ast docs: Fix description of ast.Constant #134741
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Contrary to the current docs, ast.Constant will never hold containers such as frozenset or tuple; the Python parser only emits it for simple literals. For precision, add the exact list of types that may be contained in an ast.Constant.
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Thanks @JelleZijlstra for the PR 🌮🎉.. I'm working now to backport this PR to: 3.13, 3.14. |
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Contrary to the current docs, ast.Constant will never hold containers such as frozenset or tuple; the Python parser only emits it for simple literals. For precision, add the exact list of types that may be contained in an ast.Constant. (cherry picked from commit 381020d) Co-authored-by: Jelle Zijlstra <jelle.zijlstra@gmail.com>
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GH-134911 is a backport of this pull request to the 3.14 branch. |
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Contrary to the current docs, ast.Constant will never hold containers such as frozenset or tuple; the Python parser only emits it for simple literals. For precision, add the exact list of types that may be contained in an ast.Constant. (cherry picked from commit 381020d) Co-authored-by: Jelle Zijlstra <jelle.zijlstra@gmail.com>
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Contrary to the current docs, ast.Constant will never hold containers such as frozenset or tuple; the Python parser only emits it for simple literals. For precision, add the exact list of types that may be contained in an ast.Constant. (cherry picked from commit 381020d) Co-authored-by: Jelle Zijlstra <jelle.zijlstra@gmail.com>
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Contrary to the current docs, ast.Constant will never hold containers such as frozenset or tuple; the Python parser only emits it for simple literals. For precision, add the exact list of types that may be contained in an ast.Constant. (cherry picked from commit 381020d) Co-authored-by: Jelle Zijlstra <jelle.zijlstra@gmail.com>
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Contrary to the current docs, ast.Constant will never hold containers such as frozenset or tuple; the Python parser only emits it for simple literals. For precision, add the exact list of types that may be contained in an ast.Constant.
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Contrary to the current docs, ast.Constant will never hold containers such as frozenset or tuple; the Python parser only emits it for simple literals. For precision, add the exact list of types that may be contained in an ast.Constant.
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Contrary to the current docs, ast.Constant will never hold containers
such as frozenset or tuple; the Python parser only emits it for simple
literals.
For precision, add the exact list of types that may be contained in an
ast.Constant.
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