[Compiler-sig] progress on new AST

[Skip Montanaro]

    SM> What needs to be pitched?  I'm generally more familiar with pitching
    SM> stuff out, but not in a software setting.

    Jeremy> Reviewing the AST to make sure it accurately describes Python.
    Jeremy> Once I get started on the transformer, there will be lots of
    Jeremy> code to write.  I don't know how easy it will be to split that
    Jeremy> task up.

Reading?  I think I can read.

    SM> Will the new ASDL code eventually lead to more user-friendly error
    SM> messages and decent enough error recovery that it won't have to give
    SM> up after the first syntax error it encounters?

    Jeremy> Unfortunately, no.  The ASDL stuff describes the AST -- a
    Jeremy> compiler intermediate representation.  The error recovery needs
    Jeremy> to be added to the parser.

My mistake.  I was looking at the checkin messages and thinking I was
looking at grammar changes.

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