Methinks that from this evidence it is clear that on 05/09/2008 at 05:07 PM you used 2to3 with Python alpha 4. The pickle is left behind as an optimization by 2to3's own parser. It will be ignored when you use it with a different Python version. It is correct that Grammar.txt hasn't changed since April -- this is expected (the grammar changes only when the grammar of the input language changes, and we haven't changed that in a long time).
--Guido On Sun, Jun 29, 2008 at 3:01 PM, Terry Reedy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Martin v. Löwis wrote: >> >> Terry Reedy wrote: >>> >>> WinXP 3.0 > > specifically .0b1 >>> >>> lib2to3 has grammar3.0.0.alpha.4.pickle >> >> What do you mean by "has"? > > The standard sense of 'directory has file' > > Directory of C:\Program Files\Python30\Lib\lib2to3 > > 06/19/2008 10:57 PM <DIR> . > 06/19/2008 10:57 PM <DIR> .. > 06/19/2008 01:03 PM 6,589 fixer_base.py > 06/19/2008 01:03 PM 12,518 fixer_util.py > 06/19/2008 10:57 PM <DIR> fixes > 04/02/2008 12:53 PM 6,418 Grammar.txt > 05/09/2008 05:07 PM 20,187 Grammar3.0.0.alpha.4.pickle > 04/02/2008 12:53 PM 6,714 patcomp.py > 04/02/2008 12:53 PM 821 PatternGrammar.txt > 06/19/2008 10:57 PM <DIR> pgen2 > 04/02/2008 12:53 PM 1,017 pygram.py > 05/08/2008 09:07 AM 25,573 pytree.py > 06/19/2008 01:03 PM 22,345 refactor.py > 06/19/2008 10:57 PM <DIR> tests > 06/19/2008 01:03 PM 8 __init__.py > 10 File(s) 102,190 bytes > >> What did you do, > > Nothing relevant > >> what did you expect to happen instead? > > To see Grammar3.0.0.beta.1.pickle or nothing like that at all. > >> The MSI file should have installed no .pickle files whatsoever. > > Well, there it is, timestamped early May ;-) > >>> was nothing updated for the beta? >>> or did grammar3.0.0.beta.a.pickle only make 2.6b1? >>> >>> I cannot find any doc in the libref (it would belong, I believe, in >>> Development Tools). Intentional? Not done yet? >> >> Why would you think this file deserves any mentioning in the >> documentation at all? > > 'Doc' refers to documentation for (lib)2to3 (see subject line), not the > surprising g...pickle. I expected mention of the former because > > 1. All other modules and packages in Lib seem to be in the Lib. Ref.. > 2. 2to3 is for developer-users as well as core developers. > 3. The lib2to3/refactor.py doc string says it is meant to be used. > > tjr > > _______________________________________________ > Python-3000 mailing list > Python-3000@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-3000 > Unsubscribe: > http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-3000/guido%40python.org > -- --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/) _______________________________________________ Python-3000 mailing list Python-3000@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-3000 Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-3000/archive%40mail-archive.com
