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Refer to the file <tt class="file docutils literal"><span class="pre">Grammar/Grammar</span></tt> in the Python distribution for the definitions of the names in the context of the language grammar. The specific numeric values which the names map to may change between Python versions.</p> <p>This module also provides one additional data object:</p> <dl class="data"> <dt id="symbol.sym_name"> <tt class="descclassname">symbol.</tt><tt class="descname">sym_name</tt><a class="headerlink" href="#symbol.sym_name" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Dictionary mapping the numeric values of the constants defined in this module back to name strings, allowing more human-readable representation of parse trees to be generated.</p> </dd></dl> <div class="admonition-see-also admonition seealso"> <p class="first admonition-title">See also</p> <dl class="last docutils"> <dt>Module <a class="reference internal" href="parser.html#module-parser" title="parser: Access parse trees for Python source code."><tt class="xref py py-mod docutils literal"><span class="pre">parser</span></tt></a></dt> <dd>The second example for the <a class="reference internal" href="parser.html#module-parser" title="parser: Access parse trees for Python source code."><tt class="xref py py-mod docutils literal"><span class="pre">parser</span></tt></a> module shows how to use the <a class="reference internal" href="#module-symbol" title="symbol: Constants representing internal nodes of the parse tree."><tt class="xref py py-mod docutils literal"><span class="pre">symbol</span></tt></a> module.</dd> </dl> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sphinxsidebar"> <div class="sphinxsidebarwrapper"> <h4>Previous topic</h4> <p class="topless"><a href="symtable.html" title="previous chapter">30.3. <tt class="docutils literal docutils literal"><span class="pre">symtable</span></tt> — Access to the compiler’s symbol tables</a></p> <h4>Next topic</h4> <p class="topless"><a href="token.html" title="next chapter">30.5. <tt class="docutils literal docutils literal"><span class="pre">token</span></tt> — Constants used with Python parse trees</a></p> <h3>This Page</h3> <ul class="this-page-menu"> <li><a href="../bugs.html">Report a Bug</a></li> <li><a href="../_sources/library/symbol.txt" rel="nofollow">Show Source</a></li> </ul> <div id="searchbox" style="display: none"> <h3>Quick search</h3> <form class="search" action="../search.html" method="get"> <input type="text" name="q" size="18" /> <input type="submit" value="Go" /> <input type="hidden" name="check_keywords" value="yes" /> <input type="hidden" name="area" value="default" /> </form> <p class="searchtip" style="font-size: 90%"> Enter search terms or a module, class or function name. </p> </div> <script type="text/javascript">$('#searchbox').show(0);</script> </div> </div> <div class="clearer"></div> </div> <div class="related"> <h3>Navigation</h3> <ul> <li class="right" style="margin-right: 10px"> <a href="../genindex.html" title="General Index" >index</a></li> <li class="right" > <a href="../py-modindex.html" title="Python Module Index" >modules</a> |</li> <li class="right" > <a href="token.html" title="30.5. token — Constants used with Python parse trees" >next</a> |</li> <li class="right" > <a href="symtable.html" title="30.3. symtable — Access to the compiler’s symbol tables" >previous</a> |</li> <li><img src="../_static/py.png" alt="" style="vertical-align: middle; margin-top: -1px"/></li> <li><a href="../index.html">Python v3.2.2 documentation</a> »</li> <li><a href="index.html" >The Python Standard Library</a> »</li> <li><a href="language.html" >30. 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