astNothing.py

# Use ast to generate an abstract syntax tree to assign an empty tuple to a variable named "nothing"
# i.e. equivalent to
# nothing = ()

import ast

emptyness = ast.Module(body=[ ast.Assign(targets = [
                        ast.Name(id = 'nothing', ctx = ast.Store())],
                        value = ast.Tuple(elts=[], ctx = ast.Load()))
                        ])
ast.fix_missing_locations(emptyness)

co = compile(emptyness, "<ast>", "exec")
exec(co)