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Thu Dec 1 00:14:12 CET 2005 · https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2005-December/058434.html

Nick Coghlan wrote:
 > The ast C structs are already auto-generated by a Python script 
(asdl_c.py, to
 > be precise). The trick is to make that script generate full PyObjects 
rather
 > than the simple C structures that it generates now.

See the ast-object branch.

 > The second step is to then modify ast.c to use the new structures. A 
branch
 > probably wouldn't help much with initial development (this is a 
"break the
 > world, check in when stuff compiles again" kind of change, which is 
hard to
 > split amongst multiple people), but I think it would be of benefit when
 > reviewing the change before moving it back to the trunk.

Well, there would be a clear two-split right now: one could change
ast.c, and the other compile.c.

Regards,
Martin

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