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18.2 <tt class="module">symbol</tt> --
Constants used with Python parse trees</A>
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This module provides constants which represent the numeric values of
internal nodes of the parse tree. Unlike most Python constants, these
use lower-case names. Refer to the file <span class="file">Grammar/Grammar</span> 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.
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This module also provides one additional data object:
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<dl><dt><b><a name="l2h-3788"><tt>sym_name</tt></a></b>
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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.
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<dt>Module <b><tt class="module"><a href="module-parser.html">parser</a></tt>:</b>
<dd>The second example for the <tt class="module"><a href="module-parser.html">parser</a></tt>
module shows how to use the <tt class="module">symbol</tt>
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