RE: [Python-Dev] Please help complete the AST branch

2005-01-04 Thread Barry Warsaw
On Mon, 2005-01-03 at 23:17, Tony Meyer wrote: Perhaps interested parties should take up the discussion on the compiler-sig. This isn't listed in the 'currently active' SIGs list on http://python.org/sigs/ - is it still active, or will it now be? If so, perhaps it should be added to the

Re: [Python-Dev] Please help complete the AST branch

2005-01-04 Thread Jeremy Hylton
The list archives look like they are mostly full of spam, but it's also the only list we've used to discuss the ast work. I haven't really worried whether the sig was active, as long as the list was around. I don't mind if you want to resurrect it. Is there some way to delete the spam from the

[Python-Dev] Please help complete the AST branch

2005-01-03 Thread Guido van Rossum
The AST branch has been nearly complete for several Python versions now. The last time a serious effort was made was in May I believe, but it wasn't enough to merge the code back into 2.4, alas. It would be a real shame if this code was abandoned. If we're going to make progress with things like

Re: [Python-Dev] Please help complete the AST branch

2005-01-03 Thread Brett C.
Guido van Rossum wrote: The AST branch has been nearly complete for several Python versions now. The last time a serious effort was made was in May I believe, but it wasn't enough to merge the code back into 2.4, alas. It would be a real shame if this code was abandoned. [SNIP] So, I'm pleading.

Re: [Python-Dev] Please help complete the AST branch

2005-01-03 Thread Jeff Epler
On Mon, Jan 03, 2005 at 06:02:52PM -0800, Brett C. wrote: Although if someone can start sooner than by all means, go for it! And obviously help would be great since it isn't a puny codebase (4,000 lines so far for the CST-AST and AST-bytecode code). And obviously knowing a little more about