Update inputsplitter docstring

IPython/core/inputsplitter.py

@@ -1,661 +1,627 b''
-"""Analysis of text input into executable blocks.
+"""Input handling and transformation machinery.
 
-The main class in this module, :class:`InputSplitter`, is designed to break
-input from either interactive, line-by-line environments or block-based ones,
-into standalone blocks that can be executed by Python as 'single' statements
-(thus triggering sys.displayhook).
+The first class in this module, :class:`InputSplitter`, is designed to tell when
+input from a line-oriented frontend is complete and should be executed, and when
+the user should be prompted for another line of code instead. The name 'input
+splitter' is largely for historical reasons.
 
 A companion, :class:`IPythonInputSplitter`, provides the same functionality but
 with full support for the extended IPython syntax (magics, system calls, etc).
+The code to actually do these transformations is in :mod:`IPython.core.inputtransformer`.
+:class:`IPythonInputSplitter` feeds the raw code to the transformers in order
+and stores the results.
 
-For more details, see the class docstring below.
-
-Syntax Transformations
-----------------------
-
-One of the main jobs of the code in this file is to apply all syntax
-transformations that make up 'the IPython language', i.e. magics, shell
-escapes, etc.  All transformations should be implemented as *fully stateless*
-entities, that simply take one line as their input and return a line.
-Internally for implementation purposes they may be a normal function or a
-callable object, but the only input they receive will be a single line and they
-should only return a line, without holding any data-dependent state between
-calls.
-
-As an example, the EscapedTransformer is a class so we can more clearly group
-together the functionality of dispatching to individual functions based on the
-starting escape character, but the only method for public use is its call
-method.
-
-
-ToDo
-----
-
-- Should we make push() actually raise an exception once push_accepts_more()
-  returns False?
-
-- Naming cleanups.  The tr_* names aren't the most elegant, though now they are
-  at least just attributes of a class so not really very exposed.
-
-- Think about the best way to support dynamic things: automagic, autocall,
-  macros, etc.
-
-- Think of a better heuristic for the application of the transforms in
-  IPythonInputSplitter.push() than looking at the buffer ending in ':'.  Idea:
-  track indentation change events (indent, dedent, nothing) and apply them only
-  if the indentation went up, but not otherwise.
-
-- Think of the cleanest way for supporting user-specified transformations (the
-  user prefilters we had before).
+For more details, see the class docstrings below.
 
 Authors
 -------
 
 * Fernando Perez
 * Brian Granger
+* Thomas Kluyver
 """
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 #  Copyright (C) 2010  The IPython Development Team
 #
 #  Distributed under the terms of the BSD License.  The full license is in
 #  the file COPYING, distributed as part of this software.
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Imports
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # stdlib
 import ast
 import codeop
 import re
 import sys
 
 # IPython modules
 from IPython.utils.py3compat import cast_unicode
 from IPython.core.inputtransformer import (leading_indent,
                                            classic_prompt,
                                            ipy_prompt,
                                            strip_encoding_cookie,
                                            cellmagic,
                                            assemble_logical_lines,
                                            help_end,
                                            escaped_commands,
                                            assign_from_magic,
                                            assign_from_system,
                                            assemble_python_lines,
                                            )
 
 # These are available in this module for backwards compatibility.
 from IPython.core.inputtransformer import (ESC_SHELL, ESC_SH_CAP, ESC_HELP,
                                         ESC_HELP2, ESC_MAGIC, ESC_MAGIC2,
                                         ESC_QUOTE, ESC_QUOTE2, ESC_PAREN, ESC_SEQUENCES)
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Utilities
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 # FIXME: These are general-purpose utilities that later can be moved to the
 # general ward.  Kept here for now because we're being very strict about test
 # coverage with this code, and this lets us ensure that we keep 100% coverage
 # while developing.
 
 # compiled regexps for autoindent management
 dedent_re = re.compile('|'.join([
     r'^\s+raise(\s.*)?$', # raise statement (+ space + other stuff, maybe)
     r'^\s+raise\([^\)]*\).*$', # wacky raise with immediate open paren
     r'^\s+return(\s.*)?$', # normal return (+ space + other stuff, maybe)
     r'^\s+return\([^\)]*\).*$', # wacky return with immediate open paren
     r'^\s+pass\s*$', # pass (optionally followed by trailing spaces)
     r'^\s+break\s*$', # break (optionally followed by trailing spaces)
     r'^\s+continue\s*$', # continue (optionally followed by trailing spaces)
 ]))
 ini_spaces_re = re.compile(r'^([ \t\r\f\v]+)')
 
 # regexp to match pure comment lines so we don't accidentally insert 'if 1:'
 # before pure comments
 comment_line_re = re.compile('^\s*\#')
 
 
 def num_ini_spaces(s):
     """Return the number of initial spaces in a string.
 
     Note that tabs are counted as a single space.  For now, we do *not* support
     mixing of tabs and spaces in the user's input.
 
     Parameters
     ----------
     s : string
 
     Returns
     -------
     n : int
     """
 
     ini_spaces = ini_spaces_re.match(s)
     if ini_spaces:
         return ini_spaces.end()
     else:
         return 0
 
 def last_blank(src):
     """Determine if the input source ends in a blank.
 
     A blank is either a newline or a line consisting of whitespace.
 
     Parameters
     ----------
     src : string
       A single or multiline string.
     """
     if not src: return False
     ll  = src.splitlines()[-1]
     return (ll == '') or ll.isspace()
 
 
 last_two_blanks_re = re.compile(r'\n\s*\n\s*$', re.MULTILINE)
 last_two_blanks_re2 = re.compile(r'.+\n\s*\n\s+$', re.MULTILINE)
 
 def last_two_blanks(src):
     """Determine if the input source ends in two blanks.
 
     A blank is either a newline or a line consisting of whitespace.
 
     Parameters
     ----------
     src : string
       A single or multiline string.
     """
     if not src: return False
     # The logic here is tricky: I couldn't get a regexp to work and pass all
     # the tests, so I took a different approach: split the source by lines,
     # grab the last two and prepend '###\n' as a stand-in for whatever was in
     # the body before the last two lines.  Then, with that structure, it's
     # possible to analyze with two regexps.  Not the most elegant solution, but
     # it works.  If anyone tries to change this logic, make sure to validate
     # the whole test suite first!
     new_src = '\n'.join(['###\n'] + src.splitlines()[-2:])
     return (bool(last_two_blanks_re.match(new_src)) or
             bool(last_two_blanks_re2.match(new_src)) )
 
 
 def remove_comments(src):
     """Remove all comments from input source.
 
     Note: comments are NOT recognized inside of strings!
 
     Parameters
     ----------
     src : string
       A single or multiline input string.
 
     Returns
     -------
     String with all Python comments removed.
     """
 
     return re.sub('#.*', '', src)
 
 
 def get_input_encoding():
     """Return the default standard input encoding.
 
     If sys.stdin has no encoding, 'ascii' is returned."""
     # There are strange environments for which sys.stdin.encoding is None. We
     # ensure that a valid encoding is returned.
     encoding = getattr(sys.stdin, 'encoding', None)
     if encoding is None:
         encoding = 'ascii'
     return encoding
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Classes and functions for normal Python syntax handling
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 class InputSplitter(object):
     r"""An object that can accumulate lines of Python source before execution.
 
     This object is designed to be fed python source line-by-line, using
     :meth:`push`. It will return on each push whether the currently pushed
     code could be executed already. In addition, it provides a method called
     :meth:`push_accepts_more` that can be used to query whether more input
     can be pushed into a single interactive block.
 
     This is a simple example of how an interactive terminal-based client can use
     this tool::
 
         isp = InputSplitter()
         while isp.push_accepts_more():
             indent = ' '*isp.indent_spaces
             prompt = '>>> ' + indent
             line = indent + raw_input(prompt)
             isp.push(line)
         print 'Input source was:\n', isp.source_reset(),
     """
     # Number of spaces of indentation computed from input that has been pushed
     # so far.  This is the attributes callers should query to get the current
     # indentation level, in order to provide auto-indent facilities.
     indent_spaces = 0
     # String, indicating the default input encoding.  It is computed by default
     # at initialization time via get_input_encoding(), but it can be reset by a
     # client with specific knowledge of the encoding.
     encoding = ''
     # String where the current full source input is stored, properly encoded.
     # Reading this attribute is the normal way of querying the currently pushed
     # source code, that has been properly encoded.
     source = ''
     # Code object corresponding to the current source.  It is automatically
     # synced to the source, so it can be queried at any time to obtain the code
     # object; it will be None if the source doesn't compile to valid Python.
     code = None
 
     # Private attributes
 
     # List with lines of input accumulated so far
     _buffer = None
     # Command compiler
     _compile = None
     # Mark when input has changed indentation all the way back to flush-left
     _full_dedent = False
     # Boolean indicating whether the current block is complete
     _is_complete = None
 
     def __init__(self):
         """Create a new InputSplitter instance.
         """
         self._buffer = []
         self._compile = codeop.CommandCompiler()
         self.encoding = get_input_encoding()
 
     def reset(self):
         """Reset the input buffer and associated state."""
         self.indent_spaces = 0
         self._buffer[:] = []
         self.source = ''
         self.code = None
         self._is_complete = False
         self._full_dedent = False
 
     def source_reset(self):
         """Return the input source and perform a full reset.
         """
         out = self.source
         self.reset()
         return out
 
     def push(self, lines):
         """Push one or more lines of input.
 
         This stores the given lines and returns a status code indicating
         whether the code forms a complete Python block or not.
 
         Any exceptions generated in compilation are swallowed, but if an
         exception was produced, the method returns True.
 
         Parameters
         ----------
         lines : string
           One or more lines of Python input.
 
         Returns
         -------
         is_complete : boolean
           True if the current input source (the result of the current input
           plus prior inputs) forms a complete Python execution block.  Note that
           this value is also stored as a private attribute (``_is_complete``), so it
           can be queried at any time.
         """
         self._store(lines)
         source = self.source
 
         # Before calling _compile(), reset the code object to None so that if an
         # exception is raised in compilation, we don't mislead by having
         # inconsistent code/source attributes.
         self.code, self._is_complete = None, None
 
         # Honor termination lines properly
         if source.endswith('\\\n'):
             return False
 
         self._update_indent(lines)
         try:
             self.code = self._compile(source, symbol="exec")
         # Invalid syntax can produce any of a number of different errors from
         # inside the compiler, so we have to catch them all.  Syntax errors
         # immediately produce a 'ready' block, so the invalid Python can be
         # sent to the kernel for evaluation with possible ipython
         # special-syntax conversion.
         except (SyntaxError, OverflowError, ValueError, TypeError,
                 MemoryError):
             self._is_complete = True
         else:
             # Compilation didn't produce any exceptions (though it may not have
             # given a complete code object)
             self._is_complete = self.code is not None
 
         return self._is_complete
 
     def push_accepts_more(self):
         """Return whether a block of interactive input can accept more input.
 
         This method is meant to be used by line-oriented frontends, who need to
         guess whether a block is complete or not based solely on prior and
         current input lines.  The InputSplitter considers it has a complete
         interactive block and will not accept more input when either:
         
         * A SyntaxError is raised
 
         * The code is complete and consists of a single line or a single
           non-compound statement
 
         * The code is complete and has a blank line at the end
 
         If the current input produces a syntax error, this method immediately
         returns False but does *not* raise the syntax error exception, as
         typically clients will want to send invalid syntax to an execution
         backend which might convert the invalid syntax into valid Python via
         one of the dynamic IPython mechanisms.
         """
 
         # With incomplete input, unconditionally accept more
         # A syntax error also sets _is_complete to True - see push()
         if not self._is_complete:
             #print("Not complete")  # debug
             return True
         
         # The user can make any (complete) input execute by leaving a blank line
         last_line = self.source.splitlines()[-1]
         if (not last_line) or last_line.isspace():
             #print("Blank line")  # debug
             return False
         
         # If there's just a single line or AST node, and we're flush left, as is
         # the case after a simple statement such as 'a=1', we want to execute it
         # straight away.
         if self.indent_spaces==0:
             if len(self.source.splitlines()) <= 1:
                 return False
             
             try:
                 code_ast = ast.parse(u''.join(self._buffer))
             except Exception:
                 #print("Can't parse AST")  # debug
                 return False
             else:
                 if len(code_ast.body) == 1 and \
                                     not hasattr(code_ast.body[0], 'body'):
                     #print("Simple statement")  # debug
                     return False
 
         # General fallback - accept more code
         return True
 
     #------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # Private interface
     #------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
     def _find_indent(self, line):
         """Compute the new indentation level for a single line.
 
         Parameters
         ----------
         line : str
           A single new line of non-whitespace, non-comment Python input.
 
         Returns
         -------
         indent_spaces : int
           New value for the indent level (it may be equal to self.indent_spaces
         if indentation doesn't change.
 
         full_dedent : boolean
           Whether the new line causes a full flush-left dedent.
         """
         indent_spaces = self.indent_spaces
         full_dedent = self._full_dedent
 
         inisp = num_ini_spaces(line)
         if inisp < indent_spaces:
             indent_spaces = inisp
             if indent_spaces <= 0:
                 #print 'Full dedent in text',self.source # dbg
                 full_dedent = True
 
         if line.rstrip()[-1] == ':':
             indent_spaces += 4
         elif dedent_re.match(line):
             indent_spaces -= 4
             if indent_spaces <= 0:
                 full_dedent = True
 
         # Safety
         if indent_spaces < 0:
             indent_spaces = 0
             #print 'safety' # dbg
 
         return indent_spaces, full_dedent
 
     def _update_indent(self, lines):
         for line in remove_comments(lines).splitlines():
             if line and not line.isspace():
                 self.indent_spaces, self._full_dedent = self._find_indent(line)
 
     def _store(self, lines, buffer=None, store='source'):
         """Store one or more lines of input.
 
         If input lines are not newline-terminated, a newline is automatically
         appended."""
 
         if buffer is None:
             buffer = self._buffer
 
         if lines.endswith('\n'):
             buffer.append(lines)
         else:
             buffer.append(lines+'\n')
         setattr(self, store, self._set_source(buffer))
 
     def _set_source(self, buffer):
         return u''.join(buffer)
 
 
 class IPythonInputSplitter(InputSplitter):
     """An input splitter that recognizes all of IPython's special syntax."""
 
     # String with raw, untransformed input.
     source_raw = ''
     
     # Flag to track when a transformer has stored input that it hasn't given
     # back yet.
     transformer_accumulating = False
     
     # Flag to track when assemble_python_lines has stored input that it hasn't
     # given back yet.
     within_python_line = False
 
     # Private attributes
 
     # List with lines of raw input accumulated so far.
     _buffer_raw = None
 
     def __init__(self, line_input_checker=True, physical_line_transforms=None,
                     logical_line_transforms=None, python_line_transforms=None):
         super(IPythonInputSplitter, self).__init__()
         self._buffer_raw = []
         self._validate = True
         
         if physical_line_transforms is not None:
             self.physical_line_transforms = physical_line_transforms
         else:
             self.physical_line_transforms = [
                                              leading_indent(),
                                              classic_prompt(),
                                              ipy_prompt(),
                                              strip_encoding_cookie(),
                                              cellmagic(end_on_blank_line=line_input_checker),
                                             ]
         
         self.assemble_logical_lines = assemble_logical_lines()
         if logical_line_transforms is not None:
             self.logical_line_transforms = logical_line_transforms
         else:
             self.logical_line_transforms = [
                                             help_end(),
                                             escaped_commands(),
                                             assign_from_magic(),
                                             assign_from_system(),
                                            ]
         
         self.assemble_python_lines = assemble_python_lines()
         if python_line_transforms is not None:
             self.python_line_transforms = python_line_transforms
         else:
             # We don't use any of these at present
             self.python_line_transforms = []
     
     @property
     def transforms(self):
         "Quick access to all transformers."
         return self.physical_line_transforms + \
             [self.assemble_logical_lines] + self.logical_line_transforms + \
             [self.assemble_python_lines]  + self.python_line_transforms
     
     @property
     def transforms_in_use(self):
         """Transformers, excluding logical line transformers if we're in a
         Python line."""
         t = self.physical_line_transforms[:]
         if not self.within_python_line:
             t += [self.assemble_logical_lines] + self.logical_line_transforms
         return t + [self.assemble_python_lines] + self.python_line_transforms
 
     def reset(self):
         """Reset the input buffer and associated state."""
         super(IPythonInputSplitter, self).reset()
         self._buffer_raw[:] = []
         self.source_raw = ''
         self.transformer_accumulating = False
         self.within_python_line = False
         for t in self.transforms:
             t.reset()
     
     def flush_transformers(self):
         def _flush(transform, out):
             if out is not None:
                 tmp = transform.push(out)
                 return tmp or transform.reset() or None
             else:
                 return transform.reset() or None
         
         out = None
         for t in self.transforms_in_use:
             out = _flush(t, out)
         
         if out is not None:
             self._store(out)
 
     def source_raw_reset(self):
         """Return input and raw source and perform a full reset.
         """
         self.flush_transformers()
         out = self.source
         out_r = self.source_raw
         self.reset()
         return out, out_r
     
     def source_reset(self):
         self.flush_transformers()
         return super(IPythonInputSplitter, self).source_reset()
 
     def push_accepts_more(self):
         if self.transformer_accumulating:
             return True
         else:
             return super(IPythonInputSplitter, self).push_accepts_more()
 
     def transform_cell(self, cell):
         """Process and translate a cell of input.
         """
         self.reset()
         self.push(cell)
         return self.source_reset()
 
     def push(self, lines):
         """Push one or more lines of IPython input.
 
         This stores the given lines and returns a status code indicating
         whether the code forms a complete Python block or not, after processing
         all input lines for special IPython syntax.
 
         Any exceptions generated in compilation are swallowed, but if an
         exception was produced, the method returns True.
 
         Parameters
         ----------
         lines : string
           One or more lines of Python input.
 
         Returns
         -------
         is_complete : boolean
           True if the current input source (the result of the current input
-        plus prior inputs) forms a complete Python execution block.  Note that
-        this value is also stored as a private attribute (_is_complete), so it
-        can be queried at any time.
+          plus prior inputs) forms a complete Python execution block.  Note that
+          this value is also stored as a private attribute (_is_complete), so it
+          can be queried at any time.
         """
 
         # We must ensure all input is pure unicode
         lines = cast_unicode(lines, self.encoding)
         
         # ''.splitlines() --> [], but we need to push the empty line to transformers
         lines_list = lines.splitlines()
         if not lines_list:
             lines_list = ['']
 
         # Store raw source before applying any transformations to it.  Note
         # that this must be done *after* the reset() call that would otherwise
         # flush the buffer.
         self._store(lines, self._buffer_raw, 'source_raw')
 
         for line in lines_list:
             out = self.push_line(line)
 
         return out
     
     def push_line(self, line):
         buf = self._buffer
         
         def _accumulating(dbg):
             #print(dbg)
             self.transformer_accumulating = True
             return False
         
         for transformer in self.physical_line_transforms:
             line = transformer.push(line)
             if line is None:
                 return _accumulating(transformer)
         
         if not self.within_python_line:
             line = self.assemble_logical_lines.push(line)
             if line is None:
                 return _accumulating('acc logical line')        
         
             for transformer in self.logical_line_transforms:
                 line = transformer.push(line)
                 if line is None:
                     return _accumulating(transformer)
         
         line = self.assemble_python_lines.push(line)
         if line is None:
             self.within_python_line = True
             return _accumulating('acc python line')
         else:
             self.within_python_line = False
         
         for transformer in self.python_line_transforms:
             line = transformer.push(line)
             if line is None:
                 return _accumulating(transformer)
 
         #print("transformers clear") #debug
         self.transformer_accumulating = False
         return super(IPythonInputSplitter, self).push(line)