New submission from Franklin? Lee:
From `compile`'s doc: "Compile the source into a code or AST object."
The docs don't say how to compile into an AST object with `compile`, though. As it says later:
"If you want to parse Python code into its AST representation, see ast.parse()."
I checked 3.4-3.2, 3.0, 2.7, and 2.6. Versions before 3.4, and version 2.6, are missing the `ast.parse` line, but still have the first line.
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assignee: docs@python
components: Documentation
messages: 266311
nosy: docs@python, leewz
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: `compile` doesn't compile into an AST object as specified
type: behavior
versions: Python 2.7, Python 3.2, Python 3.3, Python 3.4, Python 3.5, Python 3.6
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