[Python-ideas] Enabling access to the AST for Python code

[Andrew Barnert]

> On May 21, 2015, at 19:08, Greg <greg.ewing at canterbury.ac.nz> wrote:
> 
>> On 22/05/2015 1:51 p.m., Andrew Barnert via Python-ideas wrote:
>> Or just use MacroPy, which
>> wraps up all the hard stuff (especially 2.x compatibility) and
>> provides a huge framework of useful tools. What do you want to do
>> that can't be done that way?
> 
> You might not want to drag in a huge framework just to
> do one thing.

But "all kinds of LINQ-style things, like ORMs" isn't just one thing. If you're going to build a huge framework, why not build it on top of another framework that does the hard part of the work for you?