[issue29646] ast.parse parses string literals as docstrings

ProgVal added the comment: Indeed, thanks. I should have done that when I migrated from compiler.parse. -- resolution: -> not a bug stage: -> resolved status: open -> closed ___ Python tracker

[issue29646] ast.parse parses string literals as docstrings

Serhiy Storchaka added the comment: If someone wants to parse a simple expression that may be a string he should use the "eval" mode. >>> ast.dump(ast.parse("'test'")) "Module(body=[], docstring='test')" >>> ast.dump(ast.parse("'test'", mode='eval')) "Expression(body=Str(s='test'))"

[issue29646] ast.parse parses string literals as docstrings

ProgVal added the comment: (Oops, submitted too soon.) I understand the rational of this change, so I am not sure if this is actually a bug. However, if someone wants to parse a simple expression that may be a string, they need to add a special handling in case it's a string interpreted as a

[issue29646] ast.parse parses string literals as docstrings

New submission from ProgVal: Since commit cb41b2766de646435743b6af7dd152751b54e73f (Python 3.7a0), string literals are not parsed the same way. ast.parse("'test'").body used to be a list with one item containing 'test'; but now it is an empty list: Python 3.5.2+ (default, Dec 13 2016,