Benjamin Peterson <benja...@python.org> added the comment: 2010/12/24 Raymond Hettinger <rep...@bugs.python.org>: > > Raymond Hettinger <rhettin...@users.sourceforge.net> added the comment: > > ISTM the whole point of an Abstract Syntax Tree is to express semantics while > throwing away the syntax details. The only reason any position information > is kept is to support tracebacks and debugging.
I agree for the most part. It's also nearly impossible to preserve all the detail one would want in an *abstract* syntax tree. > > Perhaps the OP's request should changed to "add function to concrete parse > trees to show structure while preserving all the input detail returned by > tokenize." If someone can comment on what that would look like... ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue10769> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
