Remove kernel spec __init__ completely

Thanks to @minrk for the code suggestion.

IPython/kernel/kernelspec.py

@@ -1,202 +1,196 b''
 import io
 import json
 import os
 import shutil
 import sys
 
 pjoin = os.path.join
 
 from IPython.utils.path import get_ipython_dir
 from IPython.utils.py3compat import PY3
-from IPython.utils.traitlets import HasTraits, List, Unicode, Dict
+from IPython.utils.traitlets import HasTraits, List, Unicode, Dict, Any
 
 if os.name == 'nt':
     programdata = os.environ.get('PROGRAMDATA', None)
     if programdata:
         SYSTEM_KERNEL_DIRS = [pjoin(programdata, 'ipython', 'kernels')]
     else:  # PROGRAMDATA is not defined by default on XP.
         SYSTEM_KERNEL_DIRS = []
 else:
     SYSTEM_KERNEL_DIRS = ["/usr/share/ipython/kernels",
                           "/usr/local/share/ipython/kernels",
                          ]
     
 NATIVE_KERNEL_NAME = 'python3' if PY3 else 'python2'
 
 def _pythonfirst(s):
     "Sort key function that will put strings starting with 'python' first."
     if s == NATIVE_KERNEL_NAME:
         return '  ' + s  # Two spaces to sort this first of all
     elif s.startswith('python'):
         # Space is not valid in kernel names, so this should sort first
         return ' ' + s
     return s
 
 class KernelSpec(HasTraits):
     argv = List()
     display_name = Unicode()
     language = Unicode()
-    codemirror_mode = None
+    codemirror_mode = Any() # can be unicode or dict
     env = Dict()
-    
     resource_dir = Unicode()
     
-    def __init__(self, resource_dir, argv, display_name, language,
-                 codemirror_mode=None, env=None):
-        super(KernelSpec, self).__init__(resource_dir=resource_dir, argv=argv,
-                display_name=display_name, language=language,
-                codemirror_mode=codemirror_mode, env=env)
-        if not self.codemirror_mode:
-            self.codemirror_mode = self.language
+    def _codemirror_mode_default(self):
+        return self.language
     
     @classmethod
     def from_resource_dir(cls, resource_dir):
         """Create a KernelSpec object by reading kernel.json
         
         Pass the path to the *directory* containing kernel.json.
         """
         kernel_file = pjoin(resource_dir, 'kernel.json')
         with io.open(kernel_file, 'r', encoding='utf-8') as f:
             kernel_dict = json.load(f)
         return cls(resource_dir=resource_dir, **kernel_dict)
     
     def to_dict(self):
         return dict(argv=self.argv,
                     env=self.env,
                     display_name=self.display_name,
                     language=self.language,
                     codemirror_mode=self.codemirror_mode,
                    )
 
     def to_json(self):
         return json.dumps(self.to_dict())
 
 def _is_kernel_dir(path):
     """Is ``path`` a kernel directory?"""
     return os.path.isdir(path) and os.path.isfile(pjoin(path, 'kernel.json'))
 
 def _list_kernels_in(dir):
     """Return a mapping of kernel names to resource directories from dir.
     
     If dir is None or does not exist, returns an empty dict.
     """
     if dir is None or not os.path.isdir(dir):
         return {}
     return {f.lower(): pjoin(dir, f) for f in os.listdir(dir)
                         if _is_kernel_dir(pjoin(dir, f))}
 
 class NoSuchKernel(KeyError):
     def __init__(self, name):
         self.name = name
 
 class KernelSpecManager(HasTraits):
     ipython_dir = Unicode()
     def _ipython_dir_default(self):
         return get_ipython_dir()
 
     user_kernel_dir = Unicode()
     def _user_kernel_dir_default(self):
         return pjoin(self.ipython_dir, 'kernels')
     
     kernel_dirs = List(
         help="List of kernel directories to search. Later ones take priority over earlier."    
     )    
     def _kernel_dirs_default(self):
         return SYSTEM_KERNEL_DIRS + [
             self.user_kernel_dir,
         ]
 
     def _make_native_kernel_dir(self):
         """Makes a kernel directory for the native kernel.
         
         The native kernel is the kernel using the same Python runtime as this
         process. This will put its informatino in the user kernels directory.
         """
         path = pjoin(self.user_kernel_dir, NATIVE_KERNEL_NAME)
         os.makedirs(path, mode=0o755)
         with open(pjoin(path, 'kernel.json'), 'w') as f:
             json.dump({'argv':[NATIVE_KERNEL_NAME, '-c',
                                'from IPython.kernel.zmq.kernelapp import main; main()',
                                 '-f', '{connection_file}'],
                        'display_name': 'IPython (Python %d)' % (3 if PY3 else 2),
                        'language': 'python',
                        'codemirror_mode': {'name': 'ipython',
                                            'version': sys.version_info[0]},
                       },
                       f, indent=1)
         # TODO: Copy icons into directory
         return path
     
     def find_kernel_specs(self):
         """Returns a dict mapping kernel names to resource directories."""
         d = {}
         for kernel_dir in self.kernel_dirs:
             d.update(_list_kernels_in(kernel_dir))
         
         if NATIVE_KERNEL_NAME not in d:
             d[NATIVE_KERNEL_NAME] = self._make_native_kernel_dir()
         return d
         # TODO: Caching?
     
     def get_kernel_spec(self, kernel_name):
         """Returns a :class:`KernelSpec` instance for the given kernel_name.
         
         Raises :exc:`NoSuchKernel` if the given kernel name is not found.
         """
         if kernel_name == 'python':
             kernel_name = NATIVE_KERNEL_NAME
         d = self.find_kernel_specs()
         try:
             resource_dir = d[kernel_name.lower()]
         except KeyError:
             raise NoSuchKernel(kernel_name)
         return KernelSpec.from_resource_dir(resource_dir)
 
     def install_kernel_spec(self, source_dir, kernel_name=None, system=False,
                             replace=False):
         """Install a kernel spec by copying its directory.
         
         If ``kernel_name`` is not given, the basename of ``source_dir`` will
         be used.
         
         If ``system`` is True, it will attempt to install into the systemwide
         kernel registry. If the process does not have appropriate permissions,
         an :exc:`OSError` will be raised.
         
         If ``replace`` is True, this will replace an existing kernel of the same
         name. Otherwise, if the destination already exists, an :exc:`OSError`
         will be raised.
         """
         if not kernel_name:
             kernel_name = os.path.basename(source_dir)
         kernel_name = kernel_name.lower()
 
         if system:
             if SYSTEM_KERNEL_DIRS:
                 destination = os.path.join(SYSTEM_KERNEL_DIRS[-1], kernel_name)
             else:
                 raise EnvironmentError("No system kernel directory is available")
         else:
             destination = os.path.join(self.user_kernel_dir, kernel_name)
 
         if replace and os.path.isdir(destination):
             shutil.rmtree(destination)
 
         shutil.copytree(source_dir, destination)
 
 def find_kernel_specs():
     """Returns a dict mapping kernel names to resource directories."""
     return KernelSpecManager().find_kernel_specs()
 
 def get_kernel_spec(kernel_name):
     """Returns a :class:`KernelSpec` instance for the given kernel_name.
     
     Raises KeyError if the given kernel name is not found.
     """
     return KernelSpecManager().get_kernel_spec(kernel_name)
 
 def install_kernel_spec(source_dir, kernel_name=None, system=False, replace=False):
     return KernelSpecManager().install_kernel_spec(source_dir, kernel_name,
                                                     system, replace)
 
 install_kernel_spec.__doc__ = KernelSpecManager.install_kernel_spec.__doc__