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author | Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> | 1997-10-06 21:40:20 (GMT) |
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committer | Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> | 1997-10-06 21:40:20 (GMT) |
commit | e061a51de1b4113ea036a0ad9328eb2f03507b9f (patch) | |
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Minor nits (Lib/token.py is a file, token is a module...).
Added docs for symbol and token modules at the end.
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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libparser.tex b/Doc/lib/libparser.tex index 4503358..6ca66f2 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libparser.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libparser.tex @@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ non-terminal elements in the grammar always have a length greater than one. The first element is an integer which identifies a production in the grammar. These integers are given symbolic names in the C header file \file{Include/graminit.h} and the Python module -\file{Lib/symbol.py}. Each additional element of the sequence represents +\code{symbol}. Each additional element of the sequence represents a component of the production as recognized in the input string: these are always sequences which have the same form as the parent. An important aspect of this structure which should be noted is that @@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ any child elements and the addition of the source text which was identified. The example of the \code{if} keyword above is representative. The various types of terminal symbols are defined in the C header file \file{Include/token.h} and the Python module -\file{Lib/token.py}. +\code{token}. The AST objects are not required to support the functionality of this module, but are provided for three purposes: to allow an application @@ -677,5 +677,55 @@ of this example, the code may be extended at clearly defined points to provide additional capabilities. +\section{Standard Module \sectcode{symbol}} +\stmodindex{symbol} + +This module provides constants which represent the numeric values of +internal nodes of the parse tree. Unlike most Python constants, these +use lower-case names. Refer to the file \file{Grammar/Grammar} in the +Python distribution for the defintions of the names in the context of +the language grammar. The specific numeric values which the names map +to may change between Python versions. + +This module also provides one additional data object: + +\begin{datadesc}{sym_name} +Dictionary mapping the numeric values of the constants defined in this +module back to name strings, allowing more human-readable +representation of parse trees to be generated. +\end{datadesc} + + +\section{Standard Module \sectcode{token}} +\stmodindex{token} + +This module provides constants which represent the numeric values of +leaf nodes of the parse tree (terminal tokens). Refer to the file +\file{Grammar/Grammar} in the Python distribution for the defintions +of the names in the context of the language grammar. The specific +numeric values which the names map to may change between Python +versions. + +This module also provides one data object and some functions. The +functions mirror definitions in the Python C header files. + +\begin{datadesc}{tok_name} +Dictionary mapping the numeric values of the constants defined in this +module back to name strings, allowing more human-readable +representation of parse trees to be generated. +\end{datadesc} + +\begin{funcdesc}{ISTERMINAL}{x} +Return true for terminal token values. +\end{funcdesc} + +\begin{funcdesc}{ISNONTERMINAL}{x} +Return true for non-terminal token values. +\end{funcdesc} + +\begin{funcdesc}{ISEOF}{x} +Return true if \var{x} is the marker indicating the end of input. +\end{funcdesc} + %% %% end of file diff --git a/Doc/libparser.tex b/Doc/libparser.tex index 4503358..6ca66f2 100644 --- a/Doc/libparser.tex +++ b/Doc/libparser.tex @@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ non-terminal elements in the grammar always have a length greater than one. The first element is an integer which identifies a production in the grammar. These integers are given symbolic names in the C header file \file{Include/graminit.h} and the Python module -\file{Lib/symbol.py}. Each additional element of the sequence represents +\code{symbol}. Each additional element of the sequence represents a component of the production as recognized in the input string: these are always sequences which have the same form as the parent. An important aspect of this structure which should be noted is that @@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ any child elements and the addition of the source text which was identified. The example of the \code{if} keyword above is representative. The various types of terminal symbols are defined in the C header file \file{Include/token.h} and the Python module -\file{Lib/token.py}. +\code{token}. The AST objects are not required to support the functionality of this module, but are provided for three purposes: to allow an application @@ -677,5 +677,55 @@ of this example, the code may be extended at clearly defined points to provide additional capabilities. +\section{Standard Module \sectcode{symbol}} +\stmodindex{symbol} + +This module provides constants which represent the numeric values of +internal nodes of the parse tree. Unlike most Python constants, these +use lower-case names. Refer to the file \file{Grammar/Grammar} in the +Python distribution for the defintions of the names in the context of +the language grammar. The specific numeric values which the names map +to may change between Python versions. + +This module also provides one additional data object: + +\begin{datadesc}{sym_name} +Dictionary mapping the numeric values of the constants defined in this +module back to name strings, allowing more human-readable +representation of parse trees to be generated. +\end{datadesc} + + +\section{Standard Module \sectcode{token}} +\stmodindex{token} + +This module provides constants which represent the numeric values of +leaf nodes of the parse tree (terminal tokens). Refer to the file +\file{Grammar/Grammar} in the Python distribution for the defintions +of the names in the context of the language grammar. The specific +numeric values which the names map to may change between Python +versions. + +This module also provides one data object and some functions. The +functions mirror definitions in the Python C header files. + +\begin{datadesc}{tok_name} +Dictionary mapping the numeric values of the constants defined in this +module back to name strings, allowing more human-readable +representation of parse trees to be generated. +\end{datadesc} + +\begin{funcdesc}{ISTERMINAL}{x} +Return true for terminal token values. +\end{funcdesc} + +\begin{funcdesc}{ISNONTERMINAL}{x} +Return true for non-terminal token values. +\end{funcdesc} + +\begin{funcdesc}{ISEOF}{x} +Return true if \var{x} is the marker indicating the end of input. +\end{funcdesc} + %% %% end of file |