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Simplify HTTPSConnection constructor. See discussion in SF bug 458463.
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1 \section{\module{codeop} ---
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2 Compile Python code}
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6 \declaremodule{standard}{codeop}
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7 \sectionauthor{Moshe Zadka}{moshez@zadka.site.co.il}
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8 \sectionauthor{Michael Hudson}{mwh@python.net}
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9 \modulesynopsis{Compile (possibly incomplete) Python code.}
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11 The \module{codeop} module provides utilities upon which the Python
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12 read-eval-print loop can be emulated, as is done in the
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13 \refmodule{code} module. As a result, you probably don't want to use
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14 the module directly; if you want to include such a loop in your
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15 program you probably want to use the \refmodule{code} module instead.
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17 There are two parts to this job:
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19 \begin{enumerate}
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20 \item Being able to tell if a line of input completes a Python
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21 statement: in short, telling whether to print
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22 `\code{>\code{>}>~} or `\code{...~}' next.
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23 \item Remembering which future statements the user has entered, so
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24 subsequent input can be compiled with these in effect.
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25 \end{enumerate}
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27 The \module{codeop} module provides a way of doing each of these
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28 things, and a way of doing them both.
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30 To do just the former:
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32 \begin{funcdesc}{compile_command}
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33 {source\optional{, filename\optional{, symbol}}}
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34 Tries to compile \var{source}, which should be a string of Python
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35 code and return a code object if \var{source} is valid
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36 Python code. In that case, the filename attribute of the code object
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37 will be \var{filename}, which defaults to \code{'<input>'}.
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38 Returns \code{None} if \var{source} is \emph{not} valid Python
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39 code, but is a prefix of valid Python code.
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41 If there is a problem with \var{source}, an exception will be raised.
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42 \exception{SyntaxError} is raised if there is invalid Python syntax,
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43 and \exception{OverflowError} or \exception{ValueError} if there is an
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44 invalid literal.
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46 The \var{symbol} argument determines whether \var{source} is compiled
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47 as a statement (\code{'single'}, the default) or as an expression
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48 (\code{'eval'}). Any other value will cause \exception{ValueError} to
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49 be raised.
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51 \strong{Caveat:}
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52 It is possible (but not likely) that the parser stops parsing
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53 with a successful outcome before reaching the end of the source;
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54 in this case, trailing symbols may be ignored instead of causing an
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55 error. For example, a backslash followed by two newlines may be
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56 followed by arbitrary garbage. This will be fixed once the API
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57 for the parser is better.
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58 \end{funcdesc}
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60 \begin{classdesc}{Compile}{}
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61 Instances of this class have \method{__call__()} methods indentical in
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64 \module{__future__} statement, the instance 'remembers' and compiles
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65 all subsequent program texts with the statement in force.
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68 \begin{classdesc}{CommandCompiler}{}
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73 program texts with the statement in force.
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74 \end{classdesc}
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76 A note on version compatibility: the \class{Compile} and
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77 \class{CommandCompiler} are new in Python 2.2. If you want to enable
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78 the future-tracking features of 2.2 but also retain compatibility with
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79 2.1 and earlier versions of Python you can either write
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81 \begin{verbatim}
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82 try:
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83 from codeop import CommandCompiler
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84 compile_command = CommandCompiler()
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85 del CommandCompiler
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86 except ImportError:
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87 from codeop import compile_command
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88 \end{verbatim}
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90 which is a low-impact change, but introduces possibly unwanted global
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91 state into your program, or you can write:
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93 \begin{verbatim}
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94 try:
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95 from codeop import CommandCompiler
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97 def CommandCompiler():
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98 from codeop import compile_command
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99 return compile_comamnd
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100 \end{verbatim}
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102 and then call \code{CommandCompiler} every time you need a fresh
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103 compiler object.