On Thu, 12 Jul 2018 at 11:21 Andre Roberge <andre.robe...@gmail.com> wrote:
> In the cPython repository, there is an unparse module in the Tools section. > https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/master/Tools/parser/unparse.py > > However, as it is not part of the standard library, it cannot be easily > used; to do so, one needs to make a local copy in a place from where it can > be imported. > > This module can be useful for people using the ast module to create and > parse trees, modify them ... and who want to convert the result back into > source code. Since it is obviously maintained to be compatible with the > current Python version, > Maintained doesn't mean it's check on very often, nor designed well or updated. ;) > would it be possible to include the unparse module in the standard library? > Since it isn't necessary for Python to function, I would say we probably don''t want to pull it up. Then the maintenance burden grows much more.
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