Futzing about.

bin/hy

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+

hy/compiler.py

@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2012 Paul Tagliamonte <paultag@debian.org>
+#
+# Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
+# copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"),
+# to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation
+# the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense,
+# and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the
+# Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+#
+# The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+# all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+#
+# THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+# IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+# FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.  IN NO EVENT SHALL
+# THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+# LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING
+# FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER
+# DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+
+from hy.compilers.pyast import HyASTCompiler
+
+
+compiler = HyASTCompiler()
+
+
+def compile(tree):
+    " Compile a HyObject tree into a Python AST tree. "
+    return compiler.compile(tree)

setup.py

@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ setup(
     name=__appname__,
     version=__version__,
     scripts=[
+        "bin/hy",
     ],
     packages=[
         'hy',

tests/compilers/test_ast.py

@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@
 # FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER
 # DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
 
-from hy.compilers.pyast import HyASTCompiler, HyCompileError
+from hy.compilers.pyast import HyCompileError
+from hy.compiler import compile
 from hy.lex import tokenize
 import ast
 
@@ -33,9 +34,8 @@ def _ast_spotcheck(arg, root, secondary):
 
 
 def test_ast_bad_type():
-    compiler = HyASTCompiler()
     try:
-        compiler.compile("foo")
+        compile("foo")
         assert True == False
     except HyCompileError:
         pass
@@ -43,8 +43,7 @@ def test_ast_bad_type():
 
 def test_ast_expression_basics():
     """ Ensure basic AST expression conversion works. """
-    compiler = HyASTCompiler()
-    code = compiler.compile(tokenize("(foo bar)"))[0]
+    code = compile(tokenize("(foo bar)"))[0]
     tree = ast.Call(
             func=ast.Name(
                 id="foo",