[AST] question about marshal_write_*() fxns
For those of you who don't know, I am sprinting on the AST branch here on PyCon. Specifically, I am fleshing out Python/compile.txt so that it can act as a good intro to new users and as a design doc. But one of things I am not sure of is what the marshal_write_*() functions in Python/Python-ast.c are used for. I assume they output to the marshal format, but there is mention of a byte stream format and so I thought it might be that as well. Anyone know which one it is? -Brett
Neil Schemenauer wrote:
Jeremy emailed me and said the same thing. Name should be changed, though, to prevent this confusion. Jeremy thought maybe the name should be changed. Here are some ideas for a different name (thinking in terms of what the name would be changed to for the prefix of the function names): - byte_encode - linear_form - zephyr_encoding - flat_form - flat_prefix - prefix_form - scheme_form =) For those that don't know and it wasn't obvious from the names, the format is a prefix-based, linear form. -Brett
Brett C. wrote:
For those of you who don't know, I am sprinting on the AST branch here on PyCon.
Ah, so that's why it's quiet this week :)
Given Neil & Jeremy's answers, perhaps "linear_ast_*" or "bytestream_ast_*" would work as a new prefix? Cheers, Nick. -- Nick Coghlan | ncoghlan@email.com | Brisbane, Australia --------------------------------------------------------------- http://boredomandlaziness.skystorm.net
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