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diff --git a/Doc/library/parser.rst b/Doc/library/parser.rst index a302681..c55cd65 100644 --- a/Doc/library/parser.rst +++ b/Doc/library/parser.rst @@ -25,11 +25,11 @@ from this. This is better than trying to parse and modify an arbitrary Python code fragment as a string because parsing is performed in a manner identical to the code forming the application. It is also faster. -.. note:: +.. warning:: - From Python 2.5 onward, it's much more convenient to cut in at the Abstract - Syntax Tree (AST) generation and compilation stage, using the :mod:`ast` - module. + The parser module is deprecated and will be removed in future versions of + Python. For the majority of use cases you can leverage the Abstract Syntax + Tree (AST) generation and compilation stage, using the :mod:`ast` module. There are a few things to note about this module which are important to making use of the data structures created. This is not a tutorial on editing the parse |