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:

• parser — Access Python parse trees
  • Creating ST Objects
  • Converting ST Objects
  • Queries on ST Objects
  • Exceptions and Error Handling
  • ST Objects
  • Examples
    • Emulation of compile()
    • Information Discovery
• Abstract Syntax Trees
  • Node classes
  • Abstract Grammar
  • ast Helpers
• symtable — Access to the compiler’s symbol tables
  • Generating Symbol Tables
  • Examining Symbol Tables
• symbol — Constants used with Python parse trees
• token — Constants used with Python parse trees
• keyword — Testing for Python keywords
• tokenize — Tokenizer for Python source
• tabnanny — Detection of ambiguous indentation
• pyclbr — Python class browser support
  • Class Objects
  • Function Objects
• py_compile — Compile Python source files
• compileall — Byte-compile Python libraries
• dis — Disassembler for Python bytecode
  • Python Bytecode Instructions
• pickletools — Tools for pickle developers.
• distutils — Building and installing Python modules