Issue #11000 ast.parse parses source, not just expressions.

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Terry Reedy 2011-01-24 21:36:03 +00:00
parent b02701101b
commit feac624827
2 changed files with 6 additions and 6 deletions

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@ -110,9 +110,9 @@ The abstract grammar is currently defined as follows:
Apart from the node classes, :mod:`ast` module defines these utility functions
and classes for traversing abstract syntax trees:
.. function:: parse(expr, filename='<unknown>', mode='exec')
.. function:: parse(source, filename='<unknown>', mode='exec')
Parse an expression into an AST node. Equivalent to ``compile(expr,
Parse the source into an AST node. Equivalent to ``compile(source,
filename, mode, ast.PyCF_ONLY_AST)``.

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@ -28,12 +28,12 @@ from _ast import *
from _ast import __version__
def parse(expr, filename='<unknown>', mode='exec'):
def parse(source, filename='<unknown>', mode='exec'):
"""
Parse an expression into an AST node.
Equivalent to compile(expr, filename, mode, PyCF_ONLY_AST).
Parse the source into an AST node.
Equivalent to compile(source, filename, mode, PyCF_ONLY_AST).
"""
return compile(expr, filename, mode, PyCF_ONLY_AST)
return compile(source, filename, mode, PyCF_ONLY_AST)
def literal_eval(node_or_string):