# Grammar for Python # Change log: # 30-Nov-93: # Removed lambda_input, added lambdef # 25-Oct-93: # Added lambda_input # 18-Oct-93: # Use testlist instead of exprlist in expr_stmt # Add exec statement # 19-May-93: # Add access statement # 18-May-93: # Abolish old class header syntax # 06-Apr-92: # Use only '*' for varargs list # 31-Mar-92: # Tighten syntax for try statements # 27-Feb-92: # Allow NEWLINE* after eval input # 16-Jan-92: # Added '*' as alternative for '+' in varargs syntax # (Not sure which alternative is better yet.) # 11-Jan-92: # Variable length argument list syntax added: def f(a, b, +rest): ... # 8-Jan-92: # Allow only '==' for equality testing # Changes since version 8: # Trailing commas in formal parameter lists are allowed # Changes since version 7: # New syntax to specify base classes (but old syntax retained for now) # 'global' statement (valid only in functions but not enforced here) # Changes since version 6: # Add logical operators '|', '^', '&' and '~' # Add shift operators '<<' and '>>' # Changes since version 5: # Comparison operators '<=' '>' '<>' are now 1 token # Also support '!=' and '==' as alternatives for '<>' and '=' # Changes compared to version 4: # Blank lines and lines only containing a comment are now eaten # by the lexer, so the NEWLINE* things in suite are gone # (but the 2nd NEWLINE terminating single_input stays!) # Semicolons can separate small statements # 'continue' statement # Dictionary constructors: {key:value, key:value, ...} # More tests instead of exprs # Changes compared to version 3: # Removed 'dir' statement. # Function call argument is a testlist instead of exprlist. # Changes compared to version 2: # The syntax of Boolean operations is changed to use more # conventional priorities: or < and < not. # Changes compared to version 1: # modules and scripts are unified; # 'quit' is gone (use ^D); # empty_stmt is gone, replaced by explicit NEWLINE where appropriate; # 'import' and 'def' aren't special any more; # added 'from' NAME option on import clause, and '*' to import all; # added class definition. # Start symbols for the grammar: # single_input is a single interactive statement; # file_input is a module or sequence of commands read from an input file; # eval_input is the input for the eval() and input() functions. # NB: compound_stmt in single_input is followed by extra NEWLINE! single_input: NEWLINE | simple_stmt | compound_stmt NEWLINE file_input: (NEWLINE | stmt)* ENDMARKER eval_input: testlist NEWLINE* ENDMARKER funcdef: 'def' NAME parameters ':' suite parameters: '(' [varargslist] ')' varargslist: (fpdef ',')* '*' NAME | fpdef (',' fpdef)* [','] fpdef: NAME | '(' fplist ')' fplist: fpdef (',' fpdef)* [','] stmt: simple_stmt | compound_stmt simple_stmt: small_stmt (';' small_stmt)* [';'] NEWLINE small_stmt: expr_stmt | print_stmt | del_stmt | pass_stmt | flow_stmt | import_stmt | global_stmt | access_stmt | exec_stmt expr_stmt: (testlist '=')* testlist # For assignments, additional restrictions enforced by the interpreter print_stmt: 'print' (test ',')* [test] del_stmt: 'del' exprlist pass_stmt: 'pass' flow_stmt: break_stmt | continue_stmt | return_stmt | raise_stmt break_stmt: 'break' continue_stmt: 'continue' return_stmt: 'return' [testlist] raise_stmt: 'raise' test [',' test] import_stmt: 'import' NAME (',' NAME)* | 'from' NAME 'import' ('*' | NAME (',' NAME)*) global_stmt: 'global' NAME (',' NAME)* access_stmt: 'access' ('*' | NAME (',' NAME)*) ':' accesstype (',' accesstype)* accesstype: NAME+ # accesstype should be ('public' | 'protected' | 'private') ['read'] ['write'] # but can't be because that would create undesirable reserved words! exec_stmt: 'exec' expr ['in' test [',' test]] compound_stmt: if_stmt | while_stmt | for_stmt | try_stmt | funcdef | classdef if_stmt: 'if' test ':' suite ('elif' test ':' suite)* ['else' ':' suite] while_stmt: 'while' test ':' suite ['else' ':' suite] for_stmt: 'for' exprlist 'in' testlist ':' suite ['else' ':' suite] try_stmt: 'try' ':' suite (except_clause ':' suite)+ | 'try' ':' suite 'finally' ':' suite # NB compile.c makes sure that the default except clause is last except_clause: 'except' [test [',' test]] suite: simple_stmt | NEWLINE INDENT stmt+ DEDENT test: and_test ('or' and_test)* | lambdef and_test: not_test ('and' not_test)* not_test: 'not' not_test | comparison comparison: expr (comp_op expr)* comp_op: '<'|'>'|'=='|'>='|'<='|'<>'|'!='|'in'|'not' 'in'|'is'|'is' 'not' expr: xor_expr ('|' xor_expr)* xor_expr: and_expr ('^' and_expr)* and_expr: shift_expr ('&' shift_expr)* shift_expr: arith_expr (('<<'|'>>') arith_expr)* arith_expr: term (('+'|'-') term)* term: factor (('*'|'/'|'%') factor)* factor: ('+'|'-'|'~') factor | atom trailer* atom: '(' [testlist] ')' | '[' [testlist] ']' | '{' [dictmaker] '}' | '`' testlist '`' | NAME | NUMBER | STRING lambdef: 'lambda' [varargslist] ':' test trailer: '(' [testlist] ')' | '[' subscript ']' | '.' NAME subscript: test | [test] ':' [test] exprlist: expr (',' expr)* [','] testlist: test (',' test)* [','] dictmaker: test ':' test (',' test ':' test)* [','] classdef: 'class' NAME ['(' testlist ')'] ':' suite