[Python-Dev] Please help complete the AST branch

[Jiwon Seo]

I'd like to help here on the AST branch, if it's not too late.
(Especially I'm interested with the generator expression part.)

If I want to volunteer, do I just begin to work with it? Or do I need
to read something or discuss with someone?

Thanks.

Jiwon.

On Mon, 3 Jan 2005 23:03:33 -0500, Jeremy Hylton <jhylton at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 03 Jan 2005 18:02:52 -0800, Brett C. <bac at ocf.berkeley.edu> wrote:
> > Plus there is the running tradition of sprinting on the AST branch at PyCon.  I
> > was planning on shedding my bug fixing drive at PyCon this year and sprinting
> > with (hopefully) Jeremy, Neal, Tim, and Neil on the AST branch as a prep for
> > working on it afterwards for my class credit.
> 
> I'd like to sprint on it before PyCon; we'll have to see what my
> schedule allows.
> 
> > If anyone would like to see the current code, check out ast-branch from CVS
> > (read the dev FAQ on how to check out a branch from CVS).  Read
> > Python/compile.txt for an overview of how the thing works and such.
> >
> > It will get done, just don't push for a 2.5 release within a month.  =)
> 
> I think the branch is in an awkward state, because of the new features
> added to Python 2.4 after the AST branch work ceased.  The ast branch
> doesn't handle generator expressions or decorators; extending the ast
> to support them would be a good first step.
> 
> There are also the simple logistical questions of integrating changes.
> Since most of the AST branch changes are confined to a few files, I
> suspect the best thing to do is to merge all the changes from the head
> except for compile.c.  I haven't done a major CVS branch integrate in
> at least nine months; if someone feels more comfortable with that, it
> would also be a good step.
> 
> Perhaps interested parties should take up the discussion on the
> compiler-sig.  I think we can recover the state of last May's effort
> pretty quickly, and I can help outline the remaining work even if I
> can't help much.  (Although I hope I can help, too.)
> 
> Jeremy
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