From beef207ad0e3a1b0a0ed3a5fbd7269afa881f9a0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Benjamin Peterson Date: Sat, 8 Nov 2008 16:54:05 +0000 Subject: compile can also produce AST --- Doc/library/functions.rst | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/Doc/library/functions.rst b/Doc/library/functions.rst index 5b683ab..c2af1e8 100644 --- a/Doc/library/functions.rst +++ b/Doc/library/functions.rst @@ -199,11 +199,11 @@ are always available. They are listed here in alphabetical order. .. function:: compile(source, filename, mode[, flags[, dont_inherit]]) - Compile the *source* into a code object. Code objects can be + Compile the *source* into a code object or AST object. Code objects can be executed by a call to :func:`exec` or evaluated by a call to - :func:`eval`. *source* can either be a string or an AST object. - Refer to the :mod:`_ast` module documentation for information on - how to compile into and from AST objects. + :func:`eval`. *source* can either be a string or an AST object. Refer to the + :mod:`_ast` module documentation for information on how to compile into and + from AST objects. The *filename* argument should give the file from which the code was read; pass some recognizable value if it wasn't -- cgit v0.12