how to check out a branch from CVS). Read > Python/compile.txt for an overview of how the thing works and such. > > It will get done, just don't push for a 2.5 release within a month. =) I think the branch is in an awkward state, because of the new features added to Python 2.4 after the AST branch work ceased. The ast branch doesn't handle generator expressions or decorators; extending the ast to support them would be a good first step. There are also the simple logistical questions of integrating changes. Since most of the AST branch changes are confined to a few files, I suspect the best thing to do is to merge all the changes from the head except for compile.c. I haven't done a major CVS branch integrate in at least nine months; if someone feels more comfortable with that, it would also be a good step. Perhaps interested parties should take up the discussion on the compiler-sig. I think we can recover the state of last May's effort pretty quickly, and I can help outline the remaining work even if I can't help much. (Although I hope I can help, too.) Jeremy

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