bpo-32892: Update the documentation for handling constants in AST. (G… · python/cpython@988aeba (original) (raw)

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@@ -101,12 +101,16 @@ Node classes
101	101	node = ast.UnaryOp(ast.USub(), ast.Constant(5, lineno=0, col_offset=0),
102	102	lineno=0, col_offset=0)
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	104	+.. versionchanged:: 3.8
	105	+
	106	+ Class :class:`ast.Constant` is now used for all constants.
	107	+
104	108	.. deprecated:: 3.8
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106		- Class :class:`ast.Constant` is now used for all constants. Old classes
107		-:class:`ast.Num`, :class:`ast.Str`, :class:`ast.Bytes`,
	110	+ Old classes :class:`ast.Num`, :class:`ast.Str`, :class:`ast.Bytes`,
108	111	:class:`ast.NameConstant` and :class:`ast.Ellipsis` are still available,
109		- but they will be removed in future Python releases.
	112	+ but they will be removed in future Python releases. In the meanwhile,
	113	+ instantiating them will return an instance of a different class.
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112	116	.. _abstract-grammar: