32. 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:

• 32.1. parser --- Access Python parse trees
  • 32.1.1. Creating ST Objects
  • 32.1.2. Converting ST Objects
  • 32.1.3. Queries on ST Objects
  • 32.1.4. Exceptions and Error Handling
  • 32.1.5. ST Objects
  • 32.1.6. Example: Emulation of compile()
• 32.2. ast --- Abstract Syntax Trees
  • 32.2.1. Node classes
  • 32.2.2. Abstract Grammar
  • 32.2.3. ast Helpers
• 32.3. symtable --- Access to the compiler's symbol tables
  • 32.3.1. Generating Symbol Tables
  • 32.3.2. Examining Symbol Tables
• 32.4. symbol --- Constants used with Python parse trees
• 32.5. token --- Constants used with Python parse trees
• 32.6. keyword --- Testing for Python keywords
• 32.7. tokenize --- Tokenizer for Python source
  • 32.7.1. Tokenizing Input
  • 32.7.2. Command-Line Usage
  • 32.7.3. Examples
• 32.8. tabnanny --- Detection of ambiguous indentation
• 32.9. pyclbr --- Python class browser support
  • 32.9.1. Class Objects
  • 32.9.2. Function Objects
• 32.10. py_compile --- Compile Python source files
• 32.11. compileall --- Byte-compile Python libraries
  • 32.11.1. Command-line use
  • 32.11.2. Public functions
• 32.12. dis --- Disassembler for Python bytecode
  • 32.12.1. Bytecode analysis
  • 32.12.2. Analysis functions
  • 32.12.3. Python Bytecode Instructions
  • 32.12.4. Opcode collections
• 32.13. pickletools --- Tools for pickle developers
  • 32.13.1. Command line usage
    • 32.13.1.1. Command line options
  • 32.13.2. Programmatic Interface