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3 % Copyright 1995 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
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12 \section{\module{parser} ---
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13 Access parse trees for Python code}
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15 \declaremodule{builtin}{parser}
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16 \modulesynopsis{Access parse trees for Python source code.}
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17 \moduleauthor{Fred L. Drake, Jr.}{fdrake@acm.org}
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21 \index{parsing!Python source code}
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23 The \module{parser} module provides an interface to Python's internal
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24 parser and byte-code compiler. The primary purpose for this interface
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25 is to allow Python code to edit the parse tree of a Python expression
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26 and create executable code from this. This is better than trying
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28 because parsing is performed in a manner identical to the code
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29 forming the application. It is also faster.
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31 There are a few things to note about this module which are important
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32 to making use of the data structures created. This is not a tutorial
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33 on editing the parse trees for Python code, but some examples of using
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34 the \module{parser} module are presented.
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36 Most importantly, a good understanding of the Python grammar processed
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37 by the internal parser is required. For full information on the
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38 language syntax, refer to the \emph{Python Language Reference}. The
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39 parser itself is created from a grammar specification defined in the file
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40 \file{Grammar/Grammar} in the standard Python distribution. The parse
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41 trees stored in the AST objects created by this module are the
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42 actual output from the internal parser when created by the
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43 \function{expr()} or \function{suite()} functions, described below. The AST
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45 structures. Be aware that the values of the sequences which are
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46 considered ``correct'' will vary from one version of Python to another
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47 as the formal grammar for the language is revised. However,
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48 transporting code from one Python version to another as source text
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49 will always allow correct parse trees to be created in the target
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50 version, with the only restriction being that migrating to an older
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51 version of the interpreter will not support more recent language
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52 constructs. The parse trees are not typically compatible from one
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53 version to another, whereas source code has always been
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54 forward-compatible.
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56 Each element of the sequences returned by \function{ast2list()} or
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60 the grammar. These integers are given symbolic names in the C header
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68 any special treatment. For example, the \keyword{if} keyword is
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76 Terminal elements are represented in much the same way, but without
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85 to amortize the cost of processing complex parse trees, to provide a
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86 parse tree representation which conserves memory space when compared
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88 of additional modules in C which manipulate parse trees. A simple
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90 objects.
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93 purposes. The most important purposes are to create AST objects and
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94 to convert AST objects to other representations such as parse trees
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95 and compiled code objects, but there are also functions which serve to
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96 query the type of parse tree represented by an AST object.
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99 \subsection{Creating AST Objects}
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102 AST objects may be created from source code or from a parse tree.
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106 \begin{funcdesc}{expr}{string}
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107 The \function{expr()} function parses the parameter \code{\var{string}}
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262 Note that the functions \function{compileast()}, \function{expr()}, and
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290 \begin{methoddesc}[AST]{compile}{\optional{filename}}
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291 Same as \code{compileast(\var{ast}, \var{filename})}.
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294 \begin{methoddesc}[AST]{isexpr}{}
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295 Same as \code{isexpr(\var{ast})}.
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298 \begin{methoddesc}[AST]{issuite}{}
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299 Same as \code{issuite(\var{ast})}.
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302 \begin{methoddesc}[AST]{tolist}{\optional{line_info}}
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303 Same as \code{ast2list(\var{ast}, \var{line_info})}.
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306 \begin{methoddesc}[AST]{totuple}{\optional{line_info}}
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307 Same as \code{ast2tuple(\var{ast}, \var{line_info})}.
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311 \subsection{Examples}
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314 The parser modules allows operations to be performed on the parse tree
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316 for inspection of the parse tree for information gathering purposes.
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319 the complex example shows the use of a parse tree for information
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320 discovery.
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322 \subsubsection{Emulation of \function{compile()}}
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324 While many useful operations may take place between parsing and
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325 bytecode generation, the simplest operation is to do nothing. For
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326 this purpose, using the \module{parser} module to produce an
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327 intermediate data structure is equivelent to the code
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329 \begin{verbatim}
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330 >>> code = compile('a + 5', 'eval')
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331 >>> a = 5
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332 >>> eval(code)
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334 \end{verbatim}
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337 longer, and allows the intermediate internal parse tree to be retained
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340 \begin{verbatim}
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341 >>> import parser
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342 >>> ast = parser.expr('a + 5')
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343 >>> code = parser.compileast(ast)
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347 \end{verbatim}
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349 An application which needs both AST and code objects can package this
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350 code into readily available functions:
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352 \begin{verbatim}
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353 import parser
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355 def load_suite(source_string):
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356 ast = parser.suite(source_string)
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357 code = parser.compileast(ast)
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358 return ast, code
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360 def load_expression(source_string):
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361 ast = parser.expr(source_string)
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362 code = parser.compileast(ast)
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363 return ast, code
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366 \subsubsection{Information Discovery}
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368 Some applications benefit from direct access to the parse tree. The
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369 remainder of this section demonstrates how the parse tree provides
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370 access to module documentation defined in docstrings without requiring
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371 that the code being examined be loaded into a running interpreter via
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372 \keyword{import}. This can be very useful for performing analyses of
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373 untrusted code.
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375 Generally, the example will demonstrate how the parse tree may be
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376 traversed to distill interesting information. Two functions and a set
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377 of classes are developed which provide programmatic access to high
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378 level function and class definitions provided by a module. The
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379 classes extract information from the parse tree and provide access to
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380 the information at a useful semantic level, one function provides a
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381 simple low-level pattern matching capability, and the other function
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382 defines a high-level interface to the classes by handling file
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383 operations on behalf of the caller. All source files mentioned here
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387 The dynamic nature of Python allows the programmer a great deal of
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388 flexibility, but most modules need only a limited measure of this when
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389 defining classes, functions, and methods. In this example, the only
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390 definitions that will be considered are those which are defined in the
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391 top level of their context, e.g., a function defined by a \keyword{def}
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394 there are some good reasons for doing so in some situations. Nesting
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395 of definitions will be handled by the code developed in the example.
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397 To construct the upper-level extraction methods, we need to know what
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398 the parse tree structure looks like and how much of it we actually
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400 so there are a large number of intermediate nodes. It is important to
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401 read and understand the formal grammar used by Python. This is
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402 specified in the file \file{Grammar/Grammar} in the distribution.
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405 \file{docstring.py}.)
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408 """Some documentation.
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418 >>> import pprint
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419 >>> ast = parser.suite(open('docstring.py').read())
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420 >>> tup = parser.ast2tuple(ast)
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439 (299,
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440 (300, (3, '"""Some documentation.\012"""'))))))))))))))))),
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441 (4, ''))),
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442 (4, ''),
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443 (0, ''))
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444 \end{verbatim}
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445
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446 The numbers at the first element of each node in the tree are the node
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447 types; they map directly to terminal and non-terminal symbols in the
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448 grammar. Unfortunately, they are represented as integers in the
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449 internal representation, and the Python structures generated do not
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450 change that. However, the \module{symbol} and \module{token} modules
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451 provide symbolic names for the node types and dictionaries which map
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452 from the integers to the symbolic names for the node types.
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454 In the output presented above, the outermost tuple contains four
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455 elements: the integer \code{257} and three additional tuples. Node
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456 type \code{257} has the symbolic name \constant{file_input}. Each of
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457 these inner tuples contains an integer as the first element; these
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458 integers, \code{264}, \code{4}, and \code{0}, represent the node types
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459 \constant{stmt}, \constant{NEWLINE}, and \constant{ENDMARKER},
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460 respectively.
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461 Note that these values may change depending on the version of Python
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462 you are using; consult \file{symbol.py} and \file{token.py} for
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463 details of the mapping. It should be fairly clear that the outermost
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464 node is related primarily to the input source rather than the contents
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465 of the file, and may be disregarded for the moment. The \constant{stmt}
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466 node is much more interesting. In particular, all docstrings are
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467 found in subtrees which are formed exactly as this node is formed,
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468 with the only difference being the string itself. The association
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469 between the docstring in a similar tree and the defined entity (class,
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470 function, or module) which it describes is given by the position of
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471 the docstring subtree within the tree defining the described
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472 structure.
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473
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474 By replacing the actual docstring with something to signify a variable
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475 component of the tree, we allow a simple pattern matching approach to
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476 check any given subtree for equivelence to the general pattern for
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477 docstrings. Since the example demonstrates information extraction, we
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478 can safely require that the tree be in tuple form rather than list
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479 form, allowing a simple variable representation to be
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480 \code{['variable_name']}. A simple recursive function can implement
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481 the pattern matching, returning a boolean and a dictionary of variable
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482 name to value mappings. (See file \file{example.py}.)
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483
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484 \begin{verbatim}
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485 from types import ListType, TupleType
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486
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487 def match(pattern, data, vars=None):
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488 if vars is None:
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489 vars = {}
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490 if type(pattern) is ListType:
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491 vars[pattern[0]] = data
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492 return 1, vars
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493 if type(pattern) is not TupleType:
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494 return (pattern == data), vars
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495 if len(data) != len(pattern):
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496 return 0, vars
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497 for pattern, data in map(None, pattern, data):
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498 same, vars = match(pattern, data, vars)
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499 if not same:
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500 break
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501 return same, vars
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502 \end{verbatim}
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503
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504 Using this simple representation for syntactic variables and the symbolic
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505 node types, the pattern for the candidate docstring subtrees becomes
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506 fairly readable. (See file \file{example.py}.)
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508 \begin{verbatim}
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509 import symbol
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510 import token
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511
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512 DOCSTRING_STMT_PATTERN = (
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513 symbol.stmt,
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514 (symbol.simple_stmt,
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515 (symbol.small_stmt,
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516 (symbol.expr_stmt,
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517 (symbol.testlist,
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518 (symbol.test,
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519 (symbol.and_test,
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520 (symbol.not_test,
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521 (symbol.comparison,
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522 (symbol.expr,
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523 (symbol.xor_expr,
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524 (symbol.and_expr,
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525 (symbol.shift_expr,
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526 (symbol.arith_expr,
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527 (symbol.term,
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528 (symbol.factor,
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529 (symbol.power,
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530 (symbol.atom,
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531 (token.STRING, ['docstring'])
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532 )))))))))))))))),
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533 (token.NEWLINE, '')
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534 ))
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535 \end{verbatim}
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536
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537 Using the \function{match()} function with this pattern, extracting the
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538 module docstring from the parse tree created previously is easy:
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539
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540 \begin{verbatim}
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541 >>> found, vars = match(DOCSTRING_STMT_PATTERN, tup[1])
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542 >>> found
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543 1
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544 >>> vars
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545 {'docstring': '"""Some documentation.\012"""'}
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546 \end{verbatim}
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547
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548 Once specific data can be extracted from a location where it is
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549 expected, the question of where information can be expected
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550 needs to be answered. When dealing with docstrings, the answer is
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551 fairly simple: the docstring is the first \constant{stmt} node in a code
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552 block (\constant{file_input} or \constant{suite} node types). A module
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553 consists of a single \constant{file_input} node, and class and function
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554 definitions each contain exactly one \constant{suite} node. Classes and
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555 functions are readily identified as subtrees of code block nodes which
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556 start with \code{(stmt, (compound_stmt, (classdef, ...} or
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557 \code{(stmt, (compound_stmt, (funcdef, ...}. Note that these subtrees
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558 cannot be matched by \function{match()} since it does not support multiple
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559 sibling nodes to match without regard to number. A more elaborate
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560 matching function could be used to overcome this limitation, but this
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562
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563 Given the ability to determine whether a statement might be a
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564 docstring and extract the actual string from the statement, some work
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565 needs to be performed to walk the parse tree for an entire module and
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566 extract information about the names defined in each context of the
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567 module and associate any docstrings with the names. The code to
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568 perform this work is not complicated, but bears some explanation.
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569
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570 The public interface to the classes is straightforward and should
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571 probably be somewhat more flexible. Each ``major'' block of the
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572 module is described by an object providing several methods for inquiry
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573 and a constructor which accepts at least the subtree of the complete
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576 otherwise determine the name of the module.
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578 The public classes include \class{ClassInfo}, \class{FunctionInfo},
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579 and \class{ModuleInfo}. All objects provide the
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580 methods \method{get_name()}, \method{get_docstring()},
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581 \method{get_class_names()}, and \method{get_class_info()}. The
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582 \class{ClassInfo} objects support \method{get_method_names()} and
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583 \method{get_method_info()} while the other classes provide
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584 \method{get_function_names()} and \method{get_function_info()}.
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585
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586 Within each of the forms of code block that the public classes
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587 represent, most of the required information is in the same form and is
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588 accessed in the same way, with classes having the distinction that
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589 functions defined at the top level are referred to as ``methods.''
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590 Since the difference in nomenclature reflects a real semantic
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591 distinction from functions defined outside of a class, the
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592 implementation needs to maintain the distinction.
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593 Hence, most of the functionality of the public classes can be
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594 implemented in a common base class, \class{SuiteInfoBase}, with the
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595 accessors for function and method information provided elsewhere.
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596 Note that there is only one class which represents function and method
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597 information; this parallels the use of the \keyword{def} statement to
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598 define both types of elements.
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599
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600 Most of the accessor functions are declared in \class{SuiteInfoBase}
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601 and do not need to be overriden by subclasses. More importantly, the
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602 extraction of most information from a parse tree is handled through a
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603 method called by the \class{SuiteInfoBase} constructor. The example
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604 code for most of the classes is clear when read alongside the formal
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605 grammar, but the method which recursively creates new information
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606 objects requires further examination. Here is the relevant part of
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607 the \class{SuiteInfoBase} definition from \file{example.py}:
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608
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609 \begin{verbatim}
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610 class SuiteInfoBase:
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611 _docstring = ''
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612 _name = ''
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613
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614 def __init__(self, tree = None):
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615 self._class_info = {}
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616 self._function_info = {}
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617 if tree:
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618 self._extract_info(tree)
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619
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620 def _extract_info(self, tree):
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621 # extract docstring
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622 if len(tree) == 2:
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623 found, vars = match(DOCSTRING_STMT_PATTERN[1], tree[1])
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624 else:
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625 found, vars = match(DOCSTRING_STMT_PATTERN, tree[3])
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626 if found:
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627 self._docstring = eval(vars['docstring'])
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628 # discover inner definitions
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629 for node in tree[1:]:
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630 found, vars = match(COMPOUND_STMT_PATTERN, node)
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631 if found:
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632 cstmt = vars['compound']
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633 if cstmt[0] == symbol.funcdef:
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634 name = cstmt[2][1]
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635 self._function_info[name] = FunctionInfo(cstmt)
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636 elif cstmt[0] == symbol.classdef:
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637 name = cstmt[2][1]
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638 self._class_info[name] = ClassInfo(cstmt)
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639 \end{verbatim}
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640
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641 After initializing some internal state, the constructor calls the
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642 \method{_extract_info()} method. This method performs the bulk of the
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643 information extraction which takes place in the entire example. The
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644 extraction has two distinct phases: the location of the docstring for
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645 the parse tree passed in, and the discovery of additional definitions
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646 within the code block represented by the parse tree.
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647
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648 The initial \keyword{if} test determines whether the nested suite is of
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649 the ``short form'' or the ``long form.'' The short form is used when
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650 the code block is on the same line as the definition of the code
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651 block, as in
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652
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653 \begin{verbatim}
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654 def square(x): "Square an argument."; return x ** 2
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655 \end{verbatim}
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656
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657 while the long form uses an indented block and allows nested
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658 definitions:
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659
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660 \begin{verbatim}
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661 def make_power(exp):
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662 "Make a function that raises an argument to the exponent `exp'."
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663 def raiser(x, y=exp):
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664 return x ** y
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665 return raiser
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666 \end{verbatim}
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667
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668 When the short form is used, the code block may contain a docstring as
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669 the first, and possibly only, \constant{small_stmt} element. The
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670 extraction of such a docstring is slightly different and requires only
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671 a portion of the complete pattern used in the more common case. As
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672 implemented, the docstring will only be found if there is only
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673 one \constant{small_stmt} node in the \constant{simple_stmt} node.
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674 Since most functions and methods which use the short form do not
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675 provide a docstring, this may be considered sufficient. The
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676 extraction of the docstring proceeds using the \function{match()} function
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677 as described above, and the value of the docstring is stored as an
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678 attribute of the \class{SuiteInfoBase} object.
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679
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680 After docstring extraction, a simple definition discovery
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681 algorithm operates on the \constant{stmt} nodes of the
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682 \constant{suite} node. The special case of the short form is not
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683 tested; since there are no \constant{stmt} nodes in the short form,
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684 the algorithm will silently skip the single \constant{simple_stmt}
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685 node and correctly not discover any nested definitions.
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686
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687 Each statement in the code block is categorized as
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688 a class definition, function or method definition, or
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689 something else. For the definition statements, the name of the
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690 element defined is extracted and a representation object
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691 appropriate to the definition is created with the defining subtree
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692 passed as an argument to the constructor. The repesentation objects
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693 are stored in instance variables and may be retrieved by name using
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694 the appropriate accessor methods.
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695
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696 The public classes provide any accessors required which are more
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697 specific than those provided by the \class{SuiteInfoBase} class, but
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698 the real extraction algorithm remains common to all forms of code
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699 blocks. A high-level function can be used to extract the complete set
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700 of information from a source file. (See file \file{example.py}.)
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701
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702 \begin{verbatim}
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703 def get_docs(fileName):
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704 source = open(fileName).read()
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705 import os
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706 basename = os.path.basename(os.path.splitext(fileName)[0])
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707 import parser
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708 ast = parser.suite(source)
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709 tup = parser.ast2tuple(ast)
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710 return ModuleInfo(tup, basename)
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711 \end{verbatim}
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713 This provides an easy-to-use interface to the documentation of a
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714 module. If information is required which is not extracted by the code
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715 of this example, the code may be extended at clearly defined points to
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716 provide additional capabilities.
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718 \begin{seealso}
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720 \seemodule{symbol}{useful constants representing internal nodes of the
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721 parse tree}
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723 \seemodule{token}{useful constants representing leaf nodes of the
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724 parse tree and functions for testing node values}
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726 \end{seealso}