- New dtutils module for running doctests interactively with more

convenience.  Not fully fleshed yet, but already useful.  Needs better
support for specifying the package where doctests should be run.

IPython/dtutils.py

@@ -0,0 +1,137 b''
+"""Doctest-related utilities for IPython.
+
+For most common uses, all you should need to run is::
+
+  from IPython.dtutils import idoctest
+
+See the idoctest docstring below for usage details.
+"""
+
+import doctest
+import sys
+
+import IPython.ipapi
+ip = IPython.ipapi.get()
+
+def rundoctest(text,ns=None,eraise=False):
+    """Run a the input source as a doctest, in the caller's namespace.
+
+    :Parameters:
+      text : str
+        Source to execute.
+
+    :Keywords:
+      ns : dict (None)
+        Namespace where the code should be executed.  If not given, the
+        caller's locals and globals are used.
+      eraise : bool (False)
+        If true, immediately raise any exceptions instead of reporting them at
+        the end.  This allows you to then do interactive debugging via
+        IPython's facilities (use %debug after the fact, or with %pdb for
+        automatic activation).
+    """
+
+    name = 'interactive doctest'
+    filename = '<IPython console>'
+
+    if eraise:
+        runner = doctest.DebugRunner()
+    else:
+        runner = doctest.DocTestRunner()
+        
+    parser = doctest.DocTestParser()
+    if ns is None:
+        f = sys._getframe(1)
+        ns = f.f_globals.copy()
+        ns.update(f.f_locals)
+        
+    test = parser.get_doctest(text,ns,name,filename,0)
+    runner.run(test)
+    runner.summarize(True)
+
+       
+def idoctest(ns=None,eraise=False):
+    """Interactively prompt for input and run it as a doctest.
+
+    To finish entering input, enter two blank lines or Ctrl-D (EOF).  If you
+    use Ctrl-C, the example is aborted and all input discarded.
+
+    :Keywords:
+      ns : dict (None)
+        Namespace where the code should be executed.  If not given, the IPython
+        interactive namespace is used.
+      eraise : bool (False)
+        If true, immediately raise any exceptions instead of reporting them at
+        the end.  This allows you to then do interactive debugging via
+        IPython's facilities (use %debug after the fact, or with %pdb for
+        automatic activation).
+      end_mark : str ('--')
+        String to explicitly indicate the end of input.
+
+    """
+    
+    inlines = []
+    empty_lines = 0  # count consecutive empty lines
+    run_test = True
+
+    if ns is None:
+        ns = ip.user_ns
+
+    ip.IP.savehist()
+    try:
+        while True:
+            line = raw_input()
+            if not line or line.isspace():
+                empty_lines += 1
+            else:
+                empty_lines = 0
+
+            if empty_lines>=2:
+                break
+
+            inlines.append(line)
+    except EOFError:
+        pass
+    except KeyboardInterrupt:
+        print "KeyboardInterrupt - Discarding input."
+        run_test = False
+    
+    ip.IP.reloadhist()
+
+    if run_test:
+        # Extra blank line at the end to ensure that the final docstring has a
+        # closing newline
+        inlines.append('')
+        rundoctest('\n'.join(inlines),ns,eraise)
+
+
+# For debugging of this module itself.
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    t = """
+    >>> for i in range(10):
+    ...     print i,
+    ...
+    0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
+    """
+
+    t2 = """
+        A simple example::
+
+          >>> for i in range(10):
+          ...     print i,
+          ...
+          0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
+
+        Some more details::
+
+          >>> print "hello"
+          hello
+    """
+
+    t3 = """
+        A failing example::
+
+          >>> x=1
+          >>> x+1
+          3
+    """

IPython/Magic.py

@@ -1,7 +1,7 b''
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 """Magic functions for InteractiveShell.
 
-$Id: Magic.py 2874 2007-11-26 06:50:42Z fperez $"""
+$Id: Magic.py 2899 2007-12-28 08:32:59Z fperez $"""
 
 #*****************************************************************************
 #       Copyright (C) 2001 Janko Hauser <[e-mail]> and
@@ -1566,7 +1566,6 b' Currently the magic system has the following functions:\\n"""'
         
         stats = None
         try:
-            if self.shell.has_readline:
                 self.shell.savehist()
 
             if opts.has_key('p'):

IPython/Prompts.py

@@ -2,7 +2,7 b''
 """
 Classes for handling input/output prompts.
 
-$Id: Prompts.py 2855 2007-11-06 06:53:49Z vivainio $"""
+$Id: Prompts.py 2899 2007-12-28 08:32:59Z fperez $"""
 
 #*****************************************************************************
 #       Copyright (C) 2001-2006 Fernando Perez <[e-mail]>
@@ -323,6 +323,13 b' class BasePrompt(object):'
         else:
             return os.sep
 
+    def __nonzero__(self):
+        """Implement boolean behavior.
+
+        Checks whether the p_str attribute is non-empty"""
+
+        return bool(self.p_template)
+
 class Prompt1(BasePrompt):
     """Input interactive prompt similar to Mathematica's."""
 

IPython/hooks.py

@@ -32,7 +32,7 b" ip.set_hook('editor', calljed)"
 You can then enable the functionality by doing 'import myiphooks'
 somewhere in your configuration files or ipython command line.
 
-$Id: hooks.py 1854 2006-10-30 19:54:25Z vivainio $"""
+$Id: hooks.py 2899 2007-12-28 08:32:59Z fperez $"""
 
 #*****************************************************************************
 #       Copyright (C) 2005 Fernando Perez. <[e-mail]>
@@ -213,5 +213,3 b' def generate_prompt(self, is_continuation):'
 def generate_output_prompt(self):
     ip = self.api
     return str(ip.IP.outputcache.prompt_out)
-        
-   
  No newline at end of file

IPython/iplib.py

@@ -6,7 +6,7 b' Requires Python 2.3 or newer.'
 
 This file contains all the classes and helper functions specific to IPython.
 
-$Id: iplib.py 2894 2007-12-13 20:34:23Z vivainio $
+$Id: iplib.py 2899 2007-12-28 08:32:59Z fperez $
 """
 
 #*****************************************************************************
@@ -1247,6 +1247,10 b' want to merge them back into the new files.""" % locals()'
         
     def savehist(self):
         """Save input history to a file (via readline library)."""
+
+        if not self.has_readline:
+            return
+        
         try:
             self.readline.write_history_file(self.histfile)
         except:

IPython/ipmaker.py

@@ -6,7 +6,7 b' Requires Python 2.1 or better.'
 
 This file contains the main make_IPython() starter function.
 
-$Id: ipmaker.py 2887 2007-12-12 08:28:43Z fperez $"""
+$Id: ipmaker.py 2899 2007-12-28 08:32:59Z fperez $"""
 
 #*****************************************************************************
 #       Copyright (C) 2001-2006 Fernando Perez. <[e-mail]>
@@ -190,25 +190,26 b" object? -> Details about 'object'. ?object also works, ?? prints more."
                       autoindent = 0,
                       automagic = 1,
                       banner = 1,
-                      cache_size = 1000,
                       c = '',
+                      cache_size = 1000,
                       classic = 0,
-                      colors = 'NoColor',
                       color_info = 0,
+                      colors = 'NoColor',
                       confirm_exit = 1,
                       debug = 0,
                       deep_reload = 0,
                       editor = '0',
+                      gthread = 0,
                       help = 0,
                       interact = 1,
                       ipythondir = ipythondir_def,
                       log = 0,
                       logfile = '',
                       logplay = '',
-                      multi_line_specials = 1,
                       messages = 1,
-                      object_info_string_level = 0,
+                      multi_line_specials = 1,
                       nosep = 0,
+                      object_info_string_level = 0,
                       pdb = 0,
                       pprint = 0,
                       profile = '',
@@ -216,31 +217,30 b" object? -> Details about 'object'. ?object also works, ?? prints more."
                       prompt_in2 = '   .\\D.: ',
                       prompt_out = 'Out[\\#]: ',
                       prompts_pad_left = 1,
+                      pylab = 0,
                       pylab_import_all = 1,
-                      quiet = 0,
+                      q4thread = 0,
+                      qthread = 0,
                       quick = 0,
+                      quiet = 0,
+                      rcfile = 'ipythonrc' + rc_suffix,
                       readline = 1,
                       readline_merge_completions = 1,
                       readline_omit__names = 0,
-                      rcfile = 'ipythonrc' + rc_suffix,
                       screen_length = 0,
                       separate_in = '\n',
                       separate_out = '\n',
                       separate_out2 = '',
                       system_header = 'IPython system call: ',
                       system_verbose = 0,
-                      gthread = 0,
-                      qthread = 0,
-                      q4thread = 0,
-                      wthread = 0,
-                      pylab = 0,
                       term_title = 1,
                       tk = 0,
                       upgrade = 0,
                       Version = 0,
-                      xmode = 'Verbose',
                       wildcards_case_sensitive = 1,
+                      wthread = 0,
                       wxversion = '0',
+                      xmode = 'Context',
                       magic_docstrings = 0,  # undocumented, for doc generation
                       )
     

doc/ChangeLog

@@ -1,9 +1,21 b''
[phone]  Fernando Perez  <[e-mail]>
+
+	* IPython/dtutils.py: Add utilities for interactively running
+	doctests.  Still needs work to more easily handle the namespace of
+	the package one may be working on, but the basics are in place.
+
 2007-12-20  Ville Vainio  <[e-mail]>
 
 	* completer.py, generics.py(complete_object): Allow 
 	custom complers based on python objects via simplegeneric.
 	See generics.py / my_demo_complete_object
 
[phone]  Fernando Perez  <[e-mail]>
+
+	* IPython/Prompts.py (BasePrompt.__nonzero__): add proper boolean
+	behavior to prompt objects, useful for display hooks to adjust
+	themselves depending on whether prompts will be there or not.
+
 2007-12-13  Ville Vainio  <[e-mail]>
 
 	* iplib.py(raw_input): unix readline does not allow unicode in