This commit replaces the Python implementation of the tokenize module with an implementation
that reuses the real C tokenizer via a private extension module. The tokenize module now implements
a compatibility layer that transforms tokens from the C tokenizer into Python tokenize tokens for backward
compatibility.
As the C tokenizer does not emit some tokens that the Python tokenizer provides (such as comments and non-semantic newlines), a new special mode has been added to the C tokenizer mode that currently is only used via
the extension module that exposes it to the Python layer. This new mode forces the C tokenizer to emit these new extra tokens and add the appropriate metadata that is needed to match the old Python implementation.
Co-authored-by: Pablo Galindo <pablogsal@gmail.com>
Pablo Galindo Salgado
Marta Gómez Macías
Jaysinh Shukla
Nikita Sobolev
Irit Katriel
Hai Shi
Victor Stinner
Lihua Zhao
Zackery Spytz