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authorFred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>1997-10-06 21:40:20 (GMT)
committerFred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>1997-10-06 21:40:20 (GMT)
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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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@@ -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}
+
%%
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