bpo-32892: Use ast.Constant instead of specific constant AST types. (GH-9445)
diff --git a/Doc/library/ast.rst b/Doc/library/ast.rst
index 9ff422c..97ce2f5 100644
--- a/Doc/library/ast.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/ast.rst
@@ -78,8 +78,8 @@
node = ast.UnaryOp()
node.op = ast.USub()
- node.operand = ast.Num()
- node.operand.n = 5
+ node.operand = ast.Constant()
+ node.operand.value = 5
node.operand.lineno = 0
node.operand.col_offset = 0
node.lineno = 0
@@ -87,9 +87,16 @@
or the more compact ::
- node = ast.UnaryOp(ast.USub(), ast.Num(5, lineno=0, col_offset=0),
+ node = ast.UnaryOp(ast.USub(), ast.Constant(5, lineno=0, col_offset=0),
lineno=0, col_offset=0)
+.. deprecated:: 3.8
+
+ Class :class:`ast.Constant` is now used for all constants. Old classes
+ :class:`ast.Num`, :class:`ast.Str`, :class:`ast.Bytes`,
+ :class:`ast.NameConstant` and :class:`ast.Ellipsis` are still available,
+ but they will be removed in future Python releases.
+
.. _abstract-grammar:
@@ -239,7 +246,7 @@
def visit_Name(self, node):
return copy_location(Subscript(
value=Name(id='data', ctx=Load()),
- slice=Index(value=Str(s=node.id)),
+ slice=Index(value=Constant(value=node.id)),
ctx=node.ctx
), node)