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Python Language Services

Python provides a number of modules to assist in working with the Python language. These modules support tokenizing, parsing, syntax analysis, bytecode disassembly, and various other facilities.

These modules include:

• parser — Access Python parse trees
  • Creating ST Objects
  • Converting ST Objects
  • Queries on ST Objects
  • Exceptions and Error Handling
  • ST Objects
  • Examples
    • Emulation of compile
    • Information Discovery

• Abstract Syntax Trees
  • Node classes
  • Abstract Grammar
  • ast Helpers

• symtable — Access to the compiler’s symbol tables
  • Generating Symbol Tables
  • Examining Symbol Tables

• symbol — Constants used with Python parse trees

• token — Constants used with Python parse trees

• keyword — Testing for Python keywords

• tokenize — Tokenizer for Python source

• tabnanny — Detection of ambiguous indentation

• pyclbr — Python class browser support
  • Class Objects
  • Function Objects

• py_compile — Compile Python source files

• compileall — Byte-compile Python libraries

• dis — Disassembler for Python bytecode
  • Python Bytecode Instructions

• pickletools — Tools for pickle developers.

• distutils — Building and installing Python modules

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