Convert Python Abstract Syntax Trees (ASTs) to readable source code.
Xylem is useful for when you want to make dynamic changes to Python code/ASTs, but also need to write those changes back as source code.
It’s also very small (<500 lines), pure-Python, and produces (mostly) readable source code.
In writing this, I made heavy use of the unofficial AST documentation at Green Tree Snakes.
Installation
Xylem will work on Python 3.4 or later. I’ll eventually get around to testing it on Python 2.7-3.3.
From PyPI
Install Xylem by running pip3 install xylem from the command line.
From GitHub
Clone or download the git repo, navigate to the directory, and run:
python3 setup.py sdist cd dist pip3 install xylem-<version>.tar.gz
Usage
to_source is likely the only method you’ll need to use:
>>> from xylem import to_source
>>> import ast
>>> tree = ast.parse("print('hello world')")
>>> ast.dump(tree)
"Module(body=[Expr(value=Call(func=Name(id='print', ctx=Load()), args=[Str(s='Hello world')], keywords=[]))])"
>>> to_source(tree)
"print('hello world')"compare_ast may also be useful for determining if two ASTs are functionally equivalent.
Development
Xylem versioning functions on a MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH.[DEVELOP] model. Only stable, non development releases will be published to PyPI. Because Xylem is still a beta project, the MAJOR increment will be 0. Minor increments represent new features. Patch increments represent problems fixed with existing features.
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