[Python-Dev] [Python-checkins] commit of r41880 - python/trunk/Python/Python-ast.c (original) (raw)

"Martin v. Löwis" martin at v.loewis.de
Tue Jan 3 09:38:59 CET 2006

Jeremy Hylton wrote:

I think this solution is better. It's relatively rare for people to change the ast definition, so for most purposes these should be static files.

Interestingly enough, I found yesterday that Python-ast.c did change for me, even though I had not touched the AST grammar at all. Assuming somebody forgot to commit this file, I just did.

I now investigated where this change originated from, and it was this commit

r41812 | tim.peters | 2005-12-26 00🔞31 +0100 (Mo, 26 Dez 2005) | 2 lines

Whitespace normalization.

This indicates two problems: apparently, the whitespace normalization also normalizes string literals; not sure whether this is a good idea or not. Furthermore, people should be made aware that something deserves their attention when they find that Python-ast.c has changed for them (but I guess Tim never saw Python-ast.c change, because this build step isn't executed on Windows).

Regards, Martin

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