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Update docs to reflect new compile() and compileFile()

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Jeremy Hylton 2001-12-04 02:48:52 +00:00
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@ -57,9 +57,24 @@ appropriate method on the \var{visitor} instance for each node
encountered.
\end{funcdesc}
\begin{funcdesc}{compile}{path}
Compile the file \var{path} and generate the corresponding \file{.pyc}
file.
\begin{funcdesc}{compile}{source, filename, mode, flags=None,
dont_inherit=None}
Compile the string \var{source}, a Python module, statement or
expression, into a code object that can be executed by the exec
statement or \function{eval()}. This function is a replacement for the
built-in \function{compile()} function.
The \var{filename} will be used for run-time error messages.
The \var{mode} must be 'exec' to compile a module, 'single' to compile a
single (interactive) statement, or 'eval' to compile an expression.
The \var{flags} and \var{dont_inherit} arguments affect future-related
statements, but are not supported yet.
\end{funcdesc}
\begin{funcdesc}{compileFile}{source}
Compiles the file \var{source} and generates a .pyc file.
\end{funcdesc}
The \module{compiler} package contains the following modules: