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Remove all uses of \sectcode; we can now use logical markup everywhere.
author Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
date Sat, 04 Apr 1998 07:23:21 +0000
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1 \section{Standard Module \module{code}}
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2 \label{module-code}
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3 \stmodindex{code}
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5 The \code{code} module defines operations pertaining to Python code
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6 objects.
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8 The \code{code} module defines the following functions:
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11 \begin{funcdesc}{compile_command}{source, \optional{filename\optional{, symbol}}}
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12 This function is useful for programs that want to emulate Python's
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13 interpreter main loop (a.k.a. the read-eval-print loop). The tricky
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14 part is to determine when the user has entered an incomplete command
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15 that can be completed by entering more text (as opposed to a complete
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16 command or a syntax error). This function \emph{almost} always makes
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17 the same decision as the real interpreter main loop.
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19 Arguments: \var{source} is the source string; \var{filename} is the
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20 optional filename from which source was read, defaulting to
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21 \code{"<input>"}; and \var{symbol} is the optional grammar start
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22 symbol, which should be either \code{"single"} (the default) or
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23 \code{"eval"}.
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25 Return a code object (the same as \code{compile(\var{source},
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26 \var{filename}, \var{symbol})}) if the command is complete and valid;
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27 return \code{None} if the command is incomplete; raise
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28 \code{SyntaxError} if the command is a syntax error.
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31 \end{funcdesc}