io.Term.cin/out/err replaced by io.stdin/out/err

Behavior is now the same as sys.stdin/out/err, and
defaults to those streams.

IPython/core/debugger.py

@@ -31,8 +31,7 b' import sys'
 
 from IPython.utils import PyColorize
 from IPython.core import ipapi
-from IPython.utils import coloransi
-import IPython.utils.io
+from IPython.utils import coloransi, io
 from IPython.core.excolors import exception_colors
 
 # See if we can use pydb.
@@ -171,7 +170,7 b' class Pdb(OldPdb):'
 
         # Parent constructor:
         if has_pydb and completekey is None:
-            OldPdb.__init__(self,stdin=stdin,stdout=IPython.utils.io.Term.cout)
+            OldPdb.__init__(self,stdin=stdin,stdout=io.stdout)
         else:
             OldPdb.__init__(self,completekey,stdin,stdout)
             
@@ -279,7 +278,7 b' class Pdb(OldPdb):'
     def print_stack_entry(self,frame_lineno,prompt_prefix='\n-> ',
                           context = 3):
         #frame, lineno = frame_lineno
-        print >>IPython.utils.io.Term.cout, self.format_stack_entry(frame_lineno, '', context)
+        print >>io.stdout, self.format_stack_entry(frame_lineno, '', context)
 
         # vds: >>
         frame, lineno = frame_lineno
@@ -419,7 +418,7 b' class Pdb(OldPdb):'
                 src.append(line)
                 self.lineno = lineno
 
-            print >>IPython.utils.io.Term.cout, ''.join(src)
+            print >>io.stdout, ''.join(src)
 
         except KeyboardInterrupt:
             pass

IPython/core/displayhook.py

@@ -26,8 +26,7 b' import __builtin__'
 
 from IPython.config.configurable import Configurable
 from IPython.core import prompts
-import IPython.utils.generics
-import IPython.utils.io
+from IPython.utils import io
 from IPython.utils.traitlets import Instance, List
 from IPython.utils.warn import warn
 
@@ -178,13 +177,13 b' class DisplayHook(Configurable):'
         """Write the output prompt.
 
         The default implementation simply writes the prompt to
-        ``io.Term.cout``.
+        ``io.stdout``.
         """
         # Use write, not print which adds an extra space.
-        IPython.utils.io.Term.cout.write(self.output_sep)
+        io.stdout.write(self.output_sep)
         outprompt = str(self.prompt_out)
         if self.do_full_cache:
-            IPython.utils.io.Term.cout.write(outprompt)
+            io.stdout.write(outprompt)
 
     def compute_format_data(self, result):
         """Compute format data of the object to be displayed.
@@ -219,7 +218,7 b' class DisplayHook(Configurable):'
         """Write the format data dict to the frontend.
 
         This default version of this method simply writes the plain text
-        representation of the object to ``io.Term.cout``. Subclasses should
+        representation of the object to ``io.stdout``. Subclasses should
         override this method to send the entire `format_dict` to the
         frontends.
 
@@ -244,7 +243,7 b' class DisplayHook(Configurable):'
                 # But avoid extraneous empty lines.
                 result_repr = '\n' + result_repr
 
-        print >>IPython.utils.io.Term.cout, result_repr
+        print >>io.stdout, result_repr
 
     def update_user_ns(self, result):
         """Update user_ns with various things like _, __, _1, etc."""
@@ -287,8 +286,8 b' class DisplayHook(Configurable):'
 
     def finish_displayhook(self):
         """Finish up all displayhook activities."""
-        IPython.utils.io.Term.cout.write(self.output_sep2)
-        IPython.utils.io.Term.cout.flush()
+        io.stdout.write(self.output_sep2)
+        io.stdout.flush()
 
     def __call__(self, result=None):
         """Printing with history cache management.

IPython/core/displaypub.py

@@ -98,9 +98,9 b' class DisplayPublisher(Configurable):'
             the data.
         """
         from IPython.utils import io
-        # The default is to simply write the plain text data using io.Term.
+        # The default is to simply write the plain text data using io.stdout.
         if data.has_key('text/plain'):
-            print(data['text/plain'], file=io.Term.cout)
+            print(data['text/plain'], file=io.stdout)
 
 
 def publish_display_data(self, source, data, metadata=None):

IPython/core/history.py

@@ -22,10 +22,9 b' import threading'
 
 # Our own packages
 from IPython.config.configurable import Configurable
-import IPython.utils.io
 
 from IPython.testing import decorators as testdec
-from IPython.utils.io import ask_yes_no
+from IPython.utils import io
 from IPython.utils.traitlets import Bool, Dict, Instance, Int, List, Unicode
 from IPython.utils.warn import warn
 
@@ -630,12 +629,12 b" def magic_history(self, parameter_s = ''):"
     try:
         outfname = opts['f']
     except KeyError:
-        outfile = IPython.utils.io.Term.cout  # default
+        outfile = io.stdout  # default
         # We don't want to close stdout at the end!
         close_at_end = False
     else:
         if os.path.exists(outfname):
-            if not ask_yes_no("File %r exists. Overwrite?" % outfname): 
+            if not io.ask_yes_no("File %r exists. Overwrite?" % outfname): 
                 print('Aborting.')
                 return
 

IPython/core/hooks.py

@@ -45,7 +45,6 b' import os, bisect'
 import sys
 
 from IPython.core.error import TryNext
-import IPython.utils.io
 
 # List here all the default hooks.  For now it's just the editor functions
 # but over time we'll move here all the public API for user-accessible things.

IPython/core/interactiveshell.py

@@ -511,14 +511,13 b' class InteractiveShell(Configurable, Magic):'
     def init_io(self):
         # This will just use sys.stdout and sys.stderr. If you want to
         # override sys.stdout and sys.stderr themselves, you need to do that
-        # *before* instantiating this class, because Term holds onto 
+        # *before* instantiating this class, because io holds onto 
         # references to the underlying streams.
         if sys.platform == 'win32' and self.has_readline:
-            Term = io.IOTerm(cout=self.readline._outputfile,
-                             cerr=self.readline._outputfile)
+            io.stdout = io.stderr = io.IOStream(self.readline._outputfile)
         else:
-            Term = io.IOTerm()
-        io.Term = Term
+            io.stdout = io.IOStream(sys.stdout)
+            io.stderr = io.IOStream(sys.stderr)
 
     def init_prompts(self):
         # TODO: This is a pass for now because the prompts are managed inside
@@ -1477,7 +1476,7 b' class InteractiveShell(Configurable, Magic):'
         Subclasses may override this method to put the traceback on a different
         place, like a side channel.
         """
-        print >> io.Term.cout, self.InteractiveTB.stb2text(stb)
+        print >> io.stdout, self.InteractiveTB.stb2text(stb)
 
     def showsyntaxerror(self, filename=None):
         """Display the syntax error that just occurred.
@@ -1931,7 +1930,7 b' class InteractiveShell(Configurable, Magic):'
             # plain ascii works better w/ pyreadline, on some machines, so
             # we use it and only print uncolored rewrite if we have unicode
             rw = str(rw)
-            print >> IPython.utils.io.Term.cout, rw
+            print >> io.stdout, rw
         except UnicodeEncodeError:
             print "------> " + cmd
             
@@ -2325,12 +2324,12 b' class InteractiveShell(Configurable, Magic):'
     # TODO:  This should be removed when Term is refactored.
     def write(self,data):
         """Write a string to the default output"""
-        io.Term.cout.write(data)
+        io.stdout.write(data)
 
     # TODO:  This should be removed when Term is refactored.
     def write_err(self,data):
         """Write a string to the default error output"""
-        io.Term.cerr.write(data)
+        io.stderr.write(data)
 
     def ask_yes_no(self,prompt,default=True):
         if self.quiet:

IPython/core/macro.py

@@ -10,8 +10,6 b''
 import re
 import sys
 
-import IPython.utils.io
-
 coding_declaration = re.compile(r"#\s*coding[:=]\s*([-\w.]+)")
 
 class Macro(object):

IPython/core/magic.py

@@ -53,7 +53,6 b' from IPython.lib.pylabtools import mpl_runner'
 from IPython.external.Itpl import itpl, printpl
 from IPython.testing import decorators as testdec
 from IPython.utils.io import file_read, nlprint
-import IPython.utils.io
 from IPython.utils.path import get_py_filename
 from IPython.utils.process import arg_split, abbrev_cwd
 from IPython.utils.terminal import set_term_title

IPython/core/oinspect.py

@@ -31,7 +31,7 b' from itertools import izip_longest'
 from IPython.core import page
 from IPython.external.Itpl import itpl
 from IPython.utils import PyColorize
-import IPython.utils.io
+from IPython.utils import io
 from IPython.utils.text import indent
 from IPython.utils.wildcard import list_namespace
 from IPython.utils.coloransi import *
@@ -300,7 +300,7 b' class Inspector:'
         if output is None:
             self.noinfo('definition header',oname)
         else:
-            print >>IPython.utils.io.Term.cout, header,self.format(output),
+            print >>io.stdout, header,self.format(output),
 
     def pdoc(self,obj,oname='',formatter = None):
         """Print the docstring for any object.

IPython/core/page.py

@@ -36,7 +36,7 b' from IPython.core import ipapi'
 from IPython.core.error import TryNext
 from IPython.utils.cursesimport import use_curses
 from IPython.utils.data import chop
-import IPython.utils.io
+from IPython.utils import io
 from IPython.utils.process import system
 from IPython.utils.terminal import get_terminal_size
 
@@ -56,18 +56,18 b' def page_dumb(strng, start=0, screen_lines=25):'
     out_ln  = strng.splitlines()[start:]
     screens = chop(out_ln,screen_lines-1)
     if len(screens) == 1:
-        print >>IPython.utils.io.Term.cout, os.linesep.join(screens[0])
+        print >>io.stdout, os.linesep.join(screens[0])
     else:
         last_escape = ""
         for scr in screens[0:-1]:
             hunk = os.linesep.join(scr)
-            print >>IPython.utils.io.Term.cout, last_escape + hunk
+            print >>io.stdout, last_escape + hunk
             if not page_more():
                 return
             esc_list = esc_re.findall(hunk)
             if len(esc_list) > 0:
                 last_escape = esc_list[-1]
-        print >>IPython.utils.io.Term.cout, last_escape + os.linesep.join(screens[-1])
+        print >>io.stdout, last_escape + os.linesep.join(screens[-1])
 
 
 def page(strng, start=0, screen_lines=0, pager_cmd=None):
@@ -176,7 +176,7 b' def page(strng, start=0, screen_lines=0, pager_cmd=None):'
     #print 'numlines',numlines,'screenlines',screen_lines  # dbg
     if numlines <= screen_lines :
         #print '*** normal print'  # dbg
-        print >>IPython.utils.io.Term.cout, str_toprint
+        print >>io.stdout, str_toprint
     else:
         # Try to open pager and default to internal one if that fails.
         # All failure modes are tagged as 'retval=1', to match the return
@@ -282,13 +282,13 b" if os.name == 'nt' and os.environ.get('TERM','dumb') != 'emacs':"
 
         @return:    True if need print more lines, False if quit
         """
-        IPython.utils.io.Term.cout.write('---Return to continue, q to quit--- ')
+        io.stdout.write('---Return to continue, q to quit--- ')
         ans = msvcrt.getch()
         if ans in ("q", "Q"):
             result = False
         else:
             result = True
-        IPython.utils.io.Term.cout.write("\b"*37 + " "*37 + "\b"*37)
+        io.stdout.write("\b"*37 + " "*37 + "\b"*37)
         return result
 else:
     def page_more():

IPython/core/prefilter.py

@@ -37,7 +37,6 b' from IPython.core.splitinput import split_user_input'
 from IPython.core import page
 
 from IPython.utils.traitlets import List, Int, Any, Str, CBool, Bool, Instance
-import IPython.utils.io
 from IPython.utils.text import make_quoted_expr
 from IPython.utils.autoattr import auto_attr
 

IPython/core/ultratb.py

@@ -325,8 +325,8 b' class TBTools(object):'
 
         # Output stream to write to.  Note that we store the original value in
         # a private attribute and then make the public ostream a property, so
-        # that we can delay accessing io.Term.cout until runtime.  The way
-        # things are written now, the Term.cout object is dynamically managed
+        # that we can delay accessing io.stdout until runtime.  The way
+        # things are written now, the io.stdout object is dynamically managed
         # so a reference to it should NEVER be stored statically.  This
         # property approach confines this detail to a single location, and all
         # subclasses can simply access self.ostream for writing.
@@ -349,12 +349,12 b' class TBTools(object):'
         Valid values are:
         
         - None: the default, which means that IPython will dynamically resolve
-        to io.Term.cout.  This ensures compatibility with most tools, including
+        to io.stdout.  This ensures compatibility with most tools, including
         Windows (where plain stdout doesn't recognize ANSI escapes).
 
         - Any object with 'write' and 'flush' attributes.
         """
-        return io.Term.cout if self._ostream is None else self._ostream
+        return io.stdout if self._ostream is None else self._ostream
 
     def _set_ostream(self, val):
         assert val is None or (hasattr(val, 'write') and hasattr(val, 'flush'))

IPython/lib/demo.py

@@ -176,8 +176,8 b' import shlex'
 import sys
 
 from IPython.utils.PyColorize import Parser
+from IPython.utils import io
 from IPython.utils.io import file_read, file_readlines
-import IPython.utils.io
 from IPython.utils.text import marquee
 
 __all__ = ['Demo','IPythonDemo','LineDemo','IPythonLineDemo','DemoError']
@@ -319,7 +319,7 b' class Demo(object):'
         
         if index is None:
             if self.finished:
-                print >>IPython.utils.io.Term.cout, 'Demo finished.  Use <demo_name>.reset() if you want to rerun it.'
+                print >>io.stdout, 'Demo finished.  Use <demo_name>.reset() if you want to rerun it.'
                 return None
             index = self.block_index
         else:
@@ -388,9 +388,9 b' class Demo(object):'
         if index is None:
             return
 
-        print >>IPython.utils.io.Term.cout, self.marquee('<%s> block # %s (%s remaining)' %
+        print >>io.stdout, self.marquee('<%s> block # %s (%s remaining)' %
                            (self.title,index,self.nblocks-index-1))
-        print >>IPython.utils.io.Term.cout,(self.src_blocks_colored[index])
+        print >>io.stdout,(self.src_blocks_colored[index])
         sys.stdout.flush()
 
     def show_all(self):
@@ -403,12 +403,12 b' class Demo(object):'
         marquee = self.marquee
         for index,block in enumerate(self.src_blocks_colored):
             if silent[index]:
-                print >>IPython.utils.io.Term.cout, marquee('<%s> SILENT block # %s (%s remaining)' %
+                print >>io.stdout, marquee('<%s> SILENT block # %s (%s remaining)' %
                               (title,index,nblocks-index-1))
             else:
-                print >>IPython.utils.io.Term.cout, marquee('<%s> block # %s (%s remaining)' %
+                print >>io.stdout, marquee('<%s> block # %s (%s remaining)' %
                               (title,index,nblocks-index-1))
-            print >>IPython.utils.io.Term.cout, block,
+            print >>io.stdout, block,
         sys.stdout.flush()
 
     def run_cell(self,source):
@@ -433,18 +433,18 b' class Demo(object):'
             next_block = self.src_blocks[index]
             self.block_index += 1
             if self._silent[index]:
-                print >>IPython.utils.io.Term.cout, marquee('Executing silent block # %s (%s remaining)' %
+                print >>io.stdout, marquee('Executing silent block # %s (%s remaining)' %
                               (index,self.nblocks-index-1))
             else:
                 self.pre_cmd()
                 self.show(index)
                 if self.auto_all or self._auto[index]:
-                    print >>IPython.utils.io.Term.cout, marquee('output:')
+                    print >>io.stdout, marquee('output:')
                 else:
-                    print >>IPython.utils.io.Term.cout, marquee('Press <q> to quit, <Enter> to execute...'),
+                    print >>io.stdout, marquee('Press <q> to quit, <Enter> to execute...'),
                     ans = raw_input().strip()
                     if ans:
-                        print >>IPython.utils.io.Term.cout, marquee('Block NOT executed')
+                        print >>io.stdout, marquee('Block NOT executed')
                         return
             try:
                 save_argv = sys.argv
@@ -462,10 +462,10 b' class Demo(object):'
         if self.block_index == self.nblocks:
             mq1 = self.marquee('END OF DEMO')
             if mq1:
-                # avoid spurious print >>IPython.utils.io.Term.cout,s if empty marquees are used
-                print >>IPython.utils.io.Term.cout
-                print >>IPython.utils.io.Term.cout, mq1
-                print >>IPython.utils.io.Term.cout, self.marquee('Use <demo_name>.reset() if you want to rerun it.')
+                # avoid spurious print >>io.stdout,s if empty marquees are used
+                print >>io.stdout
+                print >>io.stdout, mq1
+                print >>io.stdout, self.marquee('Use <demo_name>.reset() if you want to rerun it.')
             self.finished = True
 
     # These methods are meant to be overridden by subclasses who may wish to

IPython/utils/io.py

@@ -26,13 +26,21 b' from IPython.external.Itpl import itpl, printpl'
 
 class IOStream:
 
-    def __init__(self,stream,fallback):
+    def __init__(self,stream, fallback=None):
         if not hasattr(stream,'write') or not hasattr(stream,'flush'):
-            stream = fallback
+            if fallback is not None:
+                stream = fallback
+            else:
+                raise ValueError("fallback required, but not specified")
         self.stream = stream
         self._swrite = stream.write
-        self.flush = stream.flush
-
+        
+        # clone all methods not overridden:
+        def clone(meth):
+            return not hasattr(self, meth) and not meth.startswith('_')
+        for meth in filter(clone, dir(stream)):
+            setattr(self, meth, getattr(stream, meth))
+    
     def write(self,data):
         try:
             self._swrite(data)
@@ -46,11 +54,21 b' class IOStream:'
                 # if we get here, something is seriously broken.
                 print('ERROR - failed to write data to stream:', self.stream,
                       file=sys.stderr)
+    
+    def writelines(self, lines):
+        if isinstance(lines, basestring):
+            lines = [lines]
+        for line in lines:
+            self.write(line)
 
     # This class used to have a writeln method, but regular files and streams
     # in Python don't have this method. We need to keep this completely
     # compatible so we removed it.
 
+    @property
+    def closed(self):
+        return self.stream.closed
+    
     def close(self):
         pass
 
@@ -65,10 +83,15 b' class IOTerm:'
     # In the future, having IPython channel all its I/O operations through
     # this class will make it easier to embed it into other environments which
     # are not a normal terminal (such as a GUI-based shell)
-    def __init__(self, cin=None, cout=None, cerr=None):
-        self.cin  = IOStream(cin, sys.stdin)
-        self.cout = IOStream(cout, sys.stdout)
-        self.cerr = IOStream(cerr, sys.stderr)
+    def __init__(self, stdin=None, stdout=None, stderr=None):
+        self.stdin  = IOStream(stdin, sys.stdin)
+        self.stdout = IOStream(stdout, sys.stdout)
+        self.stderr = IOStream(stderr, sys.stderr)
+
+# setup stdin/stdout/stderr to sys.stdin/sys.stdout/sys.stderr
+stdin = IOStream(sys.stdin)
+stdout = IOStream(sys.stdout)
+stderr = IOStream(sys.stderr)
 
 
 class Tee(object):

IPython/utils/tests/test_io.py

@@ -15,6 +15,7 b''
 import sys
 
 from cStringIO import StringIO
+from subprocess import Popen, PIPE
 
 import nose.tools as nt
 
@@ -59,3 +60,12 b' class TeeTestCase(dec.ParametricTestCase):'
         for chan in ['stdout', 'stderr']:
             for check in ['close', 'del']:
                 yield self.tchan(chan, check)
+
+def test_io_init():
+    """Test that io.stdin/out/err exist at startup"""
+    for name in ('stdin', 'stdout', 'stderr'):
+        p = Popen([sys.executable, '-c', "from IPython.utils import io;print io.%s.__class__"%name],
+                    stdout=PIPE)
+        p.wait()
+        classname = p.stdout.read().strip()
+        nt.assert_equals(classname, 'IPython.utils.io.IOStream')

IPython/utils/warn.py

@@ -16,7 +16,7 b" Utilities for warnings. Shoudn't we just use the built in warnings module."
 
 import sys
 
-import IPython.utils.io
+from IPython.utils import io
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Code
@@ -25,7 +25,7 b' import IPython.utils.io'
 def warn(msg,level=2,exit_val=1):
     """Standard warning printer. Gives formatting consistency.
 
-    Output is sent to IPython.utils.io.Term.cerr (sys.stderr by default).
+    Output is sent to io.stderr (sys.stderr by default).
 
     Options:
 
@@ -41,9 +41,9 b' def warn(msg,level=2,exit_val=1):'
 
     if level>0:
         header = ['','','WARNING: ','ERROR: ','FATAL ERROR: ']
-        print >> IPython.utils.io.Term.cerr, '%s%s' % (header[level],msg)
+        print >> io.stderr, '%s%s' % (header[level],msg)
         if level == 4:
-            print >> IPython.utils.io.Term.cerr,'Exiting.\n'
+            print >> io.stderr,'Exiting.\n'
             sys.exit(exit_val)