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1 :mod:`codeop` --- Compile Python code
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2 =====================================
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4 .. module:: codeop
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5 :synopsis: Compile (possibly incomplete) Python code.
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6 .. sectionauthor:: Moshe Zadka <moshez@zadka.site.co.il>
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7 .. sectionauthor:: Michael Hudson <mwh@python.net>
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9 The :mod:`codeop` module provides utilities upon which the Python
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10 read-eval-print loop can be emulated, as is done in the :mod:`code` module. As
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11 a result, you probably don't want to use the module directly; if you want to
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12 include such a loop in your program you probably want to use the :mod:`code`
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13 module instead.
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15 There are two parts to this job:
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17 #. Being able to tell if a line of input completes a Python statement: in
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18 short, telling whether to print '``>>>``' or '``...``' next.
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20 #. Remembering which future statements the user has entered, so subsequent
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21 input can be compiled with these in effect.
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23 The :mod:`codeop` module provides a way of doing each of these things, and a way
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24 of doing them both.
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28 .. function:: compile_command(source, filename="<input>", symbol="single")
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30 Tries to compile *source*, which should be a string of Python code and return a
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31 code object if *source* is valid Python code. In that case, the filename
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32 attribute of the code object will be *filename*, which defaults to
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33 ``'<input>'``. Returns ``None`` if *source* is *not* valid Python code, but is a
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34 prefix of valid Python code.
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36 If there is a problem with *source*, an exception will be raised.
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37 :exc:`SyntaxError` is raised if there is invalid Python syntax, and
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38 :exc:`OverflowError` or :exc:`ValueError` if there is an invalid literal.
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40 The *symbol* argument determines whether *source* is compiled as a statement
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41 (``'single'``, the default) or as an :term:`expression` (``'eval'``). Any
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46 It is possible (but not likely) that the parser stops parsing with a
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47 successful outcome before reaching the end of the source; in this case,
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