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1 % libparser.tex
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3 % Copyright 1995 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
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4 % and Fred L. Drake, Jr. This copyright notice must be distributed on
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12 \section{Built-in Module \sectcode{parser}}
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13 \label{module-parser}
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14 \bimodindex{parser}
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16 The \code{parser} module provides an interface to Python's internal
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17 parser and byte-code compiler. The primary purpose for this interface
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18 is to allow Python code to edit the parse tree of a Python expression
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19 and create executable code from this. This is better than trying
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20 to parse and modify an arbitrary Python code fragment as a string
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21 because parsing is performed in a manner identical to the code
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22 forming the application. It is also faster.
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24 There are a few things to note about this module which are important
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25 to making use of the data structures created. This is not a tutorial
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27 the \code{parser} module are presented.
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29 Most importantly, a good understanding of the Python grammar processed
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30 by the internal parser is required. For full information on the
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31 language syntax, refer to the Language Reference. The parser itself
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32 is created from a grammar specification defined in the file
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33 \file{Grammar/Grammar} in the standard Python distribution. The parse
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34 trees stored in the ``AST objects'' created by this module are the
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35 actual output from the internal parser when created by the
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36 \code{expr()} or \code{suite()} functions, described below. The AST
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37 objects created by \code{sequence2ast()} faithfully simulate those
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38 structures. Be aware that the values of the sequences which are
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39 considered ``correct'' will vary from one version of Python to another
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40 as the formal grammar for the language is revised. However,
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41 transporting code from one Python version to another as source text
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42 will always allow correct parse trees to be created in the target
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43 version, with the only restriction being that migrating to an older
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44 version of the interpreter will not support more recent language
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45 constructs. The parse trees are not typically compatible from one
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49 Each element of the sequences returned by \code{ast2list} or
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52 one. The first element is an integer which identifies a production in
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64 variable and function names defined by the user. In an alternate form
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83 objects; the \code{AST} library module provides a variety of such
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87 purposes. The most important purposes are to create AST objects and
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88 to convert AST objects to other representations such as parse trees
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89 and compiled code objects, but there are also functions which serve to
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95 \subsection{Creating AST Objects}
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99 to create the \code{'eval'} and \code{'exec'} forms.
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105 parse tree representation, otherwise an appropriate exception is
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107 \end{funcdesc}
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126 normal exceptions thrown by compilation may still be initiated when
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128 problems not related to syntax (such as a \code{MemoryError}
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129 exception), but may also be due to constructs such as the result of
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130 parsing \code{del f(0)}, which escapes the Python parser but is
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131 checked by the bytecode compiler.
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133 Sequences representing terminal tokens may be represented as either
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139 \end{funcdesc}
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434 By replacing the actual docstring with something to signify a variable
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435 component of the tree, we allow a simple pattern matching approach to
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436 check any given subtree for equivelence to the general pattern for
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437 docstrings. Since the example demonstrates information extraction, we
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438 can safely require that the tree be in tuple form rather than list
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439 form, allowing a simple variable representation to be
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440 \code{['variable_name']}. A simple recursive function can implement
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441 the pattern matching, returning a boolean and a dictionary of variable
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442 name to value mappings. (See file \file{example.py}.)
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443
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444 \bcode\begin{verbatim}
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445 from types import ListType, TupleType
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446
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447 def match(pattern, data, vars=None):
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448 if vars is None:
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449 vars = {}
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450 if type(pattern) is ListType:
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451 vars[pattern[0]] = data
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452 return 1, vars
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453 if type(pattern) is not TupleType:
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454 return (pattern == data), vars
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455 if len(data) != len(pattern):
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456 return 0, vars
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457 for pattern, data in map(None, pattern, data):
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458 same, vars = match(pattern, data, vars)
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459 if not same:
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460 break
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461 return same, vars
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462 \end{verbatim}\ecode
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463 %
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464 Using this simple representation for syntactic variables and the symbolic
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465 node types, the pattern for the candidate docstring subtrees becomes
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466 fairly readable. (See file \file{example.py}.)
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467
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468 \bcode\begin{verbatim}
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469 import symbol
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470 import token
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471
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472 DOCSTRING_STMT_PATTERN = (
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473 symbol.stmt,
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474 (symbol.simple_stmt,
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475 (symbol.small_stmt,
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476 (symbol.expr_stmt,
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477 (symbol.testlist,
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478 (symbol.test,
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479 (symbol.and_test,
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480 (symbol.not_test,
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481 (symbol.comparison,
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482 (symbol.expr,
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483 (symbol.xor_expr,
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484 (symbol.and_expr,
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485 (symbol.shift_expr,
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486 (symbol.arith_expr,
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487 (symbol.term,
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488 (symbol.factor,
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489 (symbol.power,
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490 (symbol.atom,
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491 (token.STRING, ['docstring'])
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492 )))))))))))))))),
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493 (token.NEWLINE, '')
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494 ))
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495 \end{verbatim}\ecode
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496 %
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497 Using the \code{match()} function with this pattern, extracting the
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498 module docstring from the parse tree created previously is easy:
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499
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500 \bcode\begin{verbatim}
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501 >>> found, vars = match(DOCSTRING_STMT_PATTERN, tup[1])
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502 >>> found
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503 1
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504 >>> vars
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505 {'docstring': '"""Some documentation.\012"""'}
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506 \end{verbatim}\ecode
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507 %
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508 Once specific data can be extracted from a location where it is
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509 expected, the question of where information can be expected
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510 needs to be answered. When dealing with docstrings, the answer is
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511 fairly simple: the docstring is the first \code{stmt} node in a code
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512 block (\code{file_input} or \code{suite} node types). A module
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513 consists of a single \code{file_input} node, and class and function
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514 definitions each contain exactly one \code{suite} node. Classes and
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515 functions are readily identified as subtrees of code block nodes which
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516 start with \code{(stmt, (compound_stmt, (classdef, ...} or
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517 \code{(stmt, (compound_stmt, (funcdef, ...}. Note that these subtrees
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518 cannot be matched by \code{match()} since it does not support multiple
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519 sibling nodes to match without regard to number. A more elaborate
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520 matching function could be used to overcome this limitation, but this
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521 is sufficient for the example.
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522
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523 Given the ability to determine whether a statement might be a
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524 docstring and extract the actual string from the statement, some work
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525 needs to be performed to walk the parse tree for an entire module and
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526 extract information about the names defined in each context of the
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527 module and associate any docstrings with the names. The code to
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528 perform this work is not complicated, but bears some explanation.
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529
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530 The public interface to the classes is straightforward and should
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531 probably be somewhat more flexible. Each ``major'' block of the
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532 module is described by an object providing several methods for inquiry
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533 and a constructor which accepts at least the subtree of the complete
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534 parse tree which it represents. The \code{ModuleInfo} constructor
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535 accepts an optional \code{\var{name}} parameter since it cannot
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536 otherwise determine the name of the module.
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537
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538 The public classes include \code{ClassInfo}, \code{FunctionInfo},
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539 and \code{ModuleInfo}. All objects provide the
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540 methods \code{get_name()}, \code{get_docstring()},
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541 \code{get_class_names()}, and \code{get_class_info()}. The
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542 \code{ClassInfo} objects support \code{get_method_names()} and
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543 \code{get_method_info()} while the other classes provide
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544 \code{get_function_names()} and \code{get_function_info()}.
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545
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546 Within each of the forms of code block that the public classes
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547 represent, most of the required information is in the same form and is
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548 accessed in the same way, with classes having the distinction that
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549 functions defined at the top level are referred to as ``methods.''
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550 Since the difference in nomenclature reflects a real semantic
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551 distinction from functions defined outside of a class, the
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552 implementation needs to maintain the distinction.
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553 Hence, most of the functionality of the public classes can be
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554 implemented in a common base class, \code{SuiteInfoBase}, with the
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555 accessors for function and method information provided elsewhere.
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556 Note that there is only one class which represents function and method
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557 information; this parallels the use of the \code{def} statement to
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558 define both types of elements.
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559
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560 Most of the accessor functions are declared in \code{SuiteInfoBase}
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561 and do not need to be overriden by subclasses. More importantly, the
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562 extraction of most information from a parse tree is handled through a
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563 method called by the \code{SuiteInfoBase} constructor. The example
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564 code for most of the classes is clear when read alongside the formal
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565 grammar, but the method which recursively creates new information
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566 objects requires further examination. Here is the relevant part of
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567 the \code{SuiteInfoBase} definition from \file{example.py}:
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568
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569 \bcode\begin{verbatim}
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570 class SuiteInfoBase:
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571 _docstring = ''
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572 _name = ''
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573
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574 def __init__(self, tree = None):
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575 self._class_info = {}
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576 self._function_info = {}
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577 if tree:
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578 self._extract_info(tree)
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579
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580 def _extract_info(self, tree):
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581 # extract docstring
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582 if len(tree) == 2:
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583 found, vars = match(DOCSTRING_STMT_PATTERN[1], tree[1])
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584 else:
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585 found, vars = match(DOCSTRING_STMT_PATTERN, tree[3])
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586 if found:
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587 self._docstring = eval(vars['docstring'])
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588 # discover inner definitions
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589 for node in tree[1:]:
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590 found, vars = match(COMPOUND_STMT_PATTERN, node)
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591 if found:
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592 cstmt = vars['compound']
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593 if cstmt[0] == symbol.funcdef:
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594 name = cstmt[2][1]
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595 self._function_info[name] = FunctionInfo(cstmt)
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596 elif cstmt[0] == symbol.classdef:
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597 name = cstmt[2][1]
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598 self._class_info[name] = ClassInfo(cstmt)
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599 \end{verbatim}\ecode
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600 %
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601 After initializing some internal state, the constructor calls the
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602 \code{_extract_info()} method. This method performs the bulk of the
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603 information extraction which takes place in the entire example. The
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604 extraction has two distinct phases: the location of the docstring for
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605 the parse tree passed in, and the discovery of additional definitions
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606 within the code block represented by the parse tree.
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607
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608 The initial \code{if} test determines whether the nested suite is of
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609 the ``short form'' or the ``long form.'' The short form is used when
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610 the code block is on the same line as the definition of the code
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611 block, as in
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612
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613 \begin{verbatim}
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614 def square(x): "Square an argument."; return x ** 2
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615 \end{verbatim}
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616 %
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617 while the long form uses an indented block and allows nested
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618 definitions:
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619
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620 \bcode\begin{verbatim}
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621 def make_power(exp):
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622 "Make a function that raises an argument to the exponent `exp'."
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623 def raiser(x, y=exp):
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624 return x ** y
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625 return raiser
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626 \end{verbatim}\ecode
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627 %
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628 When the short form is used, the code block may contain a docstring as
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629 the first, and possibly only, \code{small_stmt} element. The
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630 extraction of such a docstring is slightly different and requires only
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631 a portion of the complete pattern used in the more common case. As
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632 implemented, the docstring will only be found if there is only
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633 one \code{small_stmt} node in the \code{simple_stmt} node. Since most
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634 functions and methods which use the short form do not provide a
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635 docstring, this may be considered sufficient. The extraction of the
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636 docstring proceeds using the \code{match()} function as described
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637 above, and the value of the docstring is stored as an attribute of the
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638 \code{SuiteInfoBase} object.
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639
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640 After docstring extraction, a simple definition discovery
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641 algorithm operates on the \code{stmt} nodes of the \code{suite} node. The
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642 special case of the short form is not tested; since there are no
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643 \code{stmt} nodes in the short form, the algorithm will silently skip
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644 the single \code{simple_stmt} node and correctly not discover any
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645 nested definitions.
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646
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647 Each statement in the code block is categorized as
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648 a class definition, function or method definition, or
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649 something else. For the definition statements, the name of the
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650 element defined is extracted and a representation object
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651 appropriate to the definition is created with the defining subtree
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652 passed as an argument to the constructor. The repesentation objects
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653 are stored in instance variables and may be retrieved by name using
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654 the appropriate accessor methods.
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655
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656 The public classes provide any accessors required which are more
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657 specific than those provided by the \code{SuiteInfoBase} class, but
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658 the real extraction algorithm remains common to all forms of code
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659 blocks. A high-level function can be used to extract the complete set
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660 of information from a source file. (See file \file{example.py}.)
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661
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662 \bcode\begin{verbatim}
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663 def get_docs(fileName):
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664 source = open(fileName).read()
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665 import os
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666 basename = os.path.basename(os.path.splitext(fileName)[0])
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667 import parser
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668 ast = parser.suite(source)
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669 tup = parser.ast2tuple(ast)
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670 return ModuleInfo(tup, basename)
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671 \end{verbatim}\ecode
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672 %
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673 This provides an easy-to-use interface to the documentation of a
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674 module. If information is required which is not extracted by the code
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675 of this example, the code may be extended at clearly defined points to
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676 provide additional capabilities.
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677
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678 \begin{seealso}
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679
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680 \seemodule{symbol}%
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681 {useful constants representing internal nodes of the parse tree}
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682
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683 \seemodule{token}%
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684 {useful constants representing leaf nodes of the parse tree and
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685 functions for testing node values}
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686
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687 \end{seealso}
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688
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689
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690 \section{Standard Module \sectcode{symbol}}
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691 \label{module-symbol}
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692 \stmodindex{symbol}
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693
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694 This module provides constants which represent the numeric values of
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695 internal nodes of the parse tree. Unlike most Python constants, these
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696 use lower-case names. Refer to the file \file{Grammar/Grammar} in the
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697 Python distribution for the defintions of the names in the context of
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698 the language grammar. The specific numeric values which the names map
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699 to may change between Python versions.
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701 This module also provides one additional data object:
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702
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703 \renewcommand{\indexsubitem}{(in module symbol)}
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705
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706 \begin{datadesc}{sym_name}
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707 Dictionary mapping the numeric values of the constants defined in this
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708 module back to name strings, allowing more human-readable
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709 representation of parse trees to be generated.
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710 \end{datadesc}
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712 \begin{seealso}
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713 \seemodule{parser}{second example uses this module}
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714 \end{seealso}
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717 \section{Standard Module \sectcode{token}}
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718 \label{module-token}
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719 \stmodindex{token}
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721 This module provides constants which represent the numeric values of
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722 leaf nodes of the parse tree (terminal tokens). Refer to the file
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723 \file{Grammar/Grammar} in the Python distribution for the defintions
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724 of the names in the context of the language grammar. The specific
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725 numeric values which the names map to may change between Python
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726 versions.
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728 This module also provides one data object and some functions. The
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729 functions mirror definitions in the Python C header files.
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731 \renewcommand{\indexsubitem}{(in module token)}
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734 \begin{datadesc}{tok_name}
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735 Dictionary mapping the numeric values of the constants defined in this
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736 module back to name strings, allowing more human-readable
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737 representation of parse trees to be generated.
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738 \end{datadesc}
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740 \begin{funcdesc}{ISTERMINAL}{x}
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741 Return true for terminal token values.
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742 \end{funcdesc}
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744 \begin{funcdesc}{ISNONTERMINAL}{x}
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745 Return true for non-terminal token values.
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746 \end{funcdesc}
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748 \begin{funcdesc}{ISEOF}{x}
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749 Return true if \var{x} is the marker indicating the end of input.
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750 \end{funcdesc}
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752 \begin{seealso}
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753 \seemodule{parser}{second example uses this module}
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754 \end{seealso}