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.TH logilab-astng 3 "30 Apr 2009"

.SH NAME

logilab-astng \- Python Abstract Syntax Tree New Generation

.SH DESCRIPTION

The

.I logilab-astng

The aim of this module is to provide a common base representation of 

python source code for projects such as pychecker, pyreverse, pylint.

.LP

It is governed by pylint's needs.  It extends class defined in the 

compiler.ast [1] module with some additional methods and attributes. 

Instance attributes are added by a builder object, which can either 

generate extended ast by visiting an existant ast tree or by inspecting 

living object. Methods are added by monkey patching ast classes.

.LP

Main modules are:

.LP

* nodes and scoped_nodes for more information about methods 

and attributes added to different node classes

.LP

* the manager contains a high level object to get astng trees 

from source files and living objects. It maintains a cache of 

previously constructed tree for quick access

.LP

* builder contains the class responsible to build astng trees

.LP

.SH FILES

.TP 2.2i

.B /usr/lib/python2.6/vendor-packages/logilab/astng

shared object library files

.SH AUTHORS

Sylvain Thenault ([email protected])

.SH SUPPORT

[email protected]

.SH SEE ALSO

.IR logilab-common (3),

.IR pylint (1),