Merging upstream changes from trunk (after fixing small conflicts).

IPython/genutils.py

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 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 """General purpose utilities.
 
 This is a grab-bag of stuff I find useful in most programs I write. Some of
 these things are also convenient when working at the command line.
 """
 
 #*****************************************************************************
 #       Copyright (C) 2001-2006 Fernando Perez. <[e-mail]>
 #
 #  Distributed under the terms of the BSD License.  The full license is in
 #  the file COPYING, distributed as part of this software.
 #*****************************************************************************
 
 #****************************************************************************
 # required modules from the Python standard library
 import __main__
 import commands
 try:
     import doctest
 except ImportError:
     pass
 import os
 import platform
 import re
 import shlex
 import shutil
 import subprocess
 import sys
 import tempfile
 import time
 import types
 import warnings
 
 # Curses and termios are Unix-only modules
 try:
     import curses
     # We need termios as well, so if its import happens to raise, we bail on
     # using curses altogether.
     import termios
 except ImportError:
     USE_CURSES = False
 else:
     # Curses on Solaris may not be complete, so we can't use it there
     USE_CURSES = hasattr(curses,'initscr')
 
 # Other IPython utilities
 import IPython
 from IPython.Itpl import Itpl,itpl,printpl
 from IPython import DPyGetOpt, platutils
 from IPython.generics import result_display
 import IPython.ipapi
 from IPython.external.path import path
 if os.name == "nt":
     from IPython.winconsole import get_console_size
 
 try:
     set
 except:
     from sets import Set as set
 
 
 #****************************************************************************
 # Exceptions
 class Error(Exception):
     """Base class for exceptions in this module."""
     pass
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 class IOStream:
     def __init__(self,stream,fallback):
         if not hasattr(stream,'write') or not hasattr(stream,'flush'):
             stream = fallback
         self.stream = stream
         self._swrite = stream.write
         self.flush = stream.flush
 
     def write(self,data):
         try:
             self._swrite(data)
         except:
             try:
                 # print handles some unicode issues which may trip a plain
                 # write() call.  Attempt to emulate write() by using a
                 # trailing comma
                 print >> self.stream, data,
             except:
                 # if we get here, something is seriously broken.
                 print >> sys.stderr, \
                       'ERROR - failed to write data to stream:', self.stream
 
     def close(self):
         pass
 
 
 class IOTerm:
     """ Term holds the file or file-like objects for handling I/O operations.
 
     These are normally just sys.stdin, sys.stdout and sys.stderr but for
     Windows they can can replaced to allow editing the strings before they are
     displayed."""
 
     # 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)
 
 # Global variable to be used for all I/O
 Term = IOTerm()
 
 import IPython.rlineimpl as readline
 # Remake Term to use the readline i/o facilities
 if sys.platform == 'win32' and readline.have_readline:
 
     Term = IOTerm(cout=readline._outputfile,cerr=readline._outputfile)
 
 
 #****************************************************************************
 # Generic warning/error printer, used by everything else
 def warn(msg,level=2,exit_val=1):
     """Standard warning printer. Gives formatting consistency.
 
     Output is sent to Term.cerr (sys.stderr by default).
 
     Options:
 
     -level(2): allows finer control:
       0 -> Do nothing, dummy function.
       1 -> Print message.
       2 -> Print 'WARNING:' + message. (Default level).
       3 -> Print 'ERROR:' + message.
       4 -> Print 'FATAL ERROR:' + message and trigger a sys.exit(exit_val).
 
     -exit_val (1): exit value returned by sys.exit() for a level 4
     warning. Ignored for all other levels."""
 
     if level>0:
         header = ['','','WARNING: ','ERROR: ','FATAL ERROR: ']
         print >> Term.cerr, '%s%s' % (header[level],msg)
         if level == 4:
             print >> Term.cerr,'Exiting.\n'
             sys.exit(exit_val)
 
 def info(msg):
     """Equivalent to warn(msg,level=1)."""
 
     warn(msg,level=1)
 
 def error(msg):
     """Equivalent to warn(msg,level=3)."""
 
     warn(msg,level=3)
 
 def fatal(msg,exit_val=1):
     """Equivalent to warn(msg,exit_val=exit_val,level=4)."""
 
     warn(msg,exit_val=exit_val,level=4)
 
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Debugging routines
 #
 def debugx(expr,pre_msg=''):
     """Print the value of an expression from the caller's frame.
 
     Takes an expression, evaluates it in the caller's frame and prints both
     the given expression and the resulting value (as well as a debug mark
     indicating the name of the calling function.  The input must be of a form
     suitable for eval().
 
     An optional message can be passed, which will be prepended to the printed
     expr->value pair."""
 
     cf = sys._getframe(1)
     print '[DBG:%s] %s%s -> %r' % (cf.f_code.co_name,pre_msg,expr,
                                    eval(expr,cf.f_globals,cf.f_locals))
 
 # deactivate it by uncommenting the following line, which makes it a no-op
 #def debugx(expr,pre_msg=''): pass
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 StringTypes = types.StringTypes
 
 # Basic timing functionality
 
 # If possible (Unix), use the resource module instead of time.clock()
 try:
     import resource
     def clocku():
         """clocku() -> floating point number
 
         Return the *USER* CPU time in seconds since the start of the process.
         This is done via a call to resource.getrusage, so it avoids the
         wraparound problems in time.clock()."""
 
         return resource.getrusage(resource.RUSAGE_SELF)[0]
 
     def clocks():
         """clocks() -> floating point number
 
         Return the *SYSTEM* CPU time in seconds since the start of the process.
         This is done via a call to resource.getrusage, so it avoids the
         wraparound problems in time.clock()."""
 
         return resource.getrusage(resource.RUSAGE_SELF)[1]
 
     def clock():
         """clock() -> floating point number
 
         Return the *TOTAL USER+SYSTEM* CPU time in seconds since the start of
         the process.  This is done via a call to resource.getrusage, so it
         avoids the wraparound problems in time.clock()."""
 
         u,s = resource.getrusage(resource.RUSAGE_SELF)[:2]
         return u+s
 
     def clock2():
         """clock2() -> (t_user,t_system)
 
         Similar to clock(), but return a tuple of user/system times."""
         return resource.getrusage(resource.RUSAGE_SELF)[:2]
 
 except ImportError:
     # There is no distinction of user/system time under windows, so we just use
     # time.clock() for everything...
     clocku = clocks = clock = time.clock
     def clock2():
         """Under windows, system CPU time can't be measured.
 
         This just returns clock() and zero."""
         return time.clock(),0.0
 
 def timings_out(reps,func,*args,**kw):
     """timings_out(reps,func,*args,**kw) -> (t_total,t_per_call,output)
 
     Execute a function reps times, return a tuple with the elapsed total
     CPU time in seconds, the time per call and the function's output.
 
     Under Unix, the return value is the sum of user+system time consumed by
     the process, computed via the resource module.  This prevents problems
     related to the wraparound effect which the time.clock() function has.
 
     Under Windows the return value is in wall clock seconds. See the
     documentation for the time module for more details."""
 
     reps = int(reps)
     assert reps >=1, 'reps must be >= 1'
     if reps==1:
         start = clock()
         out = func(*args,**kw)
         tot_time = clock()-start
     else:
         rng = xrange(reps-1) # the last time is executed separately to store output
         start = clock()
         for dummy in rng: func(*args,**kw)
         out = func(*args,**kw)  # one last time
         tot_time = clock()-start
     av_time = tot_time / reps
     return tot_time,av_time,out
 
 def timings(reps,func,*args,**kw):
     """timings(reps,func,*args,**kw) -> (t_total,t_per_call)
 
     Execute a function reps times, return a tuple with the elapsed total CPU
     time in seconds and the time per call. These are just the first two values
     in timings_out()."""
 
     return timings_out(reps,func,*args,**kw)[0:2]
 
 def timing(func,*args,**kw):
     """timing(func,*args,**kw) -> t_total
 
     Execute a function once, return the elapsed total CPU time in
     seconds. This is just the first value in timings_out()."""
 
     return timings_out(1,func,*args,**kw)[0]
 
 #****************************************************************************
 # file and system
 
 def arg_split(s,posix=False):
     """Split a command line's arguments in a shell-like manner.
 
     This is a modified version of the standard library's shlex.split()
     function, but with a default of posix=False for splitting, so that quotes
     in inputs are respected."""
 
     # XXX - there may be unicode-related problems here!!!  I'm not sure that
     # shlex is truly unicode-safe, so it might be necessary to do
     #
     # s = s.encode(sys.stdin.encoding)
     #
     # first, to ensure that shlex gets a normal string.  Input from anyone who
     # knows more about unicode and shlex than I would be good to have here...
     lex = shlex.shlex(s, posix=posix)
     lex.whitespace_split = True
     return list(lex)
 
 def system(cmd,verbose=0,debug=0,header=''):
     """Execute a system command, return its exit status.
 
     Options:
 
     - verbose (0): print the command to be executed.
 
     - debug (0): only print, do not actually execute.
 
     - header (''): Header to print on screen prior to the executed command (it
     is only prepended to the command, no newlines are added).
 
     Note: a stateful version of this function is available through the
     SystemExec class."""
 
     stat = 0
     if verbose or debug: print header+cmd
     sys.stdout.flush()
     if not debug: stat = os.system(cmd)
     return stat
 
 def abbrev_cwd():
     """ Return abbreviated version of cwd, e.g. d:mydir """
     cwd = os.getcwd().replace('\\','/')
     drivepart = ''
     tail = cwd
     if sys.platform == 'win32':
         if len(cwd) < 4:
             return cwd
         drivepart,tail = os.path.splitdrive(cwd)
 
 
     parts = tail.split('/')
     if len(parts) > 2:
         tail = '/'.join(parts[-2:])
 
     return (drivepart + (
         cwd == '/' and '/' or tail))
 
 
 # This function is used by ipython in a lot of places to make system calls.
 # We need it to be slightly different under win32, due to the vagaries of
 # 'network shares'.  A win32 override is below.
 
 def shell(cmd,verbose=0,debug=0,header=''):
     """Execute a command in the system shell, always return None.
 
     Options:
 
     - verbose (0): print the command to be executed.
 
     - debug (0): only print, do not actually execute.
 
     - header (''): Header to print on screen prior to the executed command (it
     is only prepended to the command, no newlines are added).
 
     Note: this is similar to genutils.system(), but it returns None so it can
     be conveniently used in interactive loops without getting the return value
     (typically 0) printed many times."""
 
     stat = 0
     if verbose or debug: print header+cmd
     # flush stdout so we don't mangle python's buffering
     sys.stdout.flush()
 
     if not debug:
         platutils.set_term_title("IPy " + cmd)
         os.system(cmd)
         platutils.set_term_title("IPy " + abbrev_cwd())
 
 # override shell() for win32 to deal with network shares
 if os.name in ('nt','dos'):
 
     shell_ori = shell
 
     def shell(cmd,verbose=0,debug=0,header=''):
         if os.getcwd().startswith(r"\\"):
             path = os.getcwd()
             # change to c drive (cannot be on UNC-share when issuing os.system,
             # as cmd.exe cannot handle UNC addresses)
             os.chdir("c:")
             # issue pushd to the UNC-share and then run the command
             try:
                 shell_ori('"pushd %s&&"'%path+cmd,verbose,debug,header)
             finally:
                 os.chdir(path)
         else:
             shell_ori(cmd,verbose,debug,header)
 
     shell.__doc__ = shell_ori.__doc__
 
 def getoutput(cmd,verbose=0,debug=0,header='',split=0):
     """Dummy substitute for perl's backquotes.
 
     Executes a command and returns the output.
 
     Accepts the same arguments as system(), plus:
 
     - split(0): if true, the output is returned as a list split on newlines.
 
     Note: a stateful version of this function is available through the
     SystemExec class.
 
     This is pretty much deprecated and rarely used,
     genutils.getoutputerror may be what you need.
 
     """
 
     if verbose or debug: print header+cmd
     if not debug:
         output = os.popen(cmd).read()
         # stipping last \n is here for backwards compat.
         if output.endswith('\n'):
             output = output[:-1]
         if split:
             return output.split('\n')
         else:
             return output
 
 def getoutputerror(cmd,verbose=0,debug=0,header='',split=0):
     """Return (standard output,standard error) of executing cmd in a shell.
 
     Accepts the same arguments as system(), plus:
 
     - split(0): if true, each of stdout/err is returned as a list split on
     newlines.
 
     Note: a stateful version of this function is available through the
     SystemExec class."""
 
     if verbose or debug: print header+cmd
     if not cmd:
         if split:
             return [],[]
         else:
             return '',''
     if not debug:
         pin,pout,perr = os.popen3(cmd)
         tout = pout.read().rstrip()
         terr = perr.read().rstrip()
         pin.close()
         pout.close()
         perr.close()
         if split:
             return tout.split('\n'),terr.split('\n')
         else:
             return tout,terr
 
 # for compatibility with older naming conventions
 xsys = system
 bq = getoutput
 
 class SystemExec:
     """Access the system and getoutput functions through a stateful interface.
 
     Note: here we refer to the system and getoutput functions from this
     library, not the ones from the standard python library.
 
     This class offers the system and getoutput functions as methods, but the
     verbose, debug and header parameters can be set for the instance (at
     creation time or later) so that they don't need to be specified on each
     call.
 
     For efficiency reasons, there's no way to override the parameters on a
     per-call basis other than by setting instance attributes. If you need
     local overrides, it's best to directly call system() or getoutput().
 
     The following names are provided as alternate options:
      - xsys: alias to system
      - bq: alias to getoutput
 
     An instance can then be created as:
     >>> sysexec = SystemExec(verbose=1,debug=0,header='Calling: ')
     """
 
     def __init__(self,verbose=0,debug=0,header='',split=0):
         """Specify the instance's values for verbose, debug and header."""
         setattr_list(self,'verbose debug header split')
 
     def system(self,cmd):
         """Stateful interface to system(), with the same keyword parameters."""
 
         system(cmd,self.verbose,self.debug,self.header)
 
     def shell(self,cmd):
         """Stateful interface to shell(), with the same keyword parameters."""
 
         shell(cmd,self.verbose,self.debug,self.header)
 
     xsys = system  # alias
 
     def getoutput(self,cmd):
         """Stateful interface to getoutput()."""
 
         return getoutput(cmd,self.verbose,self.debug,self.header,self.split)
 
     def getoutputerror(self,cmd):
         """Stateful interface to getoutputerror()."""
 
         return getoutputerror(cmd,self.verbose,self.debug,self.header,self.split)
 
     bq = getoutput  # alias
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 def mutex_opts(dict,ex_op):
     """Check for presence of mutually exclusive keys in a dict.
 
     Call: mutex_opts(dict,[[op1a,op1b],[op2a,op2b]...]"""
     for op1,op2 in ex_op:
         if op1 in dict and op2 in dict:
             raise ValueError,'\n*** ERROR in Arguments *** '\
                   'Options '+op1+' and '+op2+' are mutually exclusive.'
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 def get_py_filename(name):
     """Return a valid python filename in the current directory.
 
     If the given name is not a file, it adds '.py' and searches again.
     Raises IOError with an informative message if the file isn't found."""
 
     name = os.path.expanduser(name)
     if not os.path.isfile(name) and not name.endswith('.py'):
         name += '.py'
     if os.path.isfile(name):
         return name
     else:
         raise IOError,'File `%s` not found.' % name
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 def filefind(fname,alt_dirs = None):
     """Return the given filename either in the current directory, if it
     exists, or in a specified list of directories.
 
     ~ expansion is done on all file and directory names.
 
     Upon an unsuccessful search, raise an IOError exception."""
 
     if alt_dirs is None:
         try:
             alt_dirs = get_home_dir()
         except HomeDirError:
             alt_dirs = os.getcwd()
     search = [fname] + list_strings(alt_dirs)
     search = map(os.path.expanduser,search)
     #print 'search list for',fname,'list:',search  # dbg
     fname = search[0]
     if os.path.isfile(fname):
         return fname
     for direc in search[1:]:
         testname = os.path.join(direc,fname)
         #print 'testname',testname  # dbg
         if os.path.isfile(testname):
             return testname
     raise IOError,'File' + `fname` + \
           ' not found in current or supplied directories:' + `alt_dirs`
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 def file_read(filename):
     """Read a file and close it.  Returns the file source."""
     fobj = open(filename,'r');
     source = fobj.read();
     fobj.close()
     return source
 
 def file_readlines(filename):
     """Read a file and close it.  Returns the file source using readlines()."""
     fobj = open(filename,'r');
     lines = fobj.readlines();
     fobj.close()
     return lines
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 def target_outdated(target,deps):
     """Determine whether a target is out of date.
 
     target_outdated(target,deps) -> 1/0
 
     deps: list of filenames which MUST exist.
     target: single filename which may or may not exist.
 
     If target doesn't exist or is older than any file listed in deps, return
     true, otherwise return false.
     """
     try:
         target_time = os.path.getmtime(target)
     except os.error:
         return 1
     for dep in deps:
         dep_time = os.path.getmtime(dep)
         if dep_time > target_time:
             #print "For target",target,"Dep failed:",dep # dbg
             #print "times (dep,tar):",dep_time,target_time # dbg
             return 1
     return 0
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 def target_update(target,deps,cmd):
     """Update a target with a given command given a list of dependencies.
 
     target_update(target,deps,cmd) -> runs cmd if target is outdated.
 
     This is just a wrapper around target_outdated() which calls the given
     command if target is outdated."""
 
     if target_outdated(target,deps):
         xsys(cmd)
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 def unquote_ends(istr):
     """Remove a single pair of quotes from the endpoints of a string."""
 
     if not istr:
         return istr
     if (istr[0]=="'" and istr[-1]=="'") or \
        (istr[0]=='"' and istr[-1]=='"'):
         return istr[1:-1]
     else:
         return istr
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 def process_cmdline(argv,names=[],defaults={},usage=''):
     """ Process command-line options and arguments.
 
     Arguments:
 
     - argv: list of arguments, typically sys.argv.
 
     - names: list of option names. See DPyGetOpt docs for details on options
     syntax.
 
     - defaults: dict of default values.
 
     - usage: optional usage notice to print if a wrong argument is passed.
 
     Return a dict of options and a list of free arguments."""
 
     getopt = DPyGetOpt.DPyGetOpt()
     getopt.setIgnoreCase(0)
     getopt.parseConfiguration(names)
 
     try:
         getopt.processArguments(argv)
     except DPyGetOpt.ArgumentError, exc:
         print usage
         warn('"%s"' % exc,level=4)
 
     defaults.update(getopt.optionValues)
     args = getopt.freeValues
 
     return defaults,args
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 def optstr2types(ostr):
     """Convert a string of option names to a dict of type mappings.
 
     optstr2types(str) -> {None:'string_opts',int:'int_opts',float:'float_opts'}
 
     This is used to get the types of all the options in a string formatted
     with the conventions of DPyGetOpt. The 'type' None is used for options
     which are strings (they need no further conversion). This function's main
     use is to get a typemap for use with read_dict().
     """
 
     typeconv = {None:'',int:'',float:''}
     typemap = {'s':None,'i':int,'f':float}
     opt_re = re.compile(r'([\w]*)([^:=]*:?=?)([sif]?)')
 
     for w in ostr.split():
         oname,alias,otype = opt_re.match(w).groups()
         if otype == '' or alias == '!':   # simple switches are integers too
             otype = 'i'
         typeconv[typemap[otype]] += oname + ' '
     return typeconv
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 def read_dict(filename,type_conv=None,**opt):
     r"""Read a dictionary of key=value pairs from an input file, optionally
     performing conversions on the resulting values.
 
     read_dict(filename,type_conv,**opt) -> dict
 
     Only one value per line is accepted, the format should be
      # optional comments are ignored
      key value\n
 
     Args:
 
       - type_conv: A dictionary specifying which keys need to be converted to
       which types. By default all keys are read as strings. This dictionary
       should have as its keys valid conversion functions for strings
       (int,long,float,complex, or your own).  The value for each key
       (converter) should be a whitespace separated string containing the names
       of all the entries in the file to be converted using that function. For
       keys to be left alone, use None as the conversion function (only needed
       with purge=1, see below).
 
       - opt: dictionary with extra options as below (default in parens)
 
         purge(0): if set to 1, all keys *not* listed in type_conv are purged out
         of the dictionary to be returned. If purge is going to be used, the
         set of keys to be left as strings also has to be explicitly specified
         using the (non-existent) conversion function None.
 
         fs(None): field separator. This is the key/value separator to be used
         when parsing the file. The None default means any whitespace [behavior
         of string.split()].
 
         strip(0): if 1, strip string values of leading/trailinig whitespace.
 
         warn(1): warning level if requested keys are not found in file.
           - 0: silently ignore.
           - 1: inform but proceed.
           - 2: raise KeyError exception.
 
         no_empty(0): if 1, remove keys with whitespace strings as a value.
 
         unique([]): list of keys (or space separated string) which can't be
         repeated. If one such key is found in the file, each new instance
         overwrites the previous one. For keys not listed here, the behavior is
         to make a list of all appearances.
 
     Example:
 
     If the input file test.ini contains (we put it in a string to keep the test
     self-contained):
 
     >>> test_ini = '''\
     ... i 3
     ... x 4.5
     ... y 5.5
     ... s hi ho'''
 
     Then we can use it as follows:
     >>> type_conv={int:'i',float:'x',None:'s'}
 
     >>> d = read_dict(test_ini)
 
     >>> sorted(d.items())
     [('i', '3'), ('s', 'hi ho'), ('x', '4.5'), ('y', '5.5')]
 
     >>> d = read_dict(test_ini,type_conv)
 
     >>> sorted(d.items())
     [('i', 3), ('s', 'hi ho'), ('x', 4.5), ('y', '5.5')]
 
     >>> d = read_dict(test_ini,type_conv,purge=True)
 
     >>> sorted(d.items())
     [('i', 3), ('s', 'hi ho'), ('x', 4.5)]
     """
 
     # starting config
     opt.setdefault('purge',0)
     opt.setdefault('fs',None)  # field sep defaults to any whitespace
     opt.setdefault('strip',0)
     opt.setdefault('warn',1)
     opt.setdefault('no_empty',0)
     opt.setdefault('unique','')
     if type(opt['unique']) in StringTypes:
         unique_keys = qw(opt['unique'])
     elif type(opt['unique']) in (types.TupleType,types.ListType):
         unique_keys = opt['unique']
     else:
         raise ValueError, 'Unique keys must be given as a string, List or Tuple'
 
     dict = {}
 
     # first read in table of values as strings
     if '\n' in filename:
         lines = filename.splitlines()
         file = None
     else:
         file = open(filename,'r')
         lines = file.readlines()
     for line in lines:
         line = line.strip()
         if len(line) and line[0]=='#': continue
         if len(line)>0:
             lsplit = line.split(opt['fs'],1)
             try:
                 key,val = lsplit
             except ValueError:
                 key,val = lsplit[0],''
             key = key.strip()
             if opt['strip']: val = val.strip()
             if val == "''" or val == '""': val = ''
             if opt['no_empty'] and (val=='' or val.isspace()):
                 continue
             # if a key is found more than once in the file, build a list
             # unless it's in the 'unique' list. In that case, last found in file
             # takes precedence. User beware.
             try:
                 if dict[key] and key in unique_keys:
                     dict[key] = val
                 elif type(dict[key]) is types.ListType:
                     dict[key].append(val)
                 else:
                     dict[key] = [dict[key],val]
             except KeyError:
                 dict[key] = val
     # purge if requested
     if opt['purge']:
         accepted_keys = qwflat(type_conv.values())
         for key in dict.keys():
             if key in accepted_keys: continue
             del(dict[key])
     # now convert if requested
     if type_conv==None: return dict
     conversions = type_conv.keys()
     try: conversions.remove(None)
     except: pass
     for convert in conversions:
         for val in qw(type_conv[convert]):
             try:
                 dict[val] = convert(dict[val])
             except KeyError,e:
                 if opt['warn'] == 0:
                     pass
                 elif opt['warn'] == 1:
                     print >>sys.stderr, 'Warning: key',val,\
                           'not found in file',filename
                 elif opt['warn'] == 2:
                     raise KeyError,e
                 else:
                     raise ValueError,'Warning level must be 0,1 or 2'
 
     return dict
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 def flag_calls(func):
     """Wrap a function to detect and flag when it gets called.
 
     This is a decorator which takes a function and wraps it in a function with
     a 'called' attribute. wrapper.called is initialized to False.
 
     The wrapper.called attribute is set to False right before each call to the
     wrapped function, so if the call fails it remains False.  After the call
     completes, wrapper.called is set to True and the output is returned.
 
     Testing for truth in wrapper.called allows you to determine if a call to
     func() was attempted and succeeded."""
 
     def wrapper(*args,**kw):
         wrapper.called = False
         out = func(*args,**kw)
         wrapper.called = True
         return out
 
     wrapper.called = False
     wrapper.__doc__ = func.__doc__
     return wrapper
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 def dhook_wrap(func,*a,**k):
     """Wrap a function call in a sys.displayhook controller.
 
     Returns a wrapper around func which calls func, with all its arguments and
     keywords unmodified, using the default sys.displayhook.  Since IPython
     modifies sys.displayhook, it breaks the behavior of certain systems that
     rely on the default behavior, notably doctest.
     """
 
     def f(*a,**k):
 
         dhook_s = sys.displayhook
         sys.displayhook = sys.__displayhook__
         try:
             out = func(*a,**k)
         finally:
             sys.displayhook = dhook_s
 
         return out
 
     f.__doc__ = func.__doc__
     return f
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 def doctest_reload():
     """Properly reload doctest to reuse it interactively.
 
     This routine:
 
       - reloads doctest
 
       - resets its global 'master' attribute to None, so that multiple uses of
       the module interactively don't produce cumulative reports.
 
       - Monkeypatches its core test runner method to protect it from IPython's
       modified displayhook.  Doctest expects the default displayhook behavior
       deep down, so our modification breaks it completely.  For this reason, a
       hard monkeypatch seems like a reasonable solution rather than asking
       users to manually use a different doctest runner when under IPython."""
 
     import doctest
     reload(doctest)
     doctest.master=None
 
     try:
         doctest.DocTestRunner
     except AttributeError:
         # This is only for python 2.3 compatibility, remove once we move to
         # 2.4 only.
         pass
     else:
         doctest.DocTestRunner.run = dhook_wrap(doctest.DocTestRunner.run)
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 class HomeDirError(Error):
     pass
 
 def get_home_dir():
     """Return the closest possible equivalent to a 'home' directory.
 
     We first try $HOME.  Absent that, on NT it's $HOMEDRIVE\$HOMEPATH.
 
     Currently only Posix and NT are implemented, a HomeDirError exception is
     raised for all other OSes. """
 
     isdir = os.path.isdir
     env = os.environ
 
     # first, check py2exe distribution root directory for _ipython.
     # This overrides all. Normally does not exist.
 
-    if '\\library.zip\\' in IPython.__file__.lower():
-        root, rest = IPython.__file__.lower().split('library.zip')
-        if isdir(root + '_ipython'):
-            os.environ["IPYKITROOT"] = root.rstrip('\\')
-            return root
-
+    if hasattr(sys, "frozen"): #Is frozen by py2exe
+        if '\\library.zip\\' in IPython.__file__.lower():#libraries compressed to zip-file
+            root, rest = IPython.__file__.lower().split('library.zip')
+        else: 
+            root=os.path.join(os.path.split(IPython.__file__)[0],"../../")
+        root=os.path.abspath(root).rstrip('\\')
+        if isdir(os.path.join(root, '_ipython')):
+            os.environ["IPYKITROOT"] = root
+        return root
     try:
         homedir = env['HOME']
         if not isdir(homedir):
             # in case a user stuck some string which does NOT resolve to a
             # valid path, it's as good as if we hadn't foud it
             raise KeyError
         return homedir
     except KeyError:
         if os.name == 'posix':
             raise HomeDirError,'undefined $HOME, IPython can not proceed.'
         elif os.name == 'nt':
             # For some strange reason, win9x returns 'nt' for os.name.
             try:
                 homedir = os.path.join(env['HOMEDRIVE'],env['HOMEPATH'])
                 if not isdir(homedir):
                     homedir = os.path.join(env['USERPROFILE'])
                     if not isdir(homedir):
                         raise HomeDirError
                 return homedir
-            except:
+            except KeyError:
                 try:
                     # Use the registry to get the 'My Documents' folder.
                     import _winreg as wreg
                     key = wreg.OpenKey(wreg.HKEY_CURRENT_USER,
                                        "Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders")
                     homedir = wreg.QueryValueEx(key,'Personal')[0]
                     key.Close()
                     if not isdir(homedir):
                         e = ('Invalid "Personal" folder registry key '
                              'typically "My Documents".\n'
                              'Value: %s\n'
                              'This is not a valid directory on your system.' %
                              homedir)
                         raise HomeDirError(e)
                     return homedir
                 except HomeDirError:
                     raise
                 except:
                     return 'C:\\'
         elif os.name == 'dos':
             # Desperate, may do absurd things in classic MacOS. May work under DOS.
             return 'C:\\'
         else:
             raise HomeDirError,'support for your operating system not implemented.'
 
 
 def get_ipython_dir():
     """Get the IPython directory for this platform and user.
     
     This uses the logic in `get_home_dir` to find the home directory
     and the adds either .ipython or _ipython to the end of the path.
     """
     if os.name == 'posix':
          ipdir_def = '.ipython'
     else:
          ipdir_def = '_ipython'
     home_dir = get_home_dir()
     ipdir = os.path.abspath(os.environ.get('IPYTHONDIR',
-                                           os.path.join(home_dir,ipdir_def)))
-    return ipdir
+                                           os.path.join(home_dir, ipdir_def)))
+    return ipdir.decode(sys.getfilesystemencoding())
 
 def get_security_dir():
     """Get the IPython security directory.
     
     This directory is the default location for all security related files,
     including SSL/TLS certificates and FURL files.
     
     If the directory does not exist, it is created with 0700 permissions.
     If it exists, permissions are set to 0700.
     """
     security_dir = os.path.join(get_ipython_dir(), 'security')
     if not os.path.isdir(security_dir):
         os.mkdir(security_dir, 0700)
     else:
         os.chmod(security_dir, 0700)
     return security_dir
         
 #****************************************************************************
 # strings and text
 
 class LSString(str):
     """String derivative with a special access attributes.
 
     These are normal strings, but with the special attributes:
 
         .l (or .list) : value as list (split on newlines).
         .n (or .nlstr): original value (the string itself).
         .s (or .spstr): value as whitespace-separated string.
         .p (or .paths): list of path objects
 
     Any values which require transformations are computed only once and
     cached.
 
     Such strings are very useful to efficiently interact with the shell, which
     typically only understands whitespace-separated options for commands."""
 
     def get_list(self):
         try:
             return self.__list
         except AttributeError:
             self.__list = self.split('\n')
             return self.__list
 
     l = list = property(get_list)
 
     def get_spstr(self):
         try:
             return self.__spstr
         except AttributeError:
             self.__spstr = self.replace('\n',' ')
             return self.__spstr
 
     s = spstr = property(get_spstr)
 
     def get_nlstr(self):
         return self
 
     n = nlstr = property(get_nlstr)
 
     def get_paths(self):
         try:
             return self.__paths
         except AttributeError:
             self.__paths = [path(p) for p in self.split('\n') if os.path.exists(p)]
             return self.__paths
 
     p = paths = property(get_paths)
 
 def print_lsstring(arg):
     """ Prettier (non-repr-like) and more informative printer for LSString """
     print "LSString (.p, .n, .l, .s available). Value:"
     print arg
 
 print_lsstring = result_display.when_type(LSString)(print_lsstring)
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 class SList(list):
     """List derivative with a special access attributes.
 
     These are normal lists, but with the special attributes:
 
         .l (or .list) : value as list (the list itself).
         .n (or .nlstr): value as a string, joined on newlines.
         .s (or .spstr): value as a string, joined on spaces.
         .p (or .paths): list of path objects
 
     Any values which require transformations are computed only once and
     cached."""
 
     def get_list(self):
         return self
 
     l = list = property(get_list)
 
     def get_spstr(self):
         try:
             return self.__spstr
         except AttributeError:
             self.__spstr = ' '.join(self)
             return self.__spstr
 
     s = spstr = property(get_spstr)
 
     def get_nlstr(self):
         try:
             return self.__nlstr
         except AttributeError:
             self.__nlstr = '\n'.join(self)
             return self.__nlstr
 
     n = nlstr = property(get_nlstr)
 
     def get_paths(self):
         try:
             return self.__paths
         except AttributeError:
             self.__paths = [path(p) for p in self if os.path.exists(p)]
             return self.__paths
 
     p = paths = property(get_paths)
 
     def grep(self, pattern, prune = False, field = None):
         """ Return all strings matching 'pattern' (a regex or callable)
 
         This is case-insensitive. If prune is true, return all items
         NOT matching the pattern.
 
         If field is specified, the match must occur in the specified
         whitespace-separated field.
 
         Examples::
 
             a.grep( lambda x: x.startswith('C') )
             a.grep('Cha.*log', prune=1)
             a.grep('chm', field=-1)
         """
 
         def match_target(s):
             if field is None:
                 return s
             parts = s.split()
             try:
                 tgt = parts[field]
                 return tgt
             except IndexError:
                 return ""
 
         if isinstance(pattern, basestring):
             pred = lambda x : re.search(pattern, x, re.IGNORECASE)
         else:
             pred = pattern
         if not prune:
             return SList([el for el in self if pred(match_target(el))])
         else:
             return SList([el for el in self if not pred(match_target(el))])
     def fields(self, *fields):
         """ Collect whitespace-separated fields from string list
 
         Allows quick awk-like usage of string lists.
 
         Example data (in var a, created by 'a = !ls -l')::
             -rwxrwxrwx  1 ville None      18 Dec 14  2006 ChangeLog
             drwxrwxrwx+ 6 ville None       0 Oct 24 18:05 IPython
 
         a.fields(0) is ['-rwxrwxrwx', 'drwxrwxrwx+']
         a.fields(1,0) is ['1 -rwxrwxrwx', '6 drwxrwxrwx+']
         (note the joining by space).
         a.fields(-1) is ['ChangeLog', 'IPython']
 
         IndexErrors are ignored.
 
         Without args, fields() just split()'s the strings.
         """
         if len(fields) == 0:
             return [el.split() for el in self]
 
         res = SList()
         for el in [f.split() for f in self]:
             lineparts = []
 
             for fd in fields:
                 try:
                     lineparts.append(el[fd])
                 except IndexError:
                     pass
             if lineparts:
                 res.append(" ".join(lineparts))
 
         return res
     def sort(self,field= None,  nums = False):
         """ sort by specified fields (see fields())
 
         Example::
             a.sort(1, nums = True)
 
         Sorts a by second field, in numerical order (so that 21 > 3)
 
         """
 
         #decorate, sort, undecorate
         if field is not None:
             dsu = [[SList([line]).fields(field),  line] for line in self]
         else:
             dsu = [[line,  line] for line in self]
         if nums:
             for i in range(len(dsu)):
                 numstr = "".join([ch for ch in dsu[i][0] if ch.isdigit()])
                 try:
                     n = int(numstr)
                 except ValueError:
                     n = 0;
                 dsu[i][0] = n
 
 
         dsu.sort()
         return SList([t[1] for t in dsu])
 
 def print_slist(arg):
     """ Prettier (non-repr-like) and more informative printer for SList """
     print "SList (.p, .n, .l, .s, .grep(), .fields(), sort() available):"
     if hasattr(arg,  'hideonce') and arg.hideonce:
         arg.hideonce = False
         return
 
     nlprint(arg)
 
 print_slist = result_display.when_type(SList)(print_slist)
 
 
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 def esc_quotes(strng):
     """Return the input string with single and double quotes escaped out"""
 
     return strng.replace('"','\\"').replace("'","\\'")
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 def make_quoted_expr(s):
     """Return string s in appropriate quotes, using raw string if possible.
 
     XXX - example removed because it caused encoding errors in documentation
     generation.  We need a new example that doesn't contain invalid chars.
 
     Note the use of raw string and padding at the end to allow trailing
     backslash.
     """
 
     tail = ''
     tailpadding = ''
     raw  = ''
     if "\\" in s:
         raw = 'r'
         if s.endswith('\\'):
             tail = '[:-1]'
             tailpadding = '_'
     if '"' not in s:
         quote = '"'
     elif "'" not in s:
         quote = "'"
     elif '"""' not in s and not s.endswith('"'):
         quote = '"""'
     elif "'''" not in s and not s.endswith("'"):
         quote = "'''"
     else:
         # give up, backslash-escaped string will do
         return '"%s"' % esc_quotes(s)
     res = raw + quote + s + tailpadding + quote + tail
     return res
 
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 def raw_input_multi(header='', ps1='==> ', ps2='..> ',terminate_str = '.'):
     """Take multiple lines of input.
 
     A list with each line of input as a separate element is returned when a
     termination string is entered (defaults to a single '.'). Input can also
     terminate via EOF (^D in Unix, ^Z-RET in Windows).
 
     Lines of input which end in \\ are joined into single entries (and a
     secondary continuation prompt is issued as long as the user terminates
     lines with \\). This allows entering very long strings which are still
     meant to be treated as single entities.
     """
 
     try:
         if header:
             header += '\n'
         lines = [raw_input(header + ps1)]
     except EOFError:
         return []
     terminate = [terminate_str]
     try:
         while lines[-1:] != terminate:
             new_line = raw_input(ps1)
             while new_line.endswith('\\'):
                 new_line = new_line[:-1] + raw_input(ps2)
             lines.append(new_line)
 
         return lines[:-1]  # don't return the termination command
     except EOFError:
         print
         return lines
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 def raw_input_ext(prompt='',  ps2='... '):
     """Similar to raw_input(), but accepts extended lines if input ends with \\."""
 
     line = raw_input(prompt)
     while line.endswith('\\'):
         line = line[:-1] + raw_input(ps2)
     return line
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 def ask_yes_no(prompt,default=None):
     """Asks a question and returns a boolean (y/n) answer.
 
     If default is given (one of 'y','n'), it is used if the user input is
     empty. Otherwise the question is repeated until an answer is given.
 
     An EOF is treated as the default answer.  If there is no default, an
     exception is raised to prevent infinite loops.
 
     Valid answers are: y/yes/n/no (match is not case sensitive)."""
 
     answers = {'y':True,'n':False,'yes':True,'no':False}
     ans = None
     while ans not in answers.keys():
         try:
             ans = raw_input(prompt+' ').lower()
             if not ans:  # response was an empty string
                 ans = default
         except KeyboardInterrupt:
             pass
         except EOFError:
             if default in answers.keys():
                 ans = default
                 print
             else:
                 raise
 
     return answers[ans]
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 def marquee(txt='',width=78,mark='*'):
     """Return the input string centered in a 'marquee'."""
     if not txt:
         return (mark*width)[:width]
     nmark = (width-len(txt)-2)/len(mark)/2
     if nmark < 0: nmark =0
     marks = mark*nmark
     return '%s %s %s' % (marks,txt,marks)
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 class EvalDict:
     """
     Emulate a dict which evaluates its contents in the caller's frame.
 
     Usage:
     >>> number = 19
 
     >>> text = "python"
 
     >>> print "%(text.capitalize())s %(number/9.0).1f rules!" % EvalDict()
     Python 2.1 rules!
     """
 
     # This version is due to [e-mail] on c.l.py, and is basically a
     # modified (shorter) version of:
     # http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python/Recipe/66018 by
     # Skip Montanaro ([e-mail]).
 
     def __getitem__(self, name):
         frame = sys._getframe(1)
         return eval(name, frame.f_globals, frame.f_locals)
 
 EvalString = EvalDict  # for backwards compatibility
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 def qw(words,flat=0,sep=None,maxsplit=-1):
     """Similar to Perl's qw() operator, but with some more options.
 
     qw(words,flat=0,sep=' ',maxsplit=-1) -> words.split(sep,maxsplit)
 
     words can also be a list itself, and with flat=1, the output will be
     recursively flattened.
 
     Examples:
 
     >>> qw('1 2')
     ['1', '2']
 
     >>> qw(['a b','1 2',['m n','p q']])
     [['a', 'b'], ['1', '2'], [['m', 'n'], ['p', 'q']]]
 
     >>> qw(['a b','1 2',['m n','p q']],flat=1)
     ['a', 'b', '1', '2', 'm', 'n', 'p', 'q']
     """
 
     if type(words) in StringTypes:
         return [word.strip() for word in words.split(sep,maxsplit)
                 if word and not word.isspace() ]
     if flat:
         return flatten(map(qw,words,[1]*len(words)))
     return map(qw,words)
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 def qwflat(words,sep=None,maxsplit=-1):
     """Calls qw(words) in flat mode. It's just a convenient shorthand."""
     return qw(words,1,sep,maxsplit)
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 def qw_lol(indata):
     """qw_lol('a b') -> [['a','b']],
     otherwise it's just a call to qw().
 
     We need this to make sure the modules_some keys *always* end up as a
     list of lists."""
 
     if type(indata) in StringTypes:
         return [qw(indata)]
     else:
         return qw(indata)
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 def list_strings(arg):
     """Always return a list of strings, given a string or list of strings
     as input."""
 
     if type(arg) in StringTypes: return [arg]
     else: return arg
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 def grep(pat,list,case=1):
     """Simple minded grep-like function.
     grep(pat,list) returns occurrences of pat in list, None on failure.
 
     It only does simple string matching, with no support for regexps. Use the
     option case=0 for case-insensitive matching."""
 
     # This is pretty crude. At least it should implement copying only references
     # to the original data in case it's big. Now it copies the data for output.
     out=[]
     if case:
         for term in list:
             if term.find(pat)>-1: out.append(term)
     else:
         lpat=pat.lower()
         for term in list:
             if term.lower().find(lpat)>-1: out.append(term)
 
     if len(out): return out
     else: return None
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 def dgrep(pat,*opts):
     """Return grep() on dir()+dir(__builtins__).
 
     A very common use of grep() when working interactively."""
 
     return grep(pat,dir(__main__)+dir(__main__.__builtins__),*opts)
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 def idgrep(pat):
     """Case-insensitive dgrep()"""
 
     return dgrep(pat,0)
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 def igrep(pat,list):
     """Synonym for case-insensitive grep."""
 
     return grep(pat,list,case=0)
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 def indent(str,nspaces=4,ntabs=0):
     """Indent a string a given number of spaces or tabstops.
 
     indent(str,nspaces=4,ntabs=0) -> indent str by ntabs+nspaces.
     """
     if str is None:
         return
     ind = '\t'*ntabs+' '*nspaces
     outstr = '%s%s' % (ind,str.replace(os.linesep,os.linesep+ind))
     if outstr.endswith(os.linesep+ind):
         return outstr[:-len(ind)]
     else:
         return outstr
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 def native_line_ends(filename,backup=1):
     """Convert (in-place) a file to line-ends native to the current OS.
 
     If the optional backup argument is given as false, no backup of the
     original file is left.  """
 
     backup_suffixes = {'posix':'~','dos':'.bak','nt':'.bak','mac':'.bak'}
 
     bak_filename = filename + backup_suffixes[os.name]
 
     original = open(filename).read()
     shutil.copy2(filename,bak_filename)
     try:
         new = open(filename,'wb')
         new.write(os.linesep.join(original.splitlines()))
         new.write(os.linesep) # ALWAYS put an eol at the end of the file
         new.close()
     except:
         os.rename(bak_filename,filename)
     if not backup:
         try:
             os.remove(bak_filename)
         except:
             pass
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 def get_pager_cmd(pager_cmd = None):
     """Return a pager command.
 
     Makes some attempts at finding an OS-correct one."""
 
     if os.name == 'posix':
         default_pager_cmd = 'less -r'  # -r for color control sequences
     elif os.name in ['nt','dos']:
         default_pager_cmd = 'type'
 
     if pager_cmd is None:
         try:
             pager_cmd = os.environ['PAGER']
         except:
             pager_cmd = default_pager_cmd
     return pager_cmd
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 def get_pager_start(pager,start):
     """Return the string for paging files with an offset.
 
     This is the '+N' argument which less and more (under Unix) accept.
     """
 
     if pager in ['less','more']:
         if start:
             start_string = '+' + str(start)
         else:
             start_string = ''
     else:
         start_string = ''
     return start_string
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # (X)emacs on W32 doesn't like to be bypassed with msvcrt.getch()
 if os.name == 'nt' and os.environ.get('TERM','dumb') != 'emacs':
     import msvcrt
     def page_more():
         """ Smart pausing between pages
 
         @return:    True if need print more lines, False if quit
         """
         Term.cout.write('---Return to continue, q to quit--- ')
         ans = msvcrt.getch()
         if ans in ("q", "Q"):
             result = False
         else:
             result = True
         Term.cout.write("\b"*37 + " "*37 + "\b"*37)
         return result
 else:
     def page_more():
         ans = raw_input('---Return to continue, q to quit--- ')
         if ans.lower().startswith('q'):
             return False
         else:
             return True
 
 esc_re = re.compile(r"(\x1b[^m]+m)")
 
 def page_dumb(strng,start=0,screen_lines=25):
     """Very dumb 'pager' in Python, for when nothing else works.
 
     Only moves forward, same interface as page(), except for pager_cmd and
     mode."""
 
     out_ln  = strng.splitlines()[start:]
     screens = chop(out_ln,screen_lines-1)
     if len(screens) == 1:
         print >>Term.cout, os.linesep.join(screens[0])
     else:
         last_escape = ""
         for scr in screens[0:-1]:
             hunk = os.linesep.join(scr)
             print >>Term.cout, 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 >>Term.cout, last_escape + os.linesep.join(screens[-1])
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 def page(strng,start=0,screen_lines=0,pager_cmd = None):
     """Print a string, piping through a pager after a certain length.
 
     The screen_lines parameter specifies the number of *usable* lines of your
     terminal screen (total lines minus lines you need to reserve to show other
     information).
 
     If you set screen_lines to a number <=0, page() will try to auto-determine
     your screen size and will only use up to (screen_size+screen_lines) for
     printing, paging after that. That is, if you want auto-detection but need
     to reserve the bottom 3 lines of the screen, use screen_lines = -3, and for
     auto-detection without any lines reserved simply use screen_lines = 0.
 
     If a string won't fit in the allowed lines, it is sent through the
     specified pager command. If none given, look for PAGER in the environment,
     and ultimately default to less.
 
     If no system pager works, the string is sent through a 'dumb pager'
     written in python, very simplistic.
     """
 
     # Some routines may auto-compute start offsets incorrectly and pass a
     # negative value.  Offset to 0 for robustness.
     start = max(0,start)
 
     # first, try the hook
     ip = IPython.ipapi.get()
     if ip:
         try:
             ip.IP.hooks.show_in_pager(strng)
             return
         except IPython.ipapi.TryNext:
             pass
 
     # Ugly kludge, but calling curses.initscr() flat out crashes in emacs
     TERM = os.environ.get('TERM','dumb')
     if TERM in ['dumb','emacs'] and os.name != 'nt':
         print strng
         return
     # chop off the topmost part of the string we don't want to see
     str_lines = strng.split(os.linesep)[start:]
     str_toprint = os.linesep.join(str_lines)
     num_newlines = len(str_lines)
     len_str = len(str_toprint)
 
     # Dumb heuristics to guesstimate number of on-screen lines the string
     # takes.  Very basic, but good enough for docstrings in reasonable
     # terminals. If someone later feels like refining it, it's not hard.
     numlines = max(num_newlines,int(len_str/80)+1)
 
     if os.name == "nt":
         screen_lines_def = get_console_size(defaulty=25)[1]
     else:
         screen_lines_def = 25 # default value if we can't auto-determine
 
     # auto-determine screen size
     if screen_lines <= 0:
         if TERM=='xterm':
             use_curses = USE_CURSES
         else:
             # curses causes problems on many terminals other than xterm.
             use_curses = False
         if use_curses:
             # There is a bug in curses, where *sometimes* it fails to properly
             # initialize, and then after the endwin() call is made, the
             # terminal is left in an unusable state.  Rather than trying to
             # check everytime for this (by requesting and comparing termios
             # flags each time), we just save the initial terminal state and
             # unconditionally reset it every time.  It's cheaper than making
             # the checks.
             term_flags = termios.tcgetattr(sys.stdout)
             scr = curses.initscr()
             screen_lines_real,screen_cols = scr.getmaxyx()
             curses.endwin()
             # Restore terminal state in case endwin() didn't.
             termios.tcsetattr(sys.stdout,termios.TCSANOW,term_flags)
             # Now we have what we needed: the screen size in rows/columns
             screen_lines += screen_lines_real
             #print '***Screen size:',screen_lines_real,'lines x',\
             #screen_cols,'columns.' # dbg
         else:
             screen_lines += screen_lines_def
 
     #print 'numlines',numlines,'screenlines',screen_lines  # dbg
     if numlines <= screen_lines :
         #print '*** normal print'  # dbg
         print >>Term.cout, 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
         # value of a failed system command.  If any intermediate attempt
         # sets retval to 1, at the end we resort to our own page_dumb() pager.
         pager_cmd = get_pager_cmd(pager_cmd)
         pager_cmd += ' ' + get_pager_start(pager_cmd,start)
         if os.name == 'nt':
             if pager_cmd.startswith('type'):
                 # The default WinXP 'type' command is failing on complex strings.
                 retval = 1
             else:
                 tmpname = tempfile.mktemp('.txt')
                 tmpfile = file(tmpname,'wt')
                 tmpfile.write(strng)
                 tmpfile.close()
                 cmd = "%s < %s" % (pager_cmd,tmpname)
                 if os.system(cmd):
                   retval = 1
                 else:
                   retval = None
                 os.remove(tmpname)
         else:
             try:
                 retval = None
                 # if I use popen4, things hang. No idea why.
                 #pager,shell_out = os.popen4(pager_cmd)
                 pager = os.popen(pager_cmd,'w')
                 pager.write(strng)
                 pager.close()
                 retval = pager.close()  # success returns None
             except IOError,msg:  # broken pipe when user quits
                 if msg.args == (32,'Broken pipe'):
                     retval = None
                 else:
                     retval = 1
             except OSError:
                 # Other strange problems, sometimes seen in Win2k/cygwin
                 retval = 1
         if retval is not None:
             page_dumb(strng,screen_lines=screen_lines)
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 def page_file(fname,start = 0, pager_cmd = None):
     """Page a file, using an optional pager command and starting line.
     """
 
     pager_cmd = get_pager_cmd(pager_cmd)
     pager_cmd += ' ' + get_pager_start(pager_cmd,start)
 
     try:
         if os.environ['TERM'] in ['emacs','dumb']:
             raise EnvironmentError
         xsys(pager_cmd + ' ' + fname)
     except:
         try:
             if start > 0:
                 start -= 1
             page(open(fname).read(),start)
         except:
             print 'Unable to show file',`fname`
 
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 def snip_print(str,width = 75,print_full = 0,header = ''):
     """Print a string snipping the midsection to fit in width.
 
     print_full: mode control:
       - 0: only snip long strings
       - 1: send to page() directly.
       - 2: snip long strings and ask for full length viewing with page()
     Return 1 if snipping was necessary, 0 otherwise."""
 
     if print_full == 1:
         page(header+str)
         return 0
 
     print header,
     if len(str) < width:
         print str
         snip = 0
     else:
         whalf = int((width -5)/2)
         print str[:whalf] + ' <...> ' + str[-whalf:]
         snip = 1
     if snip and print_full == 2:
         if raw_input(header+' Snipped. View (y/n)? [N]').lower() == 'y':
             page(str)
     return snip
 
 #****************************************************************************
 # lists, dicts and structures
 
 def belong(candidates,checklist):
     """Check whether a list of items appear in a given list of options.
 
     Returns a list of 1 and 0, one for each candidate given."""
 
     return [x in checklist for x in candidates]
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 def uniq_stable(elems):
     """uniq_stable(elems) -> list
 
     Return from an iterable, a list of all the unique elements in the input,
     but maintaining the order in which they first appear.
 
     A naive solution to this problem which just makes a dictionary with the
     elements as keys fails to respect the stability condition, since
     dictionaries are unsorted by nature.
 
     Note: All elements in the input must be valid dictionary keys for this
     routine to work, as it internally uses a dictionary for efficiency
     reasons."""
 
     unique = []
     unique_dict = {}
     for nn in elems:
         if nn not in unique_dict:
             unique.append(nn)
             unique_dict[nn] = None
     return unique
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 class NLprinter:
     """Print an arbitrarily nested list, indicating index numbers.
 
     An instance of this class called nlprint is available and callable as a
     function.
 
     nlprint(list,indent=' ',sep=': ') -> prints indenting each level by 'indent'
     and using 'sep' to separate the index from the value. """
 
     def __init__(self):
         self.depth = 0
 
     def __call__(self,lst,pos='',**kw):
         """Prints the nested list numbering levels."""
         kw.setdefault('indent',' ')
         kw.setdefault('sep',': ')
         kw.setdefault('start',0)
         kw.setdefault('stop',len(lst))
         # we need to remove start and stop from kw so they don't propagate
         # into a recursive call for a nested list.
         start = kw['start']; del kw['start']
         stop = kw['stop']; del kw['stop']
         if self.depth == 0 and 'header' in kw.keys():
             print kw['header']
 
         for idx in range(start,stop):
             elem = lst[idx]
             if type(elem)==type([]):
                 self.depth += 1
                 self.__call__(elem,itpl('$pos$idx,'),**kw)
                 self.depth -= 1
             else:
                 printpl(kw['indent']*self.depth+'$pos$idx$kw["sep"]$elem')
 
 nlprint = NLprinter()
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 def all_belong(candidates,checklist):
     """Check whether a list of items ALL appear in a given list of options.
 
     Returns a single 1 or 0 value."""
 
     return 1-(0 in [x in checklist for x in candidates])
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 def sort_compare(lst1,lst2,inplace = 1):
     """Sort and compare two lists.
 
     By default it does it in place, thus modifying the lists. Use inplace = 0
     to avoid that (at the cost of temporary copy creation)."""
     if not inplace:
         lst1 = lst1[:]
         lst2 = lst2[:]
     lst1.sort(); lst2.sort()
     return lst1 == lst2
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 def list2dict(lst):
     """Takes a list of (key,value) pairs and turns it into a dict."""
 
     dic = {}
     for k,v in lst: dic[k] = v
     return dic
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 def list2dict2(lst,default=''):
     """Takes a list and turns it into a dict.
     Much slower than list2dict, but more versatile. This version can take
     lists with sublists of arbitrary length (including sclars)."""
 
     dic = {}
     for elem in lst:
         if type(elem) in (types.ListType,types.TupleType):
             size = len(elem)
             if  size == 0:
                 pass
             elif size == 1:
                 dic[elem] = default
             else:
                 k,v = elem[0], elem[1:]
                 if len(v) == 1: v = v[0]
                 dic[k] = v
         else:
             dic[elem] = default
     return dic
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 def flatten(seq):
     """Flatten a list of lists (NOT recursive, only works for 2d lists)."""
 
     return [x for subseq in seq for x in subseq]
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 def get_slice(seq,start=0,stop=None,step=1):
     """Get a slice of a sequence with variable step. Specify start,stop,step."""
     if stop == None:
         stop = len(seq)
     item = lambda i: seq[i]
     return map(item,xrange(start,stop,step))
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 def chop(seq,size):
     """Chop a sequence into chunks of the given size."""
     chunk = lambda i: seq[i:i+size]
     return map(chunk,xrange(0,len(seq),size))
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # with is a keyword as of python 2.5, so this function is renamed to withobj
 # from its old 'with' name.
 def with_obj(object, **args):
     """Set multiple attributes for an object, similar to Pascal's with.
 
     Example:
     with_obj(jim,
              born = 1960,
              haircolour = 'Brown',
              eyecolour = 'Green')
 
     Credit: Greg Ewing, in
     http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2001-May/040703.html.
 
     NOTE: up until IPython 0.7.2, this was called simply 'with', but 'with'
     has become a keyword for Python 2.5, so we had to rename it."""
 
     object.__dict__.update(args)
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 def setattr_list(obj,alist,nspace = None):
     """Set a list of attributes for an object taken from a namespace.
 
     setattr_list(obj,alist,nspace) -> sets in obj all the attributes listed in
     alist with their values taken from nspace, which must be a dict (something
     like locals() will often do) If nspace isn't given, locals() of the
     *caller* is used, so in most cases you can omit it.
 
     Note that alist can be given as a string, which will be automatically
     split into a list on whitespace. If given as a list, it must be a list of
     *strings* (the variable names themselves), not of variables."""
 
     # this grabs the local variables from the *previous* call frame -- that is
     # the locals from the function that called setattr_list().
     # - snipped from weave.inline()
     if nspace is None:
         call_frame = sys._getframe().f_back
         nspace = call_frame.f_locals
 
     if type(alist) in StringTypes:
         alist = alist.split()
     for attr in alist:
         val = eval(attr,nspace)
         setattr(obj,attr,val)
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 def getattr_list(obj,alist,*args):
     """getattr_list(obj,alist[, default]) -> attribute list.
 
     Get a list of named attributes for an object. When a default argument is
     given, it is returned when the attribute doesn't exist; without it, an
     exception is raised in that case.
 
     Note that alist can be given as a string, which will be automatically
     split into a list on whitespace. If given as a list, it must be a list of
     *strings* (the variable names themselves), not of variables."""
 
     if type(alist) in StringTypes:
         alist = alist.split()
     if args:
         if len(args)==1:
             default = args[0]
             return map(lambda attr: getattr(obj,attr,default),alist)
         else:
             raise ValueError,'getattr_list() takes only one optional argument'
     else:
         return map(lambda attr: getattr(obj,attr),alist)
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 def map_method(method,object_list,*argseq,**kw):
     """map_method(method,object_list,*args,**kw) -> list
 
     Return a list of the results of applying the methods to the items of the
     argument sequence(s).  If more than one sequence is given, the method is
     called with an argument list consisting of the corresponding item of each
     sequence. All sequences must be of the same length.
 
     Keyword arguments are passed verbatim to all objects called.
 
     This is Python code, so it's not nearly as fast as the builtin map()."""
 
     out_list = []
     idx = 0
     for object in object_list:
         try:
             handler = getattr(object, method)
         except AttributeError:
             out_list.append(None)
         else:
             if argseq:
                 args = map(lambda lst:lst[idx],argseq)
                 #print 'ob',object,'hand',handler,'ar',args # dbg
                 out_list.append(handler(args,**kw))
             else:
                 out_list.append(handler(**kw))
         idx += 1
     return out_list
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 def get_class_members(cls):
     ret = dir(cls)
     if hasattr(cls,'__bases__'):
         for base in cls.__bases__:
             ret.extend(get_class_members(base))
     return ret
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 def dir2(obj):
     """dir2(obj) -> list of strings
 
     Extended version of the Python builtin dir(), which does a few extra
     checks, and supports common objects with unusual internals that confuse
     dir(), such as Traits and PyCrust.
 
     This version is guaranteed to return only a list of true strings, whereas
     dir() returns anything that objects inject into themselves, even if they
     are later not really valid for attribute access (many extension libraries
     have such bugs).
     """
 
     # Start building the attribute list via dir(), and then complete it
     # with a few extra special-purpose calls.
     words = dir(obj)
 
     if hasattr(obj,'__class__'):
         words.append('__class__')
         words.extend(get_class_members(obj.__class__))
     #if '__base__' in words: 1/0
 
     # Some libraries (such as traits) may introduce duplicates, we want to
     # track and clean this up if it happens
     may_have_dupes = False
 
     # this is the 'dir' function for objects with Enthought's traits
     if hasattr(obj, 'trait_names'):
         try:
             words.extend(obj.trait_names())
             may_have_dupes = True
         except TypeError:
             # This will happen if `obj` is a class and not an instance.
             pass
 
     # Support for PyCrust-style _getAttributeNames magic method.
     if hasattr(obj, '_getAttributeNames'):
         try:
             words.extend(obj._getAttributeNames())
             may_have_dupes = True
         except TypeError:
             # `obj` is a class and not an instance.  Ignore
             # this error.
             pass
 
     if may_have_dupes:
         # eliminate possible duplicates, as some traits may also
         # appear as normal attributes in the dir() call.
         words = list(set(words))
         words.sort()
 
     # filter out non-string attributes which may be stuffed by dir() calls
     # and poor coding in third-party modules
     return [w for w in words if isinstance(w, basestring)]
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 def import_fail_info(mod_name,fns=None):
     """Inform load failure for a module."""
 
     if fns == None:
         warn("Loading of %s failed.\n" % (mod_name,))
     else:
         warn("Loading of %s from %s failed.\n" % (fns,mod_name))
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Proposed popitem() extension, written as a method
 
 
 class NotGiven: pass
 
 def popkey(dct,key,default=NotGiven):
     """Return dct[key] and delete dct[key].
 
     If default is given, return it if dct[key] doesn't exist, otherwise raise
     KeyError.  """
 
     try:
         val = dct[key]
     except KeyError:
         if default is NotGiven:
             raise
         else:
             return default
     else:
         del dct[key]
         return val
 
 def wrap_deprecated(func, suggest = '<nothing>'):
     def newFunc(*args, **kwargs):
         warnings.warn("Call to deprecated function %s, use %s instead" %
                       ( func.__name__, suggest),
                       category=DeprecationWarning,
                       stacklevel = 2)
         return func(*args, **kwargs)
     return newFunc
 
 
 def _num_cpus_unix():
     """Return the number of active CPUs on a Unix system."""
     return os.sysconf("SC_NPROCESSORS_ONLN")
 
 
 def _num_cpus_darwin():
     """Return the number of active CPUs on a Darwin system."""
     p = subprocess.Popen(['sysctl','-n','hw.ncpu'],stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
     return p.stdout.read()
 
 
 def _num_cpus_windows():
     """Return the number of active CPUs on a Windows system."""
     return os.environ.get("NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS")
 
 
 def num_cpus():
    """Return the effective number of CPUs in the system as an integer.
 
    This cross-platform function makes an attempt at finding the total number of
    available CPUs in the system, as returned by various underlying system and
    python calls.
 
    If it can't find a sensible answer, it returns 1 (though an error *may* make
    it return a large positive number that's actually incorrect).
    """
 
    # Many thanks to the Parallel Python project (http://www.parallelpython.com)
    # for the names of the keys we needed to look up for this function.  This
    # code was inspired by their equivalent function.
 
    ncpufuncs = {'Linux':_num_cpus_unix,
                 'Darwin':_num_cpus_darwin,
                 'Windows':_num_cpus_windows,
                 # On Vista, python < 2.5.2 has a bug and returns 'Microsoft'
                 # See http://bugs.python.org/issue1082 for details.
                 'Microsoft':_num_cpus_windows,
                 }
 
    ncpufunc = ncpufuncs.get(platform.system(),
                             # default to unix version (Solaris, AIX, etc)
                             _num_cpus_unix)
 
    try:
        ncpus = max(1,int(ncpufunc()))
    except:
        ncpus = 1
    return ncpus
 
 #*************************** end of file <genutils.py> **********************

IPython/iplib.py

@@ -1,2789 +1,2790 b''
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 """
 IPython -- An enhanced Interactive Python
 
 Requires Python 2.4 or newer.
 
 This file contains all the classes and helper functions specific to IPython.
 """
 
 #*****************************************************************************
 #       Copyright (C) 2001 Janko Hauser <[e-mail]> and
 #       Copyright (C) 2001-2006 Fernando Perez. <[e-mail]>
 #
 #  Distributed under the terms of the BSD License.  The full license is in
 #  the file COPYING, distributed as part of this software.
 #
 # Note: this code originally subclassed code.InteractiveConsole from the
 # Python standard library.  Over time, all of that class has been copied
 # verbatim here for modifications which could not be accomplished by
 # subclassing.  At this point, there are no dependencies at all on the code
 # module anymore (it is not even imported).  The Python License (sec. 2)
 # allows for this, but it's always nice to acknowledge credit where credit is
 # due.
 #*****************************************************************************
 
 #****************************************************************************
 # Modules and globals
 
 # Python standard modules
 import __main__
 import __builtin__
 import StringIO
 import bdb
 import cPickle as pickle
 import codeop
 import exceptions
 import glob
 import inspect
 import keyword
 import new
 import os
 import pydoc
 import re
 import shutil
 import string
 import sys
 import tempfile
 import traceback
 import types
 from pprint import pprint, pformat
 
 # IPython's own modules
 #import IPython
 from IPython import Debugger,OInspect,PyColorize,ultraTB
 from IPython.ColorANSI import ColorScheme,ColorSchemeTable  # too long names
 from IPython.Extensions import pickleshare
 from IPython.FakeModule import FakeModule
 from IPython.Itpl import Itpl,itpl,printpl,ItplNS,itplns
 from IPython.Logger import Logger
 from IPython.Magic import Magic
 from IPython.Prompts import CachedOutput
 from IPython.ipstruct import Struct
 from IPython.background_jobs import BackgroundJobManager
 from IPython.usage import cmd_line_usage,interactive_usage
 from IPython.genutils import *
 from IPython.strdispatch import StrDispatch
 import IPython.ipapi
 import IPython.history
 import IPython.prefilter as prefilter
 import IPython.shadowns
 # Globals
 
 # store the builtin raw_input globally, and use this always, in case user code
 # overwrites it (like wx.py.PyShell does)
 raw_input_original = raw_input
 
 # compiled regexps for autoindent management
 dedent_re = re.compile(r'^\s+raise|^\s+return|^\s+pass')
 
 
 #****************************************************************************
 # Some utility function definitions
 
 ini_spaces_re = re.compile(r'^(\s+)')
 
 def num_ini_spaces(strng):
     """Return the number of initial spaces in a string"""
 
     ini_spaces = ini_spaces_re.match(strng)
     if ini_spaces:
         return ini_spaces.end()
     else:
         return 0
 
 def softspace(file, newvalue):
     """Copied from code.py, to remove the dependency"""
 
     oldvalue = 0
     try:
         oldvalue = file.softspace
     except AttributeError:
         pass
     try:
         file.softspace = newvalue
     except (AttributeError, TypeError):
         # "attribute-less object" or "read-only attributes"
         pass
     return oldvalue
 
 
 #****************************************************************************
 # Local use exceptions
 class SpaceInInput(exceptions.Exception): pass
 
 
 #****************************************************************************
 # Local use classes
 class Bunch: pass
 
 class Undefined: pass
 
 class Quitter(object):
     """Simple class to handle exit, similar to Python 2.5's.
 
     It handles exiting in an ipython-safe manner, which the one in Python 2.5
     doesn't do (obviously, since it doesn't know about ipython)."""
     
     def __init__(self,shell,name):
         self.shell = shell
         self.name = name
         
     def __repr__(self):
         return 'Type %s() to exit.' % self.name
     __str__ = __repr__
 
     def __call__(self):
         self.shell.exit()
 
 class InputList(list):
     """Class to store user input.
 
     It's basically a list, but slices return a string instead of a list, thus
     allowing things like (assuming 'In' is an instance):
 
     exec In[4:7]
 
     or
 
     exec In[5:9] + In[14] + In[21:25]"""
 
     def __getslice__(self,i,j):
         return ''.join(list.__getslice__(self,i,j))
 
 class SyntaxTB(ultraTB.ListTB):
     """Extension which holds some state: the last exception value"""
 
     def __init__(self,color_scheme = 'NoColor'):
         ultraTB.ListTB.__init__(self,color_scheme)
         self.last_syntax_error = None
 
     def __call__(self, etype, value, elist):
         self.last_syntax_error = value
         ultraTB.ListTB.__call__(self,etype,value,elist)
 
     def clear_err_state(self):
         """Return the current error state and clear it"""
         e = self.last_syntax_error
         self.last_syntax_error = None
         return e
 
 #****************************************************************************
 # Main IPython class
 
 # FIXME: the Magic class is a mixin for now, and will unfortunately remain so
 # until a full rewrite is made.  I've cleaned all cross-class uses of
 # attributes and methods, but too much user code out there relies on the
 # equlity %foo == __IP.magic_foo, so I can't actually remove the mixin usage.
 #
 # But at least now, all the pieces have been separated and we could, in
 # principle, stop using the mixin.  This will ease the transition to the
 # chainsaw branch.
 
 # For reference, the following is the list of 'self.foo' uses in the Magic
 # class as of 2005-12-28.  These are names we CAN'T use in the main ipython
 # class, to prevent clashes.
 
 # ['self.__class__', 'self.__dict__', 'self._inspect', 'self._ofind',
 #  'self.arg_err', 'self.extract_input', 'self.format_', 'self.lsmagic',
 #  'self.magic_', 'self.options_table', 'self.parse', 'self.shell',
 #  'self.value']
 
 class InteractiveShell(object,Magic):
     """An enhanced console for Python."""
 
     # class attribute to indicate whether the class supports threads or not.
     # Subclasses with thread support should override this as needed.
     isthreaded = False
 
     def __init__(self,name,usage=None,rc=Struct(opts=None,args=None),
                  user_ns=None,user_global_ns=None,banner2='',
                  custom_exceptions=((),None),embedded=False):
 
         # log system
         self.logger = Logger(self,logfname='ipython_log.py',logmode='rotate')
             
         # Job manager (for jobs run as background threads)
         self.jobs = BackgroundJobManager()
 
         # Store the actual shell's name
         self.name = name
         self.more = False
 
         # We need to know whether the instance is meant for embedding, since
         # global/local namespaces need to be handled differently in that case
         self.embedded = embedded
         if embedded:
             # Control variable so users can, from within the embedded instance,
             # permanently deactivate it.
             self.embedded_active = True
 
         # command compiler
         self.compile = codeop.CommandCompiler()
 
         # User input buffer
         self.buffer = []
 
         # Default name given in compilation of code
         self.filename = '<ipython console>'
 
         # Install our own quitter instead of the builtins.  For python2.3-2.4,
         # this brings in behavior like 2.5, and for 2.5 it's identical.
         __builtin__.exit = Quitter(self,'exit')
         __builtin__.quit = Quitter(self,'quit')
         
         # Make an empty namespace, which extension writers can rely on both
         # existing and NEVER being used by ipython itself.  This gives them a
         # convenient location for storing additional information and state
         # their extensions may require, without fear of collisions with other
         # ipython names that may develop later.
         self.meta = Struct()
 
         # Create the namespace where the user will operate.  user_ns is
         # normally the only one used, and it is passed to the exec calls as
         # the locals argument.  But we do carry a user_global_ns namespace
         # given as the exec 'globals' argument,  This is useful in embedding
         # situations where the ipython shell opens in a context where the
         # distinction between locals and globals is meaningful.  For
         # non-embedded contexts, it is just the same object as the user_ns dict.
 
         # FIXME. For some strange reason, __builtins__ is showing up at user
         # level as a dict instead of a module. This is a manual fix, but I
         # should really track down where the problem is coming from. Alex
         # Schmolck reported this problem first.
 
         # A useful post by Alex Martelli on this topic:
         # Re: inconsistent value from __builtins__
         # Von: Alex Martelli <[e-mail]>
         # Datum: Freitag 01 Oktober 2004 04:45:34 nachmittags/abends
         # Gruppen: comp.lang.python
 
         # Michael Hohn <[e-mail]> wrote:
         # > >>> print type(builtin_check.get_global_binding('__builtins__'))
         # > <type 'dict'>
         # > >>> print type(__builtins__)
         # > <type 'module'>
         # > Is this difference in return value intentional?
 
         # Well, it's documented that '__builtins__' can be either a dictionary
         # or a module, and it's been that way for a long time. Whether it's
         # intentional (or sensible), I don't know. In any case, the idea is
         # that if you need to access the built-in namespace directly, you
         # should start with "import __builtin__" (note, no 's') which will
         # definitely give you a module. Yeah, it's somewhat confusing:-(.
 
         # These routines return properly built dicts as needed by the rest of
         # the code, and can also be used by extension writers to generate
         # properly initialized namespaces.
         user_ns, user_global_ns = IPython.ipapi.make_user_namespaces(user_ns,
             user_global_ns)
 
         # Assign namespaces
         # This is the namespace where all normal user variables live
         self.user_ns = user_ns
         self.user_global_ns = user_global_ns
 
         # An auxiliary namespace that checks what parts of the user_ns were
         # loaded at startup, so we can list later only variables defined in
         # actual interactive use.  Since it is always a subset of user_ns, it
         # doesn't need to be seaparately tracked in the ns_table
         self.user_config_ns = {}
 
         # A namespace to keep track of internal data structures to prevent
         # them from cluttering user-visible stuff.  Will be updated later
         self.internal_ns = {}
 
         # Namespace of system aliases.  Each entry in the alias
         # table must be a 2-tuple of the form (N,name), where N is the number
         # of positional arguments of the alias.
         self.alias_table = {}
 
         # Now that FakeModule produces a real module, we've run into a nasty
         # problem: after script execution (via %run), the module where the user
         # code ran is deleted.  Now that this object is a true module (needed
         # so docetst and other tools work correctly), the Python module
         # teardown mechanism runs over it, and sets to None every variable
         # present in that module.  Top-level references to objects from the
         # script survive, because the user_ns is updated with them.  However,
         # calling functions defined in the script that use other things from
         # the script will fail, because the function's closure had references
         # to the original objects, which are now all None.  So we must protect
         # these modules from deletion by keeping a cache.  To avoid keeping
         # stale modules around (we only need the one from the last run), we use
         # a dict keyed with the full path to the script, so only the last
         # version of the module is held in the cache.  The %reset command will
         # flush this cache.  See the cache_main_mod() and clear_main_mod_cache()
         # methods for details on use.
         self._user_main_modules = {}
 
         # A table holding all the namespaces IPython deals with, so that
         # introspection facilities can search easily.
         self.ns_table = {'user':user_ns,
                          'user_global':user_global_ns,
                          'alias':self.alias_table,
                          'internal':self.internal_ns,
                          'builtin':__builtin__.__dict__
                          }
 
         # Similarly, track all namespaces where references can be held and that
         # we can safely clear (so it can NOT include builtin).  This one can be
         # a simple list.
         self.ns_refs_table = [ user_ns, user_global_ns, self.user_config_ns,
                                self.alias_table, self.internal_ns,
                                self._user_main_modules ]
         
         # We need to insert into sys.modules something that looks like a
         # module but which accesses the IPython namespace, for shelve and
         # pickle to work interactively. Normally they rely on getting
         # everything out of __main__, but for embedding purposes each IPython
         # instance has its own private namespace, so we can't go shoving
         # everything into __main__.
 
         # note, however, that we should only do this for non-embedded
         # ipythons, which really mimic the __main__.__dict__ with their own
         # namespace.  Embedded instances, on the other hand, should not do
         # this because they need to manage the user local/global namespaces
         # only, but they live within a 'normal' __main__ (meaning, they
         # shouldn't overtake the execution environment of the script they're
         # embedded in).
 
         if not embedded:
             try:
                 main_name = self.user_ns['__name__']
             except KeyError:
                 raise KeyError,'user_ns dictionary MUST have a "__name__" key'
             else:
                 #print "pickle hack in place"  # dbg
                 #print 'main_name:',main_name # dbg
                 sys.modules[main_name] = FakeModule(self.user_ns)
         
         # List of input with multi-line handling.
         self.input_hist = InputList()
         # This one will hold the 'raw' input history, without any
         # pre-processing.  This will allow users to retrieve the input just as
         # it was exactly typed in by the user, with %hist -r.
         self.input_hist_raw = InputList()
 
         # list of visited directories
         try:
             self.dir_hist = [os.getcwd()]
         except OSError:
             self.dir_hist = []
 
         # dict of output history
         self.output_hist = {}
 
         # Get system encoding at startup time.  Certain terminals (like Emacs
         # under Win32 have it set to None, and we need to have a known valid
         # encoding to use in the raw_input() method
         try:
             self.stdin_encoding = sys.stdin.encoding or 'ascii'
         except AttributeError:
             self.stdin_encoding = 'ascii'
 
         # dict of things NOT to alias (keywords, builtins and some magics)
         no_alias = {}
         no_alias_magics = ['cd','popd','pushd','dhist','alias','unalias']
         for key in keyword.kwlist + no_alias_magics:
             no_alias[key] = 1
         no_alias.update(__builtin__.__dict__)
         self.no_alias = no_alias
 
         # Object variable to store code object waiting execution.  This is
         # used mainly by the multithreaded shells, but it can come in handy in
         # other situations.  No need to use a Queue here, since it's a single
         # item which gets cleared once run.
         self.code_to_run = None
         
         # escapes for automatic behavior on the command line
         self.ESC_SHELL  = '!'
         self.ESC_SH_CAP = '!!'
         self.ESC_HELP   = '?'
         self.ESC_MAGIC  = '%'
         self.ESC_QUOTE  = ','
         self.ESC_QUOTE2 = ';'
         self.ESC_PAREN  = '/'
 
         # And their associated handlers
         self.esc_handlers = {self.ESC_PAREN  : self.handle_auto,
                              self.ESC_QUOTE  : self.handle_auto,
                              self.ESC_QUOTE2 : self.handle_auto,
                              self.ESC_MAGIC  : self.handle_magic,
                              self.ESC_HELP   : self.handle_help,
                              self.ESC_SHELL  : self.handle_shell_escape,
                              self.ESC_SH_CAP : self.handle_shell_escape,
                              }
 
         # class initializations
         Magic.__init__(self,self)
 
         # Python source parser/formatter for syntax highlighting
         pyformat = PyColorize.Parser().format
         self.pycolorize = lambda src: pyformat(src,'str',self.rc['colors'])
 
         # hooks holds pointers used for user-side customizations
         self.hooks = Struct()
         
         self.strdispatchers = {}
         
         # Set all default hooks, defined in the IPython.hooks module.
         hooks = IPython.hooks
         for hook_name in hooks.__all__:
             # default hooks have priority 100, i.e. low; user hooks should have
             # 0-100 priority
             self.set_hook(hook_name,getattr(hooks,hook_name), 100)
             #print "bound hook",hook_name
 
         # Flag to mark unconditional exit
         self.exit_now = False
 
         self.usage_min =  """\
         An enhanced console for Python.
         Some of its features are:
         - Readline support if the readline library is present.
         - Tab completion in the local namespace.
         - Logging of input, see command-line options.
         - System shell escape via ! , eg !ls.
         - Magic commands, starting with a % (like %ls, %pwd, %cd, etc.)
         - Keeps track of locally defined variables via %who, %whos.
         - Show object information with a ? eg ?x or x? (use ?? for more info).
         """
         if usage: self.usage = usage
         else: self.usage = self.usage_min
 
         # Storage
         self.rc = rc   # This will hold all configuration information
         self.pager = 'less'
         # temporary files used for various purposes.  Deleted at exit.
         self.tempfiles = []
 
         # Keep track of readline usage (later set by init_readline)
         self.has_readline = False
 
         # template for logfile headers.  It gets resolved at runtime by the
         # logstart method.
         self.loghead_tpl = \
 """#log# Automatic Logger file. *** THIS MUST BE THE FIRST LINE ***
 #log# DO NOT CHANGE THIS LINE OR THE TWO BELOW
 #log# opts = %s
 #log# args = %s
 #log# It is safe to make manual edits below here.
 #log#-----------------------------------------------------------------------
 """
         # for pushd/popd management
         try:
             self.home_dir = get_home_dir()
         except HomeDirError,msg:
             fatal(msg)
 
         self.dir_stack = []
 
         # Functions to call the underlying shell.
 
         # The first is similar to os.system, but it doesn't return a value,
         # and it allows interpolation of variables in the user's namespace.
         self.system = lambda cmd: \
                       self.hooks.shell_hook(self.var_expand(cmd,depth=2))
 
         # These are for getoutput and getoutputerror:
         self.getoutput = lambda cmd: \
                          getoutput(self.var_expand(cmd,depth=2),
                                    header=self.rc.system_header,
                                    verbose=self.rc.system_verbose)
 
         self.getoutputerror = lambda cmd: \
                               getoutputerror(self.var_expand(cmd,depth=2),
                                              header=self.rc.system_header,
                                              verbose=self.rc.system_verbose)
  
 
         # keep track of where we started running (mainly for crash post-mortem)
         self.starting_dir = os.getcwd()
 
         # Various switches which can be set
         self.CACHELENGTH = 5000  # this is cheap, it's just text
         self.BANNER = "Python %(version)s on %(platform)s\n" % sys.__dict__
         self.banner2 = banner2
 
         # TraceBack handlers:
 
         # Syntax error handler.
         self.SyntaxTB = SyntaxTB(color_scheme='NoColor')
         
         # The interactive one is initialized with an offset, meaning we always
         # want to remove the topmost item in the traceback, which is our own
         # internal code. Valid modes: ['Plain','Context','Verbose']
         self.InteractiveTB = ultraTB.AutoFormattedTB(mode = 'Plain',
                                                      color_scheme='NoColor',
                                                      tb_offset = 1)
 
         # IPython itself shouldn't crash. This will produce a detailed
         # post-mortem if it does.  But we only install the crash handler for
         # non-threaded shells, the threaded ones use a normal verbose reporter
         # and lose the crash handler.  This is because exceptions in the main
         # thread (such as in GUI code) propagate directly to sys.excepthook,
         # and there's no point in printing crash dumps for every user exception.
         if self.isthreaded:
             ipCrashHandler = ultraTB.FormattedTB()
         else:
             from IPython import CrashHandler
             ipCrashHandler = CrashHandler.IPythonCrashHandler(self)
         self.set_crash_handler(ipCrashHandler)
 
         # and add any custom exception handlers the user may have specified
         self.set_custom_exc(*custom_exceptions)
 
         # indentation management
         self.autoindent = False
         self.indent_current_nsp = 0
 
         # Make some aliases automatically
         # Prepare list of shell aliases to auto-define
         if os.name == 'posix':
             auto_alias = ('mkdir mkdir', 'rmdir rmdir',
                           'mv mv -i','rm rm -i','cp cp -i',
                           'cat cat','less less','clear clear',
                           # a better ls
                           'ls ls -F',
                           # long ls
                           'll ls -lF')
             # Extra ls aliases with color, which need special treatment on BSD
             # variants
             ls_extra = ( # color ls
                          'lc ls -F -o --color',
                          # ls normal files only
                          'lf ls -F -o --color %l | grep ^-',
                          # ls symbolic links
                          'lk ls -F -o --color %l | grep ^l',
                          # directories or links to directories,
                          'ldir ls -F -o --color %l | grep /$',
                          # things which are executable
                          'lx ls -F -o --color %l | grep ^-..x',
                          )
             # The BSDs don't ship GNU ls, so they don't understand the
             # --color switch out of the box
             if 'bsd' in sys.platform:
                 ls_extra = ( # ls normal files only
                              'lf ls -lF | grep ^-',
                              # ls symbolic links
                              'lk ls -lF | grep ^l',
                              # directories or links to directories,
                              'ldir ls -lF | grep /$',
                              # things which are executable
                              'lx ls -lF | grep ^-..x',
                              )
             auto_alias = auto_alias + ls_extra
         elif os.name in ['nt','dos']:
             auto_alias = ('ls dir /on',
                           'ddir dir /ad /on', 'ldir dir /ad /on',
                           'mkdir mkdir','rmdir rmdir','echo echo',
                           'ren ren','cls cls','copy copy')
         else:
             auto_alias = ()
         self.auto_alias = [s.split(None,1) for s in auto_alias]
         
         # Produce a public API instance
         self.api = IPython.ipapi.IPApi(self)
 
         # Initialize all user-visible namespaces
         self.init_namespaces()
         
         # Call the actual (public) initializer
         self.init_auto_alias()
 
         # track which builtins we add, so we can clean up later
         self.builtins_added = {}
         # This method will add the necessary builtins for operation, but
         # tracking what it did via the builtins_added dict.
         
         #TODO: remove this, redundant
         self.add_builtins()
     # end __init__
 
     def var_expand(self,cmd,depth=0):
         """Expand python variables in a string.
 
         The depth argument indicates how many frames above the caller should
         be walked to look for the local namespace where to expand variables.
 
         The global namespace for expansion is always the user's interactive
         namespace.
         """
 
         return str(ItplNS(cmd,
                           self.user_ns,  # globals
                           # Skip our own frame in searching for locals:
                           sys._getframe(depth+1).f_locals # locals
                           ))
 
     def pre_config_initialization(self):
         """Pre-configuration init method
 
         This is called before the configuration files are processed to
         prepare the services the config files might need.
         
         self.rc already has reasonable default values at this point.
         """
         rc = self.rc
         try:
             self.db = pickleshare.PickleShareDB(rc.ipythondir + "/db")
         except exceptions.UnicodeDecodeError:
             print "Your ipythondir can't be decoded to unicode!"
             print "Please set HOME environment variable to something that"
             print r"only has ASCII characters, e.g. c:\home"
             print "Now it is",rc.ipythondir
             sys.exit()
         self.shadowhist = IPython.history.ShadowHist(self.db)
 
     def post_config_initialization(self):
         """Post configuration init method
 
         This is called after the configuration files have been processed to
         'finalize' the initialization."""
 
         rc = self.rc
 
         # Object inspector
         self.inspector = OInspect.Inspector(OInspect.InspectColors,
                                             PyColorize.ANSICodeColors,
                                             'NoColor',
                                             rc.object_info_string_level)
         
         self.rl_next_input = None
         self.rl_do_indent = False
         # Load readline proper
         if rc.readline:
             self.init_readline()
         
         # local shortcut, this is used a LOT
         self.log = self.logger.log
 
         # Initialize cache, set in/out prompts and printing system
         self.outputcache = CachedOutput(self,
                                         rc.cache_size,
                                         rc.pprint,
                                         input_sep = rc.separate_in,
                                         output_sep = rc.separate_out,
                                         output_sep2 = rc.separate_out2,
                                         ps1 = rc.prompt_in1,
                                         ps2 = rc.prompt_in2,
                                         ps_out = rc.prompt_out,
                                         pad_left = rc.prompts_pad_left)
 
         # user may have over-ridden the default print hook:
         try:
             self.outputcache.__class__.display = self.hooks.display
         except AttributeError:
             pass
 
         # I don't like assigning globally to sys, because it means when
         # embedding instances, each embedded instance overrides the previous
         # choice. But sys.displayhook seems to be called internally by exec,
         # so I don't see a way around it.  We first save the original and then
         # overwrite it.
         self.sys_displayhook = sys.displayhook
         sys.displayhook = self.outputcache
 
         # Do a proper resetting of doctest, including the necessary displayhook
         # monkeypatching
         try:
             doctest_reload()
         except ImportError:
             warn("doctest module does not exist.")
         
         # Set user colors (don't do it in the constructor above so that it
         # doesn't crash if colors option is invalid)
         self.magic_colors(rc.colors)
 
         # Set calling of pdb on exceptions
         self.call_pdb = rc.pdb
 
         # Load user aliases
         for alias in rc.alias:
             self.magic_alias(alias)
         
         self.hooks.late_startup_hook()
         
         for cmd in self.rc.autoexec:
             #print "autoexec>",cmd #dbg
             self.api.runlines(cmd)
             
         batchrun = False
         for batchfile in [path(arg) for arg in self.rc.args 
             if arg.lower().endswith('.ipy')]:
             if not batchfile.isfile():
                 print "No such batch file:", batchfile
                 continue
             self.api.runlines(batchfile.text())
             batchrun = True
         # without -i option, exit after running the batch file
         if batchrun and not self.rc.interact:
             self.ask_exit()            
 
     def init_namespaces(self):
         """Initialize all user-visible namespaces to their minimum defaults.
 
         Certain history lists are also initialized here, as they effectively
         act as user namespaces.
 
         Note
         ----
         All data structures here are only filled in, they are NOT reset by this
         method.  If they were not empty before, data will simply be added to
         therm.
         """
         # The user namespace MUST have a pointer to the shell itself.
         self.user_ns[self.name] = self
 
         # Store the public api instance
         self.user_ns['_ip'] = self.api
 
         # make global variables for user access to the histories
         self.user_ns['_ih'] = self.input_hist
         self.user_ns['_oh'] = self.output_hist
         self.user_ns['_dh'] = self.dir_hist
 
         # user aliases to input and output histories
         self.user_ns['In']  = self.input_hist
         self.user_ns['Out'] = self.output_hist
 
         self.user_ns['_sh'] = IPython.shadowns
 
         # Fill the history zero entry, user counter starts at 1
         self.input_hist.append('\n')
         self.input_hist_raw.append('\n')
 
     def add_builtins(self):
         """Store ipython references into the builtin namespace.
 
         Some parts of ipython operate via builtins injected here, which hold a
         reference to IPython itself."""
 
         # TODO: deprecate all of these, they are unsafe
         builtins_new  = dict(__IPYTHON__ = self,
              ip_set_hook = self.set_hook, 
              jobs = self.jobs,
              ipmagic = wrap_deprecated(self.ipmagic,'_ip.magic()'),  
              ipalias = wrap_deprecated(self.ipalias),  
              ipsystem = wrap_deprecated(self.ipsystem,'_ip.system()'),
              #_ip = self.api
              )
         for biname,bival in builtins_new.items():
             try:
                 # store the orignal value so we can restore it
                 self.builtins_added[biname] =  __builtin__.__dict__[biname]
             except KeyError:
                 # or mark that it wasn't defined, and we'll just delete it at
                 # cleanup
                 self.builtins_added[biname] = Undefined
             __builtin__.__dict__[biname] = bival
             
         # Keep in the builtins a flag for when IPython is active.  We set it
         # with setdefault so that multiple nested IPythons don't clobber one
         # another.  Each will increase its value by one upon being activated,
         # which also gives us a way to determine the nesting level.
         __builtin__.__dict__.setdefault('__IPYTHON__active',0)
 
     def clean_builtins(self):
         """Remove any builtins which might have been added by add_builtins, or
         restore overwritten ones to their previous values."""
         for biname,bival in self.builtins_added.items():
             if bival is Undefined:
                 del __builtin__.__dict__[biname]
             else:
                 __builtin__.__dict__[biname] = bival
         self.builtins_added.clear()
     
     def set_hook(self,name,hook, priority = 50, str_key = None, re_key = None):
         """set_hook(name,hook) -> sets an internal IPython hook.
 
         IPython exposes some of its internal API as user-modifiable hooks.  By
         adding your function to one of these hooks, you can modify IPython's 
         behavior to call at runtime your own routines."""
 
         # At some point in the future, this should validate the hook before it
         # accepts it.  Probably at least check that the hook takes the number
         # of args it's supposed to.
         
         f = new.instancemethod(hook,self,self.__class__)
 
         # check if the hook is for strdispatcher first
         if str_key is not None:
             sdp = self.strdispatchers.get(name, StrDispatch())
             sdp.add_s(str_key, f, priority )
             self.strdispatchers[name] = sdp
             return
         if re_key is not None:
             sdp = self.strdispatchers.get(name, StrDispatch())
             sdp.add_re(re.compile(re_key), f, priority )
             self.strdispatchers[name] = sdp
             return
             
         dp = getattr(self.hooks, name, None)
         if name not in IPython.hooks.__all__:
             print "Warning! Hook '%s' is not one of %s" % (name, IPython.hooks.__all__ )
         if not dp:
             dp = IPython.hooks.CommandChainDispatcher()
         
         try:
             dp.add(f,priority)
         except AttributeError:
             # it was not commandchain, plain old func - replace
             dp = f
 
         setattr(self.hooks,name, dp)
         
         
         #setattr(self.hooks,name,new.instancemethod(hook,self,self.__class__))
 
     def set_crash_handler(self,crashHandler):
         """Set the IPython crash handler.
 
         This must be a callable with a signature suitable for use as
         sys.excepthook."""
 
         # Install the given crash handler as the Python exception hook
         sys.excepthook = crashHandler
         
         # The instance will store a pointer to this, so that runtime code
         # (such as magics) can access it.  This is because during the
         # read-eval loop, it gets temporarily overwritten (to deal with GUI
         # frameworks).
         self.sys_excepthook = sys.excepthook
 
 
     def set_custom_exc(self,exc_tuple,handler):
         """set_custom_exc(exc_tuple,handler)
 
         Set a custom exception handler, which will be called if any of the
         exceptions in exc_tuple occur in the mainloop (specifically, in the
         runcode() method.
 
         Inputs:
 
           - exc_tuple: a *tuple* of valid exceptions to call the defined
           handler for.  It is very important that you use a tuple, and NOT A
           LIST here, because of the way Python's except statement works.  If
           you only want to trap a single exception, use a singleton tuple:
 
             exc_tuple == (MyCustomException,)
 
           - handler: this must be defined as a function with the following
           basic interface: def my_handler(self,etype,value,tb).
 
           This will be made into an instance method (via new.instancemethod)
           of IPython itself, and it will be called if any of the exceptions
           listed in the exc_tuple are caught.  If the handler is None, an
           internal basic one is used, which just prints basic info.
 
         WARNING: by putting in your own exception handler into IPython's main
         execution loop, you run a very good chance of nasty crashes.  This
         facility should only be used if you really know what you are doing."""
 
         assert type(exc_tuple)==type(()) , \
                "The custom exceptions must be given AS A TUPLE."
 
         def dummy_handler(self,etype,value,tb):
             print '*** Simple custom exception handler ***'
             print 'Exception type :',etype
             print 'Exception value:',value
             print 'Traceback      :',tb
             print 'Source code    :','\n'.join(self.buffer)
 
         if handler is None: handler = dummy_handler
 
         self.CustomTB = new.instancemethod(handler,self,self.__class__)
         self.custom_exceptions = exc_tuple
 
     def set_custom_completer(self,completer,pos=0):
         """set_custom_completer(completer,pos=0)
 
         Adds a new custom completer function.
 
         The position argument (defaults to 0) is the index in the completers
         list where you want the completer to be inserted."""
 
         newcomp = new.instancemethod(completer,self.Completer,
                                      self.Completer.__class__)
         self.Completer.matchers.insert(pos,newcomp)
 
     def set_completer(self):
         """reset readline's completer to be our own."""
         self.readline.set_completer(self.Completer.complete)
         
     def _get_call_pdb(self):
         return self._call_pdb
 
     def _set_call_pdb(self,val):
 
         if val not in (0,1,False,True):
             raise ValueError,'new call_pdb value must be boolean'
 
         # store value in instance
         self._call_pdb = val
 
         # notify the actual exception handlers
         self.InteractiveTB.call_pdb = val
         if self.isthreaded:
             try:
                 self.sys_excepthook.call_pdb = val
             except:
                 warn('Failed to activate pdb for threaded exception handler')
 
     call_pdb = property(_get_call_pdb,_set_call_pdb,None,
                         'Control auto-activation of pdb at exceptions')
  
     # These special functions get installed in the builtin namespace, to
     # provide programmatic (pure python) access to magics, aliases and system
     # calls.  This is important for logging, user scripting, and more.
 
     # We are basically exposing, via normal python functions, the three
     # mechanisms in which ipython offers special call modes (magics for
     # internal control, aliases for direct system access via pre-selected
     # names, and !cmd for calling arbitrary system commands).
 
     def ipmagic(self,arg_s):
         """Call a magic function by name.
 
         Input: a string containing the name of the magic function to call and any
         additional arguments to be passed to the magic.
 
         ipmagic('name -opt foo bar') is equivalent to typing at the ipython
         prompt:
 
         In[1]: %name -opt foo bar
 
         To call a magic without arguments, simply use ipmagic('name').
 
         This provides a proper Python function to call IPython's magics in any
         valid Python code you can type at the interpreter, including loops and
         compound statements.  It is added by IPython to the Python builtin
         namespace upon initialization."""
 
         args = arg_s.split(' ',1)
         magic_name = args[0]
         magic_name = magic_name.lstrip(self.ESC_MAGIC)
 
         try:
             magic_args = args[1]
         except IndexError:
             magic_args = ''
         fn = getattr(self,'magic_'+magic_name,None)
         if fn is None:
             error("Magic function `%s` not found." % magic_name)
         else:
             magic_args = self.var_expand(magic_args,1)
             return fn(magic_args)
 
     def ipalias(self,arg_s):
         """Call an alias by name.
 
         Input: a string containing the name of the alias to call and any
         additional arguments to be passed to the magic.
 
         ipalias('name -opt foo bar') is equivalent to typing at the ipython
         prompt:
 
         In[1]: name -opt foo bar
 
         To call an alias without arguments, simply use ipalias('name').
 
         This provides a proper Python function to call IPython's aliases in any
         valid Python code you can type at the interpreter, including loops and
         compound statements.  It is added by IPython to the Python builtin
         namespace upon initialization."""
 
         args = arg_s.split(' ',1)
         alias_name = args[0]
         try:
             alias_args = args[1]
         except IndexError:
             alias_args = ''
         if alias_name in self.alias_table:
             self.call_alias(alias_name,alias_args)
         else:
             error("Alias `%s` not found." % alias_name)
 
     def ipsystem(self,arg_s):
         """Make a system call, using IPython."""
 
         self.system(arg_s)
 
     def complete(self,text):
         """Return a sorted list of all possible completions on text.
 
         Inputs:
 
           - text: a string of text to be completed on.
 
         This is a wrapper around the completion mechanism, similar to what
         readline does at the command line when the TAB key is hit.  By
         exposing it as a method, it can be used by other non-readline
         environments (such as GUIs) for text completion.
 
         Simple usage example:
 
         In [7]: x = 'hello'
 
         In [8]: x
         Out[8]: 'hello'
 
         In [9]: print x
         hello
 
         In [10]: _ip.IP.complete('x.l')
         Out[10]: ['x.ljust', 'x.lower', 'x.lstrip']
         """
         
         complete = self.Completer.complete
         state = 0
         # use a dict so we get unique keys, since ipyhton's multiple
         # completers can return duplicates.  When we make 2.4 a requirement,
         # start using sets instead, which are faster.
         comps = {}
         while True:
             newcomp = complete(text,state,line_buffer=text)
             if newcomp is None:
                 break
             comps[newcomp] = 1
             state += 1
         outcomps = comps.keys()
         outcomps.sort()
         #print "T:",text,"OC:",outcomps  # dbg
         #print "vars:",self.user_ns.keys()
         return outcomps
         
     def set_completer_frame(self, frame=None):
         if frame:
             self.Completer.namespace = frame.f_locals
             self.Completer.global_namespace = frame.f_globals
         else:
             self.Completer.namespace = self.user_ns
             self.Completer.global_namespace = self.user_global_ns
 
     def init_auto_alias(self):
         """Define some aliases automatically.
 
         These are ALL parameter-less aliases"""
 
         for alias,cmd in self.auto_alias:
             self.getapi().defalias(alias,cmd)
             
 
     def alias_table_validate(self,verbose=0):
         """Update information about the alias table.
 
         In particular, make sure no Python keywords/builtins are in it."""
 
         no_alias = self.no_alias
         for k in self.alias_table.keys():
             if k in no_alias:
                 del self.alias_table[k]
                 if verbose:
                     print ("Deleting alias <%s>, it's a Python "
                            "keyword or builtin." % k)
     
     def set_autoindent(self,value=None):
         """Set the autoindent flag, checking for readline support.
 
         If called with no arguments, it acts as a toggle."""
 
         if not self.has_readline:
             if os.name == 'posix':
                 warn("The auto-indent feature requires the readline library")
             self.autoindent = 0
             return
         if value is None:
             self.autoindent = not self.autoindent
         else:
             self.autoindent = value
 
     def rc_set_toggle(self,rc_field,value=None):
         """Set or toggle a field in IPython's rc config. structure.
 
         If called with no arguments, it acts as a toggle.
 
         If called with a non-existent field, the resulting AttributeError
         exception will propagate out."""
 
         rc_val = getattr(self.rc,rc_field)
         if value is None:
             value = not rc_val
         setattr(self.rc,rc_field,value)
 
     def user_setup(self,ipythondir,rc_suffix,mode='install'):
         """Install the user configuration directory.
 
         Can be called when running for the first time or to upgrade the user's
         .ipython/ directory with the mode parameter. Valid modes are 'install'
         and 'upgrade'."""
 
         def wait():
             try:
                 raw_input("Please press <RETURN> to start IPython.")
             except EOFError:
                 print >> Term.cout
             print '*'*70
 
         cwd = os.getcwd()  # remember where we started
         glb = glob.glob
         print '*'*70
         if mode == 'install':
             print \
 """Welcome to IPython. I will try to create a personal configuration directory
 where you can customize many aspects of IPython's functionality in:\n"""
         else:
             print 'I am going to upgrade your configuration in:'
 
         print ipythondir
 
         rcdirend = os.path.join('IPython','UserConfig')
         cfg = lambda d: os.path.join(d,rcdirend)
         try:
             rcdir = filter(os.path.isdir,map(cfg,sys.path))[0]
             print "Initializing from configuration",rcdir
         except IndexError:
             warning = """
 Installation error. IPython's directory was not found.
 
 Check the following:
 
 The ipython/IPython directory should be in a directory belonging to your
 PYTHONPATH environment variable (that is, it should be in a directory
 belonging to sys.path). You can copy it explicitly there or just link to it.
 
 IPython will create a minimal default configuration for you.
 
 """
             warn(warning)
             wait()
             
             if sys.platform =='win32':
                 inif = 'ipythonrc.ini'
             else:
                 inif = 'ipythonrc'
             minimal_setup = {'ipy_user_conf.py' : 'import ipy_defaults',
                              inif : '# intentionally left blank' }
             os.makedirs(ipythondir, mode = 0777)
             for f, cont in minimal_setup.items():
                 open(ipythondir + '/' + f,'w').write(cont)
                              
             return
 
         if mode == 'install':
             try:
                 shutil.copytree(rcdir,ipythondir)
                 os.chdir(ipythondir)
                 rc_files = glb("ipythonrc*")
                 for rc_file in rc_files:
                     os.rename(rc_file,rc_file+rc_suffix)
             except:
                 warning = """
 
 There was a problem with the installation:
 %s
 Try to correct it or contact the developers if you think it's a bug.
 IPython will proceed with builtin defaults.""" % sys.exc_info()[1]
                 warn(warning)
                 wait()
                 return
 
         elif mode == 'upgrade':
             try:
                 os.chdir(ipythondir)
             except:
                 print """
 Can not upgrade: changing to directory %s failed. Details:
 %s
 """ % (ipythondir,sys.exc_info()[1])
                 wait()
                 return
             else:
                 sources = glb(os.path.join(rcdir,'[A-Za-z]*'))
                 for new_full_path in sources:
                     new_filename = os.path.basename(new_full_path)
                     if new_filename.startswith('ipythonrc'):
                         new_filename = new_filename + rc_suffix
                     # The config directory should only contain files, skip any
                     # directories which may be there (like CVS)
                     if os.path.isdir(new_full_path):
                         continue
                     if os.path.exists(new_filename):
                         old_file = new_filename+'.old'
                         if os.path.exists(old_file):
                             os.remove(old_file)
                         os.rename(new_filename,old_file)
                     shutil.copy(new_full_path,new_filename)
         else:
             raise ValueError,'unrecognized mode for install:',`mode`
 
         # Fix line-endings to those native to each platform in the config
         # directory.
         try:
             os.chdir(ipythondir)
         except:
             print """
 Problem: changing to directory %s failed.
 Details:
 %s
 
 Some configuration files may have incorrect line endings.  This should not
 cause any problems during execution.  """ % (ipythondir,sys.exc_info()[1])
             wait()
         else:
             for fname in glb('ipythonrc*'):
                 try:
                     native_line_ends(fname,backup=0)
                 except IOError:
                     pass
 
         if mode == 'install':
             print """
 Successful installation!
 
 Please read the sections 'Initial Configuration' and 'Quick Tips' in the
 IPython manual (there are both HTML and PDF versions supplied with the
 distribution) to make sure that your system environment is properly configured
 to take advantage of IPython's features.
 
 Important note: the configuration system has changed! The old system is
 still in place, but its setting may be partly overridden by the settings in 
 "~/.ipython/ipy_user_conf.py" config file. Please take a look at the file 
 if some of the new settings bother you. 
 
 """
         else:
             print """
 Successful upgrade!
 
 All files in your directory:
 %(ipythondir)s
 which would have been overwritten by the upgrade were backed up with a .old
 extension.  If you had made particular customizations in those files you may
 want to merge them back into the new files.""" % locals()
         wait()
         os.chdir(cwd)
         # end user_setup()
 
     def atexit_operations(self):
         """This will be executed at the time of exit.
 
         Saving of persistent data should be performed here. """
 
         #print '*** IPython exit cleanup ***' # dbg
         # input history
         self.savehist()
 
         # Cleanup all tempfiles left around
         for tfile in self.tempfiles:
             try:
                 os.unlink(tfile)
             except OSError:
                 pass
 
         # Clear all user namespaces to release all references cleanly.
         self.reset()
 
         # Run user hooks
         self.hooks.shutdown_hook()
 
     def reset(self):
         """Clear all internal namespaces.
 
         Note that this is much more aggressive than %reset, since it clears
         fully all namespaces, as well as all input/output lists.
         """
         for ns in self.ns_refs_table:
             ns.clear()
 
         # Clear input and output histories
         self.input_hist[:] = []
         self.input_hist_raw[:] = []
         self.output_hist.clear()
         # Restore the user namespaces to minimal usability
         self.init_namespaces()
         
     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:
             print 'Unable to save IPython command history to file: ' + \
                   `self.histfile`
 
     def reloadhist(self):
         """Reload the input history from disk file."""
 
         if self.has_readline:
             try:
                 self.readline.clear_history()
                 self.readline.read_history_file(self.shell.histfile)
             except AttributeError:
                 pass
             
 
     def history_saving_wrapper(self, func):
         """ Wrap func for readline history saving
         
         Convert func into callable that saves & restores
         history around the call """
         
         if not self.has_readline:
             return func
         
         def wrapper():
             self.savehist()
             try:
                 func()
             finally:
                 readline.read_history_file(self.histfile)
         return wrapper
             
     def pre_readline(self):
         """readline hook to be used at the start of each line.
 
         Currently it handles auto-indent only."""
 
         #debugx('self.indent_current_nsp','pre_readline:')
 
         if self.rl_do_indent:
             self.readline.insert_text(self.indent_current_str())
         if self.rl_next_input is not None:
             self.readline.insert_text(self.rl_next_input)
             self.rl_next_input = None
 
     def init_readline(self):
         """Command history completion/saving/reloading."""
 
 
         import IPython.rlineimpl as readline
                   
         if not readline.have_readline:
             self.has_readline = 0
             self.readline = None
             # no point in bugging windows users with this every time:
             warn('Readline services not available on this platform.')
         else:
             sys.modules['readline'] = readline
             import atexit
             from IPython.completer import IPCompleter
             self.Completer = IPCompleter(self,
                                             self.user_ns,
                                             self.user_global_ns,
                                             self.rc.readline_omit__names,
                                             self.alias_table)
             sdisp = self.strdispatchers.get('complete_command', StrDispatch())
             self.strdispatchers['complete_command'] = sdisp
             self.Completer.custom_completers = sdisp
             # Platform-specific configuration
             if os.name == 'nt':
                 self.readline_startup_hook = readline.set_pre_input_hook
             else:
                 self.readline_startup_hook = readline.set_startup_hook
 
             # Load user's initrc file (readline config)
             # Or if libedit is used, load editrc.
             inputrc_name = os.environ.get('INPUTRC')
             if inputrc_name is None:
                 home_dir = get_home_dir()
                 if home_dir is not None:
                     inputrc_name = '.inputrc'
                     if readline.uses_libedit:
                         inputrc_name = '.editrc'
                     inputrc_name = os.path.join(home_dir, inputrc_name)
             if os.path.isfile(inputrc_name):
                 try:
                     readline.read_init_file(inputrc_name)
                 except:
                     warn('Problems reading readline initialization file <%s>'
                          % inputrc_name)
             
             self.has_readline = 1
             self.readline = readline
             # save this in sys so embedded copies can restore it properly
             sys.ipcompleter = self.Completer.complete
             self.set_completer()
 
             # Configure readline according to user's prefs
             # This is only done if GNU readline is being used.  If libedit
             # is being used (as on Leopard) the readline config is
             # not run as the syntax for libedit is different.
             if not readline.uses_libedit:
                 for rlcommand in self.rc.readline_parse_and_bind:
+                    #print "loading rl:",rlcommand  # dbg
                     readline.parse_and_bind(rlcommand)
 
             # remove some chars from the delimiters list
             delims = readline.get_completer_delims()
             delims = delims.translate(string._idmap,
                                       self.rc.readline_remove_delims)
             readline.set_completer_delims(delims)
             # otherwise we end up with a monster history after a while:
             readline.set_history_length(1000)
             try:
                 #print '*** Reading readline history'  # dbg
                 readline.read_history_file(self.histfile)
             except IOError:
                 pass  # It doesn't exist yet.
 
             atexit.register(self.atexit_operations)
             del atexit
 
         # Configure auto-indent for all platforms
         self.set_autoindent(self.rc.autoindent)
 
     def ask_yes_no(self,prompt,default=True):
         if self.rc.quiet:
             return True
         return ask_yes_no(prompt,default)
 
     def cache_main_mod(self,mod):
         """Cache a main module.
 
         When scripts are executed via %run, we must keep a reference to their
         __main__ module (a FakeModule instance) around so that Python doesn't
         clear it, rendering objects defined therein useless.
 
         This method keeps said reference in a private dict, keyed by the
         absolute path of the module object (which corresponds to the script
         path).  This way, for multiple executions of the same script we only
         keep one copy of __main__ (the last one), thus preventing memory leaks
         from old references while allowing the objects from the last execution
         to be accessible.
 
         Parameters
         ----------
           mod : a module object
 
         Examples
         --------
 
         In [10]: import IPython
 
         In [11]: _ip.IP.cache_main_mod(IPython)
 
         In [12]: IPython.__file__ in _ip.IP._user_main_modules
         Out[12]: True
         """
         self._user_main_modules[os.path.abspath(mod.__file__) ] = mod
 
     def clear_main_mod_cache(self):
         """Clear the cache of main modules.
 
         Mainly for use by utilities like %reset.
 
         Examples
         --------
 
         In [15]: import IPython
 
         In [16]: _ip.IP.cache_main_mod(IPython)
 
         In [17]: len(_ip.IP._user_main_modules) > 0
         Out[17]: True
 
         In [18]: _ip.IP.clear_main_mod_cache()
 
         In [19]: len(_ip.IP._user_main_modules) == 0
         Out[19]: True
         """
         self._user_main_modules.clear()
 
     def _should_recompile(self,e):
         """Utility routine for edit_syntax_error"""
 
         if e.filename in ('<ipython console>','<input>','<string>',
                           '<console>','<BackgroundJob compilation>',
                           None):
                               
             return False
         try:
             if (self.rc.autoedit_syntax and 
                 not self.ask_yes_no('Return to editor to correct syntax error? '
                               '[Y/n] ','y')):
                 return False
         except EOFError:
             return False
 
         def int0(x):
             try:
                 return int(x)
             except TypeError:
                 return 0
         # always pass integer line and offset values to editor hook
         try:
             self.hooks.fix_error_editor(e.filename,
                 int0(e.lineno),int0(e.offset),e.msg)
         except IPython.ipapi.TryNext:
             warn('Could not open editor')
             return False
         return True
         
     def edit_syntax_error(self):
         """The bottom half of the syntax error handler called in the main loop.
 
         Loop until syntax error is fixed or user cancels.
         """
 
         while self.SyntaxTB.last_syntax_error:
             # copy and clear last_syntax_error
             err = self.SyntaxTB.clear_err_state()
             if not self._should_recompile(err):
                 return
             try:
                 # may set last_syntax_error again if a SyntaxError is raised
                 self.safe_execfile(err.filename,self.user_ns)
             except:
                 self.showtraceback()
             else:
                 try:
                     f = file(err.filename)
                     try:
                         sys.displayhook(f.read())
                     finally:
                         f.close()
                 except:
                     self.showtraceback()
 
     def showsyntaxerror(self, filename=None):
         """Display the syntax error that just occurred.
 
         This doesn't display a stack trace because there isn't one.
 
         If a filename is given, it is stuffed in the exception instead
         of what was there before (because Python's parser always uses
         "<string>" when reading from a string).
         """
         etype, value, last_traceback = sys.exc_info()
 
         # See note about these variables in showtraceback() below
         sys.last_type = etype
         sys.last_value = value
         sys.last_traceback = last_traceback
         
         if filename and etype is SyntaxError:
             # Work hard to stuff the correct filename in the exception
             try:
                 msg, (dummy_filename, lineno, offset, line) = value
             except:
                 # Not the format we expect; leave it alone
                 pass
             else:
                 # Stuff in the right filename
                 try:
                     # Assume SyntaxError is a class exception
                     value = SyntaxError(msg, (filename, lineno, offset, line))
                 except:
                     # If that failed, assume SyntaxError is a string
                     value = msg, (filename, lineno, offset, line)
         self.SyntaxTB(etype,value,[])
 
     def debugger(self,force=False):
         """Call the pydb/pdb debugger.
 
         Keywords:
 
           - force(False): by default, this routine checks the instance call_pdb
           flag and does not actually invoke the debugger if the flag is false.
           The 'force' option forces the debugger to activate even if the flag
           is false.
         """
 
         if not (force or self.call_pdb):
             return
 
         if not hasattr(sys,'last_traceback'):
             error('No traceback has been produced, nothing to debug.')
             return
 
         # use pydb if available
         if Debugger.has_pydb:
             from pydb import pm
         else:
             # fallback to our internal debugger
             pm = lambda : self.InteractiveTB.debugger(force=True)
         self.history_saving_wrapper(pm)()
 
     def showtraceback(self,exc_tuple = None,filename=None,tb_offset=None):
         """Display the exception that just occurred.
 
         If nothing is known about the exception, this is the method which
         should be used throughout the code for presenting user tracebacks,
         rather than directly invoking the InteractiveTB object.
 
         A specific showsyntaxerror() also exists, but this method can take
         care of calling it if needed, so unless you are explicitly catching a
         SyntaxError exception, don't try to analyze the stack manually and
         simply call this method."""
 
         
         # Though this won't be called by syntax errors in the input line,
         # there may be SyntaxError cases whith imported code.
         
         try:
             if exc_tuple is None:
                 etype, value, tb = sys.exc_info()
             else:
                 etype, value, tb = exc_tuple
     
             if etype is SyntaxError:
                 self.showsyntaxerror(filename)
             elif etype is IPython.ipapi.UsageError:
                 print "UsageError:", value
             else:
                 # WARNING: these variables are somewhat deprecated and not
                 # necessarily safe to use in a threaded environment, but tools
                 # like pdb depend on their existence, so let's set them.  If we
                 # find problems in the field, we'll need to revisit their use.
                 sys.last_type = etype
                 sys.last_value = value
                 sys.last_traceback = tb
     
                 if etype in self.custom_exceptions:
                     self.CustomTB(etype,value,tb)
                 else:
                     self.InteractiveTB(etype,value,tb,tb_offset=tb_offset)
                     if self.InteractiveTB.call_pdb and self.has_readline:
                         # pdb mucks up readline, fix it back
                         self.set_completer()
         except KeyboardInterrupt:
             self.write("\nKeyboardInterrupt\n")
 
     def mainloop(self,banner=None):
         """Creates the local namespace and starts the mainloop.
 
         If an optional banner argument is given, it will override the
         internally created default banner."""
 
         if self.rc.c:  # Emulate Python's -c option
             self.exec_init_cmd()
         if banner is None:
             if not self.rc.banner:
                 banner = ''
             # banner is string? Use it directly!
             elif isinstance(self.rc.banner,basestring):
                 banner = self.rc.banner
             else:                
                 banner = self.BANNER+self.banner2
 
         # if you run stuff with -c <cmd>, raw hist is not updated
         # ensure that it's in sync
         if len(self.input_hist) != len (self.input_hist_raw):
             self.input_hist_raw = InputList(self.input_hist)
 
         while 1:
             try:
                 self.interact(banner)
                 #self.interact_with_readline()                
 
                 # XXX for testing of a readline-decoupled repl loop, call
                 # interact_with_readline above
 
                 break
             except KeyboardInterrupt:
                 # this should not be necessary, but KeyboardInterrupt
                 # handling seems rather unpredictable...
                 self.write("\nKeyboardInterrupt in interact()\n")
 
     def exec_init_cmd(self):
         """Execute a command given at the command line.
 
         This emulates Python's -c option."""
 
         #sys.argv = ['-c']
         self.push(self.prefilter(self.rc.c, False))
         if not self.rc.interact:
             self.ask_exit()
 
     def embed_mainloop(self,header='',local_ns=None,global_ns=None,stack_depth=0):
         """Embeds IPython into a running python program.
 
         Input:
 
           - header: An optional header message can be specified.
 
           - local_ns, global_ns: working namespaces. If given as None, the
           IPython-initialized one is updated with __main__.__dict__, so that
           program variables become visible but user-specific configuration
           remains possible.
 
           - stack_depth: specifies how many levels in the stack to go to
           looking for namespaces (when local_ns and global_ns are None).  This
           allows an intermediate caller to make sure that this function gets
           the namespace from the intended level in the stack.  By default (0)
           it will get its locals and globals from the immediate caller.
 
         Warning: it's possible to use this in a program which is being run by
         IPython itself (via %run), but some funny things will happen (a few
         globals get overwritten). In the future this will be cleaned up, as
         there is no fundamental reason why it can't work perfectly."""
 
         # Get locals and globals from caller
         if local_ns is None or global_ns is None:
             call_frame = sys._getframe(stack_depth).f_back
 
             if local_ns is None:
                 local_ns = call_frame.f_locals
             if global_ns is None:
                 global_ns = call_frame.f_globals
 
         # Update namespaces and fire up interpreter
 
         # The global one is easy, we can just throw it in
         self.user_global_ns = global_ns
 
         # but the user/local one is tricky: ipython needs it to store internal
         # data, but we also need the locals.  We'll copy locals in the user
         # one, but will track what got copied so we can delete them at exit.
         # This is so that a later embedded call doesn't see locals from a
         # previous call (which most likely existed in a separate scope).
         local_varnames = local_ns.keys()
         self.user_ns.update(local_ns)
         #self.user_ns['local_ns'] = local_ns  # dbg
 
         # Patch for global embedding to make sure that things don't overwrite
         # user globals accidentally. Thanks to Richard <[e-mail]>
         # FIXME. Test this a bit more carefully (the if.. is new)
         if local_ns is None and global_ns is None:
             self.user_global_ns.update(__main__.__dict__)
 
         # make sure the tab-completer has the correct frame information, so it
         # actually completes using the frame's locals/globals
         self.set_completer_frame()
 
         # before activating the interactive mode, we need to make sure that
         # all names in the builtin namespace needed by ipython point to
         # ourselves, and not to other instances.
         self.add_builtins()
 
         self.interact(header)
         
         # now, purge out the user namespace from anything we might have added
         # from the caller's local namespace
         delvar = self.user_ns.pop
         for var in local_varnames:
             delvar(var,None)
         # and clean builtins we may have overridden
         self.clean_builtins()
 
     def interact_prompt(self):
         """ Print the prompt (in read-eval-print loop) 
 
         Provided for those who want to implement their own read-eval-print loop (e.g. GUIs), not 
         used in standard IPython flow.
         """
         if self.more:
             try:
                 prompt = self.hooks.generate_prompt(True)
             except:
                 self.showtraceback()
             if self.autoindent:
                 self.rl_do_indent = True
 
         else:
             try:
                 prompt = self.hooks.generate_prompt(False)
             except:
                 self.showtraceback()
         self.write(prompt)
 
     def interact_handle_input(self,line):
         """ Handle the input line (in read-eval-print loop)
         
         Provided for those who want to implement their own read-eval-print loop (e.g. GUIs), not 
         used in standard IPython flow.        
         """
         if line.lstrip() == line:
             self.shadowhist.add(line.strip())
         lineout = self.prefilter(line,self.more)
 
         if line.strip():
             if self.more:
                 self.input_hist_raw[-1] += '%s\n' % line
             else:
                 self.input_hist_raw.append('%s\n' % line)                
 
         
         self.more = self.push(lineout)
         if (self.SyntaxTB.last_syntax_error and
             self.rc.autoedit_syntax):
             self.edit_syntax_error()
 
     def interact_with_readline(self):
         """ Demo of using interact_handle_input, interact_prompt
         
         This is the main read-eval-print loop. If you need to implement your own (e.g. for GUI),
         it should work like this.
         """ 
         self.readline_startup_hook(self.pre_readline)
         while not self.exit_now:
             self.interact_prompt()
             if self.more:
                 self.rl_do_indent = True
             else:
                 self.rl_do_indent = False
             line = raw_input_original().decode(self.stdin_encoding)
             self.interact_handle_input(line)
 
         
     def interact(self, banner=None):
         """Closely emulate the interactive Python console.
 
         The optional banner argument specify the banner to print
         before the first interaction; by default it prints a banner
         similar to the one printed by the real Python interpreter,
         followed by the current class name in parentheses (so as not
         to confuse this with the real interpreter -- since it's so
         close!).
 
         """
         
         if self.exit_now:
             # batch run -> do not interact
             return
         cprt = 'Type "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.'
         if banner is None:
             self.write("Python %s on %s\n%s\n(%s)\n" %
                        (sys.version, sys.platform, cprt,
                         self.__class__.__name__))
         else:
             self.write(banner)
 
         more = 0
         
         # Mark activity in the builtins
         __builtin__.__dict__['__IPYTHON__active'] += 1
         
         if self.has_readline:
             self.readline_startup_hook(self.pre_readline)
         # exit_now is set by a call to %Exit or %Quit, through the
         # ask_exit callback.
         
         while not self.exit_now:
             self.hooks.pre_prompt_hook()
             if more:
                 try:
                     prompt = self.hooks.generate_prompt(True)
                 except:
                     self.showtraceback()
                 if self.autoindent:
                     self.rl_do_indent = True
                     
             else:
                 try:
                     prompt = self.hooks.generate_prompt(False)
                 except:
                     self.showtraceback()
             try:
                 line = self.raw_input(prompt,more)
                 if self.exit_now:
                     # quick exit on sys.std[in|out] close
                     break
                 if self.autoindent:
                     self.rl_do_indent = False
                     
             except KeyboardInterrupt:
                 #double-guard against keyboardinterrupts during kbdint handling
                 try:
                     self.write('\nKeyboardInterrupt\n')
                     self.resetbuffer()
                     # keep cache in sync with the prompt counter:
                     self.outputcache.prompt_count -= 1
     
                     if self.autoindent:
                         self.indent_current_nsp = 0
                     more = 0
                 except KeyboardInterrupt:
                     pass
             except EOFError:
                 if self.autoindent:
                     self.rl_do_indent = False
                     self.readline_startup_hook(None)
                 self.write('\n')
                 self.exit()
             except bdb.BdbQuit:
                 warn('The Python debugger has exited with a BdbQuit exception.\n'
                      'Because of how pdb handles the stack, it is impossible\n'
                      'for IPython to properly format this particular exception.\n'
                      'IPython will resume normal operation.')
             except:
                 # exceptions here are VERY RARE, but they can be triggered
                 # asynchronously by signal handlers, for example.
                 self.showtraceback()
             else:
                 more = self.push(line)
                 if (self.SyntaxTB.last_syntax_error and
                     self.rc.autoedit_syntax):
                     self.edit_syntax_error()
             
         # We are off again...
         __builtin__.__dict__['__IPYTHON__active'] -= 1
 
     def excepthook(self, etype, value, tb):
       """One more defense for GUI apps that call sys.excepthook.
 
       GUI frameworks like wxPython trap exceptions and call
       sys.excepthook themselves.  I guess this is a feature that
       enables them to keep running after exceptions that would
       otherwise kill their mainloop. This is a bother for IPython
       which excepts to catch all of the program exceptions with a try:
       except: statement.
 
       Normally, IPython sets sys.excepthook to a CrashHandler instance, so if
       any app directly invokes sys.excepthook, it will look to the user like
       IPython crashed.  In order to work around this, we can disable the
       CrashHandler and replace it with this excepthook instead, which prints a
       regular traceback using our InteractiveTB.  In this fashion, apps which
       call sys.excepthook will generate a regular-looking exception from
       IPython, and the CrashHandler will only be triggered by real IPython
       crashes.
 
       This hook should be used sparingly, only in places which are not likely
       to be true IPython errors.
       """
       self.showtraceback((etype,value,tb),tb_offset=0)
 
     def expand_aliases(self,fn,rest):
         """ Expand multiple levels of aliases:
         
         if:
         
         alias foo bar /tmp
         alias baz foo
         
         then:
         
         baz huhhahhei -> bar /tmp huhhahhei
         
         """
         line = fn + " " + rest
         
         done = set()
         while 1:
             pre,fn,rest = prefilter.splitUserInput(line,
                                                    prefilter.shell_line_split)
             if fn in self.alias_table:
                 if fn in done:
                     warn("Cyclic alias definition, repeated '%s'" % fn)
                     return ""
                 done.add(fn)
 
                 l2 = self.transform_alias(fn,rest)
                 # dir -> dir 
                 # print "alias",line, "->",l2  #dbg
                 if l2 == line:
                     break
                 # ls -> ls -F should not recurse forever
                 if l2.split(None,1)[0] == line.split(None,1)[0]:
                     line = l2
                     break
                 
                 line=l2
                 
                 
                 # print "al expand to",line #dbg
             else:
                 break
                 
         return line
 
     def transform_alias(self, alias,rest=''):
         """ Transform alias to system command string.
         """
         trg = self.alias_table[alias]
 
         nargs,cmd = trg
         # print trg #dbg
         if ' ' in cmd and os.path.isfile(cmd):
             cmd = '"%s"' % cmd
 
         # Expand the %l special to be the user's input line
         if cmd.find('%l') >= 0:
             cmd = cmd.replace('%l',rest)
             rest = ''
         if nargs==0:
             # Simple, argument-less aliases
             cmd = '%s %s' % (cmd,rest)
         else:
             # Handle aliases with positional arguments
             args = rest.split(None,nargs)
             if len(args)< nargs:
                 error('Alias <%s> requires %s arguments, %s given.' %
                       (alias,nargs,len(args)))
                 return None
             cmd = '%s %s' % (cmd % tuple(args[:nargs]),' '.join(args[nargs:]))
         # Now call the macro, evaluating in the user's namespace
         #print 'new command: <%r>' % cmd  # dbg
         return cmd
         
     def call_alias(self,alias,rest=''):
         """Call an alias given its name and the rest of the line.
 
         This is only used to provide backwards compatibility for users of
         ipalias(), use of which is not recommended for anymore."""
 
         # Now call the macro, evaluating in the user's namespace
         cmd = self.transform_alias(alias, rest)
         try:
             self.system(cmd)
         except:
             self.showtraceback()
 
     def indent_current_str(self):
         """return the current level of indentation as a string"""
         return self.indent_current_nsp * ' '
 
     def autoindent_update(self,line):
         """Keep track of the indent level."""
 
         #debugx('line')
         #debugx('self.indent_current_nsp')
         if self.autoindent:
             if line:
                 inisp = num_ini_spaces(line)
                 if inisp < self.indent_current_nsp:
                     self.indent_current_nsp = inisp
 
                 if line[-1] == ':':
                     self.indent_current_nsp += 4
                 elif dedent_re.match(line):
                     self.indent_current_nsp -= 4
             else:
                 self.indent_current_nsp = 0
 
     def runlines(self,lines):
         """Run a string of one or more lines of source.
 
         This method is capable of running a string containing multiple source
         lines, as if they had been entered at the IPython prompt.  Since it
         exposes IPython's processing machinery, the given strings can contain
         magic calls (%magic), special shell access (!cmd), etc."""
 
         # We must start with a clean buffer, in case this is run from an
         # interactive IPython session (via a magic, for example).
         self.resetbuffer()
         lines = lines.split('\n')
         more = 0
     
         for line in lines:
             # skip blank lines so we don't mess up the prompt counter, but do
             # NOT skip even a blank line if we are in a code block (more is
             # true)
             
             if line or more:
                 # push to raw history, so hist line numbers stay in sync
                 self.input_hist_raw.append("# " + line + "\n")
                 more = self.push(self.prefilter(line,more))
                 # IPython's runsource returns None if there was an error
                 # compiling the code.  This allows us to stop processing right
                 # away, so the user gets the error message at the right place.
                 if more is None:
                     break
             else:
                 self.input_hist_raw.append("\n")
         # final newline in case the input didn't have it, so that the code
         # actually does get executed
         if more:
             self.push('\n')
 
     def runsource(self, source, filename='<input>', symbol='single'):
         """Compile and run some source in the interpreter.
 
         Arguments are as for compile_command().
 
         One several things can happen:
 
         1) The input is incorrect; compile_command() raised an
         exception (SyntaxError or OverflowError).  A syntax traceback
         will be printed by calling the showsyntaxerror() method.
 
         2) The input is incomplete, and more input is required;
         compile_command() returned None.  Nothing happens.
 
         3) The input is complete; compile_command() returned a code
         object.  The code is executed by calling self.runcode() (which
         also handles run-time exceptions, except for SystemExit).
 
         The return value is:
 
           - True in case 2
 
           - False in the other cases, unless an exception is raised, where
           None is returned instead.  This can be used by external callers to
           know whether to continue feeding input or not.
 
         The return value can be used to decide whether to use sys.ps1 or
         sys.ps2 to prompt the next line."""
 
         # if the source code has leading blanks, add 'if 1:\n' to it
         # this allows execution of indented pasted code. It is tempting
         # to add '\n' at the end of source to run commands like ' a=1'
         # directly, but this fails for more complicated scenarios
         source=source.encode(self.stdin_encoding)
         if source[:1] in [' ', '\t']:
             source = 'if 1:\n%s' % source
 
         try:
             code = self.compile(source,filename,symbol)
         except (OverflowError, SyntaxError, ValueError, TypeError):
             # Case 1
             self.showsyntaxerror(filename)
             return None
 
         if code is None:
             # Case 2
             return True
 
         # Case 3
         # We store the code object so that threaded shells and
         # custom exception handlers can access all this info if needed.
         # The source corresponding to this can be obtained from the
         # buffer attribute as '\n'.join(self.buffer).
         self.code_to_run = code
         # now actually execute the code object
         if self.runcode(code) == 0:
             return False
         else:
             return None
 
     def runcode(self,code_obj):
         """Execute a code object.
 
         When an exception occurs, self.showtraceback() is called to display a
         traceback.
 
         Return value: a flag indicating whether the code to be run completed
         successfully:
 
           - 0: successful execution.
           - 1: an error occurred.
         """
 
         # Set our own excepthook in case the user code tries to call it
         # directly, so that the IPython crash handler doesn't get triggered
         old_excepthook,sys.excepthook = sys.excepthook, self.excepthook
 
         # we save the original sys.excepthook in the instance, in case config
         # code (such as magics) needs access to it.
         self.sys_excepthook = old_excepthook
         outflag = 1  # happens in more places, so it's easier as default
         try:
             try:
                 self.hooks.pre_runcode_hook()
                 exec code_obj in self.user_global_ns, self.user_ns
             finally:
                 # Reset our crash handler in place
                 sys.excepthook = old_excepthook
         except SystemExit:
             self.resetbuffer()
             self.showtraceback()
             warn("Type %exit or %quit to exit IPython "
                  "(%Exit or %Quit do so unconditionally).",level=1)
         except self.custom_exceptions:
             etype,value,tb = sys.exc_info()
             self.CustomTB(etype,value,tb)
         except:
             self.showtraceback()
         else:
             outflag = 0
             if softspace(sys.stdout, 0):
                 print
         # Flush out code object which has been run (and source)
         self.code_to_run = None
         return outflag
         
     def push(self, line):
         """Push a line to the interpreter.
 
         The line should not have a trailing newline; it may have
         internal newlines.  The line is appended to a buffer and the
         interpreter's runsource() method is called with the
         concatenated contents of the buffer as source.  If this
         indicates that the command was executed or invalid, the buffer
         is reset; otherwise, the command is incomplete, and the buffer
         is left as it was after the line was appended.  The return
         value is 1 if more input is required, 0 if the line was dealt
         with in some way (this is the same as runsource()).
         """
 
         # autoindent management should be done here, and not in the
         # interactive loop, since that one is only seen by keyboard input.  We
         # need this done correctly even for code run via runlines (which uses
         # push).
 
         #print 'push line: <%s>' % line  # dbg
         for subline in line.splitlines():
             self.autoindent_update(subline)
         self.buffer.append(line)
         more = self.runsource('\n'.join(self.buffer), self.filename)
         if not more:
             self.resetbuffer()
         return more
 
     def split_user_input(self, line):
         # This is really a hold-over to support ipapi and some extensions
         return prefilter.splitUserInput(line)
 
     def resetbuffer(self):
         """Reset the input buffer."""
         self.buffer[:] = []
         
     def raw_input(self,prompt='',continue_prompt=False):
         """Write a prompt and read a line.
 
         The returned line does not include the trailing newline.
         When the user enters the EOF key sequence, EOFError is raised.
 
         Optional inputs:
 
           - prompt(''): a string to be printed to prompt the user.
 
           - continue_prompt(False): whether this line is the first one or a
           continuation in a sequence of inputs.
         """
 
         # Code run by the user may have modified the readline completer state.
         # We must ensure that our completer is back in place.
         if self.has_readline:
             self.set_completer()
         
         try:
             line = raw_input_original(prompt).decode(self.stdin_encoding)
         except ValueError:
             warn("\n********\nYou or a %run:ed script called sys.stdin.close()"
                  " or sys.stdout.close()!\nExiting IPython!")
             self.ask_exit()
             return ""
 
         # Try to be reasonably smart about not re-indenting pasted input more
         # than necessary.  We do this by trimming out the auto-indent initial
         # spaces, if the user's actual input started itself with whitespace.
         #debugx('self.buffer[-1]')
 
         if self.autoindent:
             if num_ini_spaces(line) > self.indent_current_nsp:
                 line = line[self.indent_current_nsp:]
                 self.indent_current_nsp = 0
             
         # store the unfiltered input before the user has any chance to modify
         # it.
         if line.strip():
             if continue_prompt:
                 self.input_hist_raw[-1] += '%s\n' % line
                 if self.has_readline: # and some config option is set?
                     try:
                         histlen = self.readline.get_current_history_length()
                         if histlen > 1:
                             newhist = self.input_hist_raw[-1].rstrip()
                             self.readline.remove_history_item(histlen-1)
                             self.readline.replace_history_item(histlen-2,
                                             newhist.encode(self.stdin_encoding))
                     except AttributeError:
                         pass # re{move,place}_history_item are new in 2.4.                
             else:
                 self.input_hist_raw.append('%s\n' % line)                
             # only entries starting at first column go to shadow history
             if line.lstrip() == line:
                 self.shadowhist.add(line.strip())
         elif not continue_prompt:
             self.input_hist_raw.append('\n')
         try:
             lineout = self.prefilter(line,continue_prompt)
         except:
             # blanket except, in case a user-defined prefilter crashes, so it
             # can't take all of ipython with it.
             self.showtraceback()
             return ''
         else:
             return lineout
 
     def _prefilter(self, line, continue_prompt):
         """Calls different preprocessors, depending on the form of line."""
 
         # All handlers *must* return a value, even if it's blank ('').
 
         # Lines are NOT logged here. Handlers should process the line as
         # needed, update the cache AND log it (so that the input cache array
         # stays synced).
 
         #.....................................................................
         # Code begins
 
         #if line.startswith('%crash'): raise RuntimeError,'Crash now!'  # dbg
 
         # save the line away in case we crash, so the post-mortem handler can
         # record it
         self._last_input_line = line
 
         #print '***line: <%s>' % line # dbg
 
         if not line:
             # Return immediately on purely empty lines, so that if the user
             # previously typed some whitespace that started a continuation
             # prompt, he can break out of that loop with just an empty line.
             # This is how the default python prompt works.
 
             # Only return if the accumulated input buffer was just whitespace!
             if ''.join(self.buffer).isspace():
                 self.buffer[:] = []
             return ''
         
         line_info = prefilter.LineInfo(line, continue_prompt)
         
         # the input history needs to track even empty lines
         stripped = line.strip()
         
         if not stripped:
             if not continue_prompt:
                 self.outputcache.prompt_count -= 1
             return self.handle_normal(line_info)
 
         # print '***cont',continue_prompt  # dbg
         # special handlers are only allowed for single line statements
         if continue_prompt and not self.rc.multi_line_specials:
             return self.handle_normal(line_info)
 
 
         # See whether any pre-existing handler can take care of it  
         rewritten = self.hooks.input_prefilter(stripped)
         if rewritten != stripped: # ok, some prefilter did something
             rewritten = line_info.pre + rewritten  # add indentation
             return self.handle_normal(prefilter.LineInfo(rewritten,
                                                          continue_prompt))
             
         #print 'pre <%s> iFun <%s> rest <%s>' % (pre,iFun,theRest)  # dbg
         
         return prefilter.prefilter(line_info, self)
 
 
     def _prefilter_dumb(self, line, continue_prompt):
         """simple prefilter function, for debugging"""
         return self.handle_normal(line,continue_prompt)
 
     
     def multiline_prefilter(self, line, continue_prompt):
         """ Run _prefilter for each line of input
         
         Covers cases where there are multiple lines in the user entry,
         which is the case when the user goes back to a multiline history
         entry and presses enter.
         
         """
         out = []
         for l in line.rstrip('\n').split('\n'):
             out.append(self._prefilter(l, continue_prompt))
         return '\n'.join(out)
     
     # Set the default prefilter() function (this can be user-overridden)
     prefilter = multiline_prefilter
 
     def handle_normal(self,line_info):
         """Handle normal input lines. Use as a template for handlers."""
 
         # With autoindent on, we need some way to exit the input loop, and I
         # don't want to force the user to have to backspace all the way to
         # clear the line.  The rule will be in this case, that either two
         # lines of pure whitespace in a row, or a line of pure whitespace but
         # of a size different to the indent level, will exit the input loop.
         line = line_info.line
         continue_prompt = line_info.continue_prompt
         
         if (continue_prompt and self.autoindent and line.isspace() and
             (0 < abs(len(line) - self.indent_current_nsp) <= 2 or
              (self.buffer[-1]).isspace() )):
             line = ''
 
         self.log(line,line,continue_prompt)
         return line
 
     def handle_alias(self,line_info):
         """Handle alias input lines. """
         tgt = self.alias_table[line_info.iFun]
         # print "=>",tgt #dbg
         if callable(tgt):
             if '$' in line_info.line:
                 call_meth = '(_ip, _ip.itpl(%s))'
             else:
                 call_meth = '(_ip,%s)'
             line_out = ("%s_sh.%s" + call_meth) % (line_info.preWhitespace,
                                          line_info.iFun, 
             make_quoted_expr(line_info.line))
         else:
             transformed = self.expand_aliases(line_info.iFun,line_info.theRest)
 
             # pre is needed, because it carries the leading whitespace.  Otherwise
             # aliases won't work in indented sections.
             line_out = '%s_ip.system(%s)' % (line_info.preWhitespace,
                                              make_quoted_expr( transformed ))
         
         self.log(line_info.line,line_out,line_info.continue_prompt)
         #print 'line out:',line_out # dbg
         return line_out
 
     def handle_shell_escape(self, line_info):
         """Execute the line in a shell, empty return value"""
         #print 'line in :', `line` # dbg
         line = line_info.line
         if line.lstrip().startswith('!!'):
             # rewrite LineInfo's line, iFun and theRest to properly hold the
             # call to %sx and the actual command to be executed, so
             # handle_magic can work correctly.  Note that this works even if
             # the line is indented, so it handles multi_line_specials
             # properly.
             new_rest = line.lstrip()[2:]
             line_info.line = '%ssx %s' % (self.ESC_MAGIC,new_rest)
             line_info.iFun = 'sx'
             line_info.theRest = new_rest
             return self.handle_magic(line_info)
         else:
             cmd = line.lstrip().lstrip('!')
             line_out = '%s_ip.system(%s)' % (line_info.preWhitespace,
                                              make_quoted_expr(cmd))
         # update cache/log and return
         self.log(line,line_out,line_info.continue_prompt)
         return line_out
 
     def handle_magic(self, line_info):
         """Execute magic functions."""
         iFun    = line_info.iFun
         theRest = line_info.theRest
         cmd = '%s_ip.magic(%s)' % (line_info.preWhitespace,
                                    make_quoted_expr(iFun + " " + theRest))
         self.log(line_info.line,cmd,line_info.continue_prompt)
         #print 'in handle_magic, cmd=<%s>' % cmd  # dbg
         return cmd
 
     def handle_auto(self, line_info):
         """Hande lines which can be auto-executed, quoting if requested."""
 
         line    = line_info.line
         iFun    = line_info.iFun
         theRest = line_info.theRest
         pre     = line_info.pre
         continue_prompt = line_info.continue_prompt
         obj = line_info.ofind(self)['obj']
 
         #print 'pre <%s> iFun <%s> rest <%s>' % (pre,iFun,theRest)  # dbg
 
         # This should only be active for single-line input!
         if continue_prompt:
             self.log(line,line,continue_prompt)
             return line
 
         force_auto = isinstance(obj, IPython.ipapi.IPyAutocall)
         auto_rewrite = True
         
         if pre == self.ESC_QUOTE:
             # Auto-quote splitting on whitespace
             newcmd = '%s("%s")' % (iFun,'", "'.join(theRest.split()) )
         elif pre == self.ESC_QUOTE2:
             # Auto-quote whole string
             newcmd = '%s("%s")' % (iFun,theRest)
         elif pre == self.ESC_PAREN:
             newcmd = '%s(%s)' % (iFun,",".join(theRest.split()))
         else:
             # Auto-paren.
             # We only apply it to argument-less calls if the autocall
             # parameter is set to 2.  We only need to check that autocall is <
             # 2, since this function isn't called unless it's at least 1.
             if not theRest and (self.rc.autocall < 2) and not force_auto:
                 newcmd = '%s %s' % (iFun,theRest)
                 auto_rewrite = False
             else:
                 if not force_auto and theRest.startswith('['):
                     if hasattr(obj,'__getitem__'):
                         # Don't autocall in this case: item access for an object
                         # which is BOTH callable and implements __getitem__.
                         newcmd = '%s %s' % (iFun,theRest)
                         auto_rewrite = False
                     else:
                         # if the object doesn't support [] access, go ahead and
                         # autocall
                         newcmd = '%s(%s)' % (iFun.rstrip(),theRest)
                 elif theRest.endswith(';'):
                     newcmd = '%s(%s);' % (iFun.rstrip(),theRest[:-1])
                 else:
                     newcmd = '%s(%s)' % (iFun.rstrip(), theRest)
 
         if auto_rewrite:
             rw = self.outputcache.prompt1.auto_rewrite() + newcmd
             
             try:
                 # 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 >>Term.cout, rw
             except UnicodeEncodeError:
                 print "-------------->" + newcmd
             
         # log what is now valid Python, not the actual user input (without the
         # final newline)
         self.log(line,newcmd,continue_prompt)
         return newcmd
 
     def handle_help(self, line_info):
         """Try to get some help for the object.
 
         obj? or ?obj   -> basic information.
         obj?? or ??obj -> more details.
         """
         
         line = line_info.line
         # We need to make sure that we don't process lines which would be
         # otherwise valid python, such as "x=1 # what?"
         try:
             codeop.compile_command(line)
         except SyntaxError:
             # We should only handle as help stuff which is NOT valid syntax
             if line[0]==self.ESC_HELP:
                 line = line[1:]
             elif line[-1]==self.ESC_HELP:
                 line = line[:-1]
             self.log(line,'#?'+line,line_info.continue_prompt)
             if line:
                 #print 'line:<%r>' % line  # dbg
                 self.magic_pinfo(line)
             else:
                 page(self.usage,screen_lines=self.rc.screen_length)
             return '' # Empty string is needed here!
         except:
             # Pass any other exceptions through to the normal handler
             return self.handle_normal(line_info)
         else:
             # If the code compiles ok, we should handle it normally
             return self.handle_normal(line_info)
 
     def getapi(self):
         """ Get an IPApi object for this shell instance
         
         Getting an IPApi object is always preferable to accessing the shell
         directly, but this holds true especially for extensions.
         
         It should always be possible to implement an extension with IPApi
         alone. If not, contact maintainer to request an addition.
         
         """
         return self.api
 
     def handle_emacs(self, line_info):
         """Handle input lines marked by python-mode."""
 
         # Currently, nothing is done.  Later more functionality can be added
         # here if needed.
 
         # The input cache shouldn't be updated
         return line_info.line
     
 
     def mktempfile(self,data=None):
         """Make a new tempfile and return its filename.
 
         This makes a call to tempfile.mktemp, but it registers the created
         filename internally so ipython cleans it up at exit time.
 
         Optional inputs:
 
           - data(None): if data is given, it gets written out to the temp file
           immediately, and the file is closed again."""
 
         filename = tempfile.mktemp('.py','ipython_edit_')
         self.tempfiles.append(filename)
         
         if data:
             tmp_file = open(filename,'w')
             tmp_file.write(data)
             tmp_file.close()
         return filename
 
     def write(self,data):
         """Write a string to the default output"""
         Term.cout.write(data)
 
     def write_err(self,data):
         """Write a string to the default error output"""
         Term.cerr.write(data)
 
     def ask_exit(self):
         """ Call for exiting. Can be overiden and used as a callback. """
         self.exit_now = True
 
     def exit(self):
         """Handle interactive exit.
 
         This method calls the ask_exit callback."""
 
         if self.rc.confirm_exit:
             if self.ask_yes_no('Do you really want to exit ([y]/n)?','y'):
                 self.ask_exit()
         else:
             self.ask_exit()
 
     def safe_execfile(self,fname,*where,**kw):
         """A safe version of the builtin execfile().
 
         This version will never throw an exception, and knows how to handle
         ipython logs as well.
 
         :Parameters:
           fname : string
             Name of the file to be executed.
             
           where : tuple
             One or two namespaces, passed to execfile() as (globals,locals).
             If only one is given, it is passed as both.
 
         :Keywords:
           islog : boolean (False)
 
           quiet : boolean (True)
 
           exit_ignore : boolean (False)
           """
 
         def syspath_cleanup():
             """Internal cleanup routine for sys.path."""
             if add_dname:
                 try:
                     sys.path.remove(dname)
                 except ValueError:
                     # For some reason the user has already removed it, ignore.
                     pass
         
         fname = os.path.expanduser(fname)
 
         # Find things also in current directory.  This is needed to mimic the
         # behavior of running a script from the system command line, where
         # Python inserts the script's directory into sys.path
         dname = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(fname))
         add_dname = False
         if dname not in sys.path:
             sys.path.insert(0,dname)
             add_dname = True
 
         try:
             xfile = open(fname)
         except:
             print >> Term.cerr, \
                   'Could not open file <%s> for safe execution.' % fname
             syspath_cleanup()
             return None
 
         kw.setdefault('islog',0)
         kw.setdefault('quiet',1)
         kw.setdefault('exit_ignore',0)
         
         first = xfile.readline()
         loghead = str(self.loghead_tpl).split('\n',1)[0].strip()
         xfile.close()
         # line by line execution
         if first.startswith(loghead) or kw['islog']:
             print 'Loading log file <%s> one line at a time...' % fname
             if kw['quiet']:
                 stdout_save = sys.stdout
                 sys.stdout = StringIO.StringIO()
             try:
                 globs,locs = where[0:2]
             except:
                 try:
                     globs = locs = where[0]
                 except:
                     globs = locs = globals()
             badblocks = []
 
             # we also need to identify indented blocks of code when replaying
             # logs and put them together before passing them to an exec
             # statement. This takes a bit of regexp and look-ahead work in the
             # file. It's easiest if we swallow the whole thing in memory
             # first, and manually walk through the lines list moving the
             # counter ourselves.
             indent_re = re.compile('\s+\S')
             xfile = open(fname)
             filelines = xfile.readlines()
             xfile.close()
             nlines = len(filelines)
             lnum = 0
             while lnum < nlines:
                 line = filelines[lnum]
                 lnum += 1
                 # don't re-insert logger status info into cache
                 if line.startswith('#log#'):
                     continue
                 else:
                     # build a block of code (maybe a single line) for execution
                     block = line
                     try:
                         next = filelines[lnum] # lnum has already incremented
                     except:
                         next = None
                     while next and indent_re.match(next):
                         block += next
                         lnum += 1
                         try:
                             next = filelines[lnum]
                         except:
                             next = None
                     # now execute the block of one or more lines
                     try:
                         exec block in globs,locs
                     except SystemExit:
                         pass
                     except:
                         badblocks.append(block.rstrip())
             if kw['quiet']:  # restore stdout
                 sys.stdout.close()
                 sys.stdout = stdout_save
             print 'Finished replaying log file <%s>' % fname
             if badblocks:
                 print >> sys.stderr, ('\nThe following lines/blocks in file '
                                       '<%s> reported errors:' % fname)
                     
                 for badline in badblocks:
                     print >> sys.stderr, badline
         else:  # regular file execution
             try:
                 if sys.platform == 'win32' and sys.version_info < (2,5,1):
                     # Work around a bug in Python for Windows.  The bug was
                     # fixed in in Python 2.5 r54159 and 54158, but that's still
                     # SVN Python as of March/07.  For details, see:
                     # http://projects.scipy.org/ipython/ipython/ticket/123
                     try:
                         globs,locs = where[0:2]
                     except:
                         try:
                             globs = locs = where[0]
                         except:
                             globs = locs = globals()
                     exec file(fname) in globs,locs
                 else:
                     execfile(fname,*where)
             except SyntaxError:
                 self.showsyntaxerror()
                 warn('Failure executing file: <%s>' % fname)
             except SystemExit,status:
                 # Code that correctly sets the exit status flag to success (0)
                 # shouldn't be bothered with a traceback.  Note that a plain
                 # sys.exit() does NOT set the message to 0 (it's empty) so that
                 # will still get a traceback.  Note that the structure of the
                 # SystemExit exception changed between Python 2.4 and 2.5, so
                 # the checks must be done in a version-dependent way.
                 show = False
 
                 if sys.version_info[:2] > (2,5):
                     if status.message!=0 and not kw['exit_ignore']:
                         show = True
                 else:
                     if status.code and not kw['exit_ignore']:
                         show = True
                 if show:
                     self.showtraceback()
                     warn('Failure executing file: <%s>' % fname)
             except:
                 self.showtraceback()
                 warn('Failure executing file: <%s>' % fname)
 
         syspath_cleanup()
 
 #************************* end of file <iplib.py> *****************************

IPython/ipmaker.py

@@ -1,780 +1,775 b''
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 """
 IPython -- An enhanced Interactive Python
 
 Requires Python 2.1 or better.
 
 This file contains the main make_IPython() starter function.
 """
 
 #*****************************************************************************
 #       Copyright (C) 2001-2006 Fernando Perez. <[e-mail]>
 #
 #  Distributed under the terms of the BSD License.  The full license is in
 #  the file COPYING, distributed as part of this software.
 #*****************************************************************************
 
 from IPython import Release
 __author__  = '%s <%s>' % Release.authors['Fernando']
 __license__ = Release.license
 __version__ = Release.version
 
 try:
     credits._Printer__data = """
     Python: %s
 
     IPython: Fernando Perez, Janko Hauser, Nathan Gray, and many users.
     See http://ipython.scipy.org for more information.""" \
     % credits._Printer__data
 
     copyright._Printer__data += """
 
     Copyright (c) 2001-2004 Fernando Perez, Janko Hauser, Nathan Gray.
     All Rights Reserved."""
 except NameError:
     # Can happen if ipython was started with 'python -S', so that site.py is
     # not loaded
     pass
 
 #****************************************************************************
 # Required modules
 
 # From the standard library
 import __main__
 import __builtin__
 import os
 import re
 import sys
 import types
 from pprint import pprint,pformat
 
 # Our own
 from IPython import DPyGetOpt
 from IPython.ipstruct import Struct
 from IPython.OutputTrap import OutputTrap
 from IPython.ConfigLoader import ConfigLoader
 from IPython.iplib import InteractiveShell
 from IPython.usage import cmd_line_usage,interactive_usage
 from IPython.genutils import *
 
 def force_import(modname):
     if modname in sys.modules:
         print "reload",modname
         reload(sys.modules[modname])
     else:
         __import__(modname)
         
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 def make_IPython(argv=None,user_ns=None,user_global_ns=None,debug=1,
                  rc_override=None,shell_class=InteractiveShell,
                  embedded=False,**kw):
     """This is a dump of IPython into a single function.
 
     Later it will have to be broken up in a sensible manner.
 
     Arguments:
 
     - argv: a list similar to sys.argv[1:].  It should NOT contain the desired
     script name, b/c DPyGetOpt strips the first argument only for the real
     sys.argv.
 
     - user_ns: a dict to be used as the user's namespace."""
 
     #----------------------------------------------------------------------
     # Defaults and initialization
     
     # For developer debugging, deactivates crash handler and uses pdb.
     DEVDEBUG = False
 
     if argv is None:
         argv = sys.argv
 
     # __IP is the main global that lives throughout and represents the whole
     # application. If the user redefines it, all bets are off as to what
     # happens.
 
     # __IP is the name of he global which the caller will have accessible as
     # __IP.name. We set its name via the first parameter passed to
     # InteractiveShell:
 
     IP = shell_class('__IP',user_ns=user_ns,user_global_ns=user_global_ns,
                      embedded=embedded,**kw)
 
     # Put 'help' in the user namespace
     try:
         from site import _Helper
         IP.user_ns['help'] = _Helper()
     except ImportError:
         warn('help() not available - check site.py')
 
     if DEVDEBUG:
         # For developer debugging only (global flag)
         from IPython import ultraTB
         sys.excepthook = ultraTB.VerboseTB(call_pdb=1)
 
     IP.BANNER_PARTS = ['Python %s\n'
                          'Type "copyright", "credits" or "license" '
                          'for more information.\n'
                          % (sys.version.split('\n')[0],),
                          "IPython %s -- An enhanced Interactive Python."
                          % (__version__,),
 """\
 ?         -> Introduction and overview of IPython's features.
 %quickref -> Quick reference.
 help      -> Python's own help system.
 object?   -> Details about 'object'. ?object also works, ?? prints more.
 """ ]
 
     IP.usage = interactive_usage
 
-    # Platform-dependent suffix and directory names.  We use _ipython instead
-    # of .ipython under win32 b/c there's software that breaks with .named
-    # directories on that platform.
+    # Platform-dependent suffix.
     if os.name == 'posix':
         rc_suffix = ''
-        ipdir_def = '.ipython'
     else:
         rc_suffix = '.ini'
-        ipdir_def = '_ipython'
 
     # default directory for configuration
-    ipythondir_def = os.path.abspath(os.environ.get('IPYTHONDIR',
-                                 os.path.join(IP.home_dir,ipdir_def)))
-
+    ipythondir_def = get_ipython_dir() 
+    
     sys.path.insert(0, '') # add . to sys.path. Fix from Prabhu Ramachandran
 
     # we need the directory where IPython itself is installed
     import IPython
     IPython_dir = os.path.dirname(IPython.__file__)
     del IPython
     
     #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # Command line handling
 
     # Valid command line options (uses DPyGetOpt syntax, like Perl's
     # GetOpt::Long)
 
     # Any key not listed here gets deleted even if in the file (like session
     # or profile). That's deliberate, to maintain the rc namespace clean.
 
     # Each set of options appears twice: under _conv only the names are
     # listed, indicating which type they must be converted to when reading the
     # ipythonrc file. And under DPyGetOpt they are listed with the regular
     # DPyGetOpt syntax (=s,=i,:f,etc).
 
     # Make sure there's a space before each end of line (they get auto-joined!)
     cmdline_opts = ('autocall=i autoindent! automagic! banner! cache_size|cs=i '
                     'c=s classic|cl color_info! colors=s confirm_exit! '
                     'debug! deep_reload! editor=s log|l messages! nosep '
                     'object_info_string_level=i pdb! '
                     'pprint! prompt_in1|pi1=s prompt_in2|pi2=s prompt_out|po=s '
                     'pydb! '
                     'pylab_import_all! '
                     'quick screen_length|sl=i prompts_pad_left=i '
                     'logfile|lf=s logplay|lp=s profile|p=s '
                     'readline! readline_merge_completions! '
                     'readline_omit__names! '
                     'rcfile=s separate_in|si=s separate_out|so=s '
                     'separate_out2|so2=s xmode=s wildcards_case_sensitive! '
                     'magic_docstrings system_verbose! '
                     'multi_line_specials! '
                     'term_title! wxversion=s '
                     'autoedit_syntax!')
 
     # Options that can *only* appear at the cmd line (not in rcfiles).
     
     cmdline_only = ('help interact|i ipythondir=s Version upgrade '
                     'gthread! qthread! q4thread! wthread! tkthread! pylab! tk! '
                     # 'twisted!'  # disabled for now.
                     )
 
     # Build the actual name list to be used by DPyGetOpt
     opts_names = qw(cmdline_opts) + qw(cmdline_only)
 
     # Set sensible command line defaults.
     # This should have everything from  cmdline_opts and cmdline_only
     opts_def = Struct(autocall = 1,
                       autoedit_syntax = 0,
                       autoindent = 0,
                       automagic = 1,
                       autoexec = [],
                       banner = 1,
                       c = '',
                       cache_size = 1000,
                       classic = 0,
                       color_info = 0,
                       colors = 'NoColor',
                       confirm_exit = 1,
                       debug = 0,
                       deep_reload = 0,
                       editor = '0',
                       gthread = 0,
                       help = 0,
                       interact = 0,
                       ipythondir = ipythondir_def,
                       log = 0,
                       logfile = '',
                       logplay = '',
                       messages = 1,
                       multi_line_specials = 1,
                       nosep = 0,
                       object_info_string_level = 0,
                       pdb = 0,
                       pprint = 0,
                       profile = '',
                       prompt_in1 = 'In [\\#]: ',
                       prompt_in2 = '   .\\D.: ',
                       prompt_out = 'Out[\\#]: ',
                       prompts_pad_left = 1,
                       pydb = 0,
                       pylab = 0,
                       pylab_import_all = 1,
                       q4thread = 0,
                       qthread = 0,
                       quick = 0,
                       quiet = 0,
                       rcfile = 'ipythonrc' + rc_suffix,
                       readline = 1,
                       readline_merge_completions = 1,
                       readline_omit__names = 0,
                       screen_length = 0,
                       separate_in = '\n',
                       separate_out = '\n',
                       separate_out2 = '',
                       system_header = 'IPython system call: ',
                       system_verbose = 0,
                       term_title = 1,
                       tk = 0,
                       #twisted= 0,  # disabled for now
                       upgrade = 0,
                       Version = 0,
                       wildcards_case_sensitive = 1,
                       wthread = 0,
                       wxversion = '0',
                       xmode = 'Context',
                       magic_docstrings = 0,  # undocumented, for doc generation
                       )
     
     # Things that will *only* appear in rcfiles (not at the command line).
     # Make sure there's a space before each end of line (they get auto-joined!)
     rcfile_opts = { qwflat: 'include import_mod import_all execfile ',
                     qw_lol: 'import_some ',
                     # for things with embedded whitespace:
                     list_strings:'execute alias readline_parse_and_bind ',
                     # Regular strings need no conversion:
                     None:'readline_remove_delims ',
                     }
     # Default values for these
     rc_def = Struct(include = [],
                     import_mod = [], 
                     import_all = [],
                     import_some = [[]],
                     execute = [],
                     execfile = [],
                     alias = [],
                     readline_parse_and_bind = [],
                     readline_remove_delims = '',
                     )
 
     # Build the type conversion dictionary from the above tables:
     typeconv = rcfile_opts.copy()
     typeconv.update(optstr2types(cmdline_opts))
 
     # FIXME: the None key appears in both, put that back together by hand. Ugly!
     typeconv[None] += ' ' + rcfile_opts[None]
 
     # Remove quotes at ends of all strings (used to protect spaces)
     typeconv[unquote_ends] = typeconv[None]
     del typeconv[None]
 
     # Build the list we'll use to make all config decisions with defaults:
     opts_all = opts_def.copy()
     opts_all.update(rc_def)
 
     # Build conflict resolver for recursive loading of config files:
     # - preserve means the outermost file maintains the value, it is not
     # overwritten if an included file has the same key.
     # - add_flip applies + to the two values, so it better make sense to add
     # those types of keys. But it flips them first so that things loaded
     # deeper in the inclusion chain have lower precedence.
     conflict = {'preserve': ' '.join([ typeconv[int],
                                        typeconv[unquote_ends] ]),
                 'add_flip': ' '.join([ typeconv[qwflat],
                                        typeconv[qw_lol],
                                        typeconv[list_strings] ])
                 }
 
     # Now actually process the command line
     getopt = DPyGetOpt.DPyGetOpt()
     getopt.setIgnoreCase(0)
 
     getopt.parseConfiguration(opts_names)
 
     try:
         getopt.processArguments(argv)
     except DPyGetOpt.ArgumentError, exc:
         print cmd_line_usage
         warn('\nError in Arguments: "%s"' % exc)
         sys.exit(1)
 
     # convert the options dict to a struct for much lighter syntax later
     opts = Struct(getopt.optionValues)
     args = getopt.freeValues
 
     # this is the struct (which has default values at this point) with which
     # we make all decisions:
     opts_all.update(opts)
 
     # Options that force an immediate exit
     if opts_all.help:
         page(cmd_line_usage)
         sys.exit()
 
     if opts_all.Version:
         print __version__
         sys.exit()
 
     if opts_all.magic_docstrings:
         IP.magic_magic('-latex')
         sys.exit()
 
     # add personal ipythondir to sys.path so that users can put things in
     # there for customization
     sys.path.append(os.path.abspath(opts_all.ipythondir))
 
     # Create user config directory if it doesn't exist. This must be done
     # *after* getting the cmd line options.
     if not os.path.isdir(opts_all.ipythondir):
         IP.user_setup(opts_all.ipythondir,rc_suffix,'install')
 
     # upgrade user config files while preserving a copy of the originals
     if opts_all.upgrade:
         IP.user_setup(opts_all.ipythondir,rc_suffix,'upgrade')
 
     # check mutually exclusive options in the *original* command line
     mutex_opts(opts,[qw('log logfile'),qw('rcfile profile'),
                      qw('classic profile'),qw('classic rcfile')])
 
     #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # Log replay
     
     # if -logplay, we need to 'become' the other session. That basically means
     # replacing the current command line environment with that of the old
     # session and moving on.
 
     # this is needed so that later we know we're in session reload mode, as
     # opts_all will get overwritten:
     load_logplay = 0
 
     if opts_all.logplay:
         load_logplay = opts_all.logplay 
         opts_debug_save = opts_all.debug
         try:
             logplay = open(opts_all.logplay)
         except IOError:
             if opts_all.debug: IP.InteractiveTB()
             warn('Could not open logplay file '+`opts_all.logplay`)
             # restore state as if nothing had happened and move on, but make
             # sure that later we don't try to actually load the session file
             logplay = None
             load_logplay = 0
             del opts_all.logplay
         else:
             try: 
                 logplay.readline()
                 logplay.readline();
                 # this reloads that session's command line
                 cmd = logplay.readline()[6:] 
                 exec cmd
                 # restore the true debug flag given so that the process of
                 # session loading itself can be monitored.
                 opts.debug = opts_debug_save
                 # save the logplay flag so later we don't overwrite the log
                 opts.logplay = load_logplay
                 # now we must update our own structure with defaults
                 opts_all.update(opts)
                 # now load args
                 cmd = logplay.readline()[6:] 
                 exec cmd
                 logplay.close()
             except:
                 logplay.close()
                 if opts_all.debug: IP.InteractiveTB()
                 warn("Logplay file lacking full configuration information.\n"
                      "I'll try to read it, but some things may not work.")
 
     #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # set up output traps: catch all output from files, being run, modules
     # loaded, etc. Then give it to the user in a clean form at the end.
     
     msg_out = 'Output messages. '
     msg_err = 'Error messages. '
     msg_sep = '\n'
     msg = Struct(config    = OutputTrap('Configuration Loader',msg_out,
                                         msg_err,msg_sep,debug,
                                         quiet_out=1),
                  user_exec = OutputTrap('User File Execution',msg_out,
                                         msg_err,msg_sep,debug),
                  logplay   = OutputTrap('Log Loader',msg_out,
                                         msg_err,msg_sep,debug),
                  summary = ''
                  )
 
     #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # Process user ipythonrc-type configuration files
 
     # turn on output trapping and log to msg.config
     # remember that with debug on, trapping is actually disabled
     msg.config.trap_all()
 
     # look for rcfile in current or default directory
     try:
         opts_all.rcfile = filefind(opts_all.rcfile,opts_all.ipythondir)
     except IOError:
         if opts_all.debug:  IP.InteractiveTB()
         warn('Configuration file %s not found. Ignoring request.'
              % (opts_all.rcfile) )
 
     # 'profiles' are a shorthand notation for config filenames
     profile_handled_by_legacy = False
     if opts_all.profile:
             
         try:
             opts_all.rcfile = filefind('ipythonrc-' + opts_all.profile
                                        + rc_suffix,
                                        opts_all.ipythondir)
             profile_handled_by_legacy = True
         except IOError:
            if opts_all.debug:  IP.InteractiveTB()
            opts.profile = ''  # remove profile from options if invalid
            # We won't warn anymore, primary method is ipy_profile_PROFNAME
            # which does trigger a warning.
 
     # load the config file
     rcfiledata = None
     if opts_all.quick:
         print 'Launching IPython in quick mode. No config file read.'
     elif opts_all.rcfile:
         try:
             cfg_loader = ConfigLoader(conflict)
             rcfiledata = cfg_loader.load(opts_all.rcfile,typeconv,
                                          'include',opts_all.ipythondir,
                                          purge = 1,
                                          unique = conflict['preserve'])
         except:
             IP.InteractiveTB()
             warn('Problems loading configuration file '+
                  `opts_all.rcfile`+
                  '\nStarting with default -bare bones- configuration.')
     else:
         warn('No valid configuration file found in either currrent directory\n'+
              'or in the IPython config. directory: '+`opts_all.ipythondir`+
              '\nProceeding with internal defaults.')
 
     #------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # Set exception handlers in mode requested by user.
     otrap = OutputTrap(trap_out=1)  # trap messages from magic_xmode
     IP.magic_xmode(opts_all.xmode)
     otrap.release_out()
 
     #------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # Execute user config
 
     # Create a valid config structure with the right precedence order:
     # defaults < rcfile < command line.  This needs to be in the instance, so
     # that method calls below that rely on it find it.
     IP.rc = rc_def.copy()
 
     # Work with a local alias inside this routine to avoid unnecessary
     # attribute lookups.
     IP_rc = IP.rc
     
     IP_rc.update(opts_def)
     if rcfiledata:
         # now we can update 
         IP_rc.update(rcfiledata)
     IP_rc.update(opts)
     IP_rc.update(rc_override)
 
     # Store the original cmd line for reference:
     IP_rc.opts = opts
     IP_rc.args = args
 
     # create a *runtime* Struct like rc for holding parameters which may be
     # created and/or modified by runtime user extensions.
     IP.runtime_rc = Struct()
 
     # from this point on, all config should be handled through IP_rc,
     # opts* shouldn't be used anymore.
 
     
     # update IP_rc with some special things that need manual
     # tweaks. Basically options which affect other options. I guess this
     # should just be written so that options are fully orthogonal and we
     # wouldn't worry about this stuff!
 
     if IP_rc.classic:
         IP_rc.quick = 1
         IP_rc.cache_size = 0
         IP_rc.pprint = 0
         IP_rc.prompt_in1 = '>>> '
         IP_rc.prompt_in2 = '... '
         IP_rc.prompt_out = ''
         IP_rc.separate_in = IP_rc.separate_out = IP_rc.separate_out2 = '0'
         IP_rc.colors = 'NoColor'
         IP_rc.xmode = 'Plain'
 
     IP.pre_config_initialization()
     # configure readline
 
     # update exception handlers with rc file status
     otrap.trap_out()  # I don't want these messages ever.
     IP.magic_xmode(IP_rc.xmode)
     otrap.release_out()
 
     # activate logging if requested and not reloading a log
     if IP_rc.logplay:
         IP.magic_logstart(IP_rc.logplay + ' append')
     elif  IP_rc.logfile:
         IP.magic_logstart(IP_rc.logfile)
     elif IP_rc.log:
         IP.magic_logstart()
 
     # find user editor so that it we don't have to look it up constantly
     if IP_rc.editor.strip()=='0':
         try:
             ed = os.environ['EDITOR']
         except KeyError:
             if os.name == 'posix':
                 ed = 'vi'  # the only one guaranteed to be there!
             else:
                 ed = 'notepad' # same in Windows!
         IP_rc.editor = ed
 
     # Keep track of whether this is an embedded instance or not (useful for
     # post-mortems).
     IP_rc.embedded = IP.embedded
 
     # Recursive reload
     try:
         from IPython import deep_reload
         if IP_rc.deep_reload:
             __builtin__.reload = deep_reload.reload
         else:
             __builtin__.dreload = deep_reload.reload
         del deep_reload
     except ImportError:
         pass
 
     # Save the current state of our namespace so that the interactive shell
     # can later know which variables have been created by us from config files
     # and loading. This way, loading a file (in any way) is treated just like
     # defining things on the command line, and %who works as expected.
 
     # DON'T do anything that affects the namespace beyond this point!
     IP.internal_ns.update(__main__.__dict__)
 
     #IP.internal_ns.update(locals()) # so our stuff doesn't show up in %who
 
     # Now run through the different sections of the users's config
     if IP_rc.debug:    
         print 'Trying to execute the following configuration structure:'
         print '(Things listed first are deeper in the inclusion tree and get'
         print 'loaded first).\n'
         pprint(IP_rc.__dict__)
         
     for mod in IP_rc.import_mod:
         try:
             exec 'import '+mod in IP.user_ns
         except :
             IP.InteractiveTB()
             import_fail_info(mod)
 
     for mod_fn in IP_rc.import_some:
         if not mod_fn == []: 
             mod,fn = mod_fn[0],','.join(mod_fn[1:])
             try:
                 exec 'from '+mod+' import '+fn in IP.user_ns
             except :
                 IP.InteractiveTB()
                 import_fail_info(mod,fn)
 
     for mod in IP_rc.import_all:
         try:
             exec 'from '+mod+' import *' in IP.user_ns
         except :
             IP.InteractiveTB()
             import_fail_info(mod)
 
     for code in IP_rc.execute:
         try:
             exec code in IP.user_ns
         except:
             IP.InteractiveTB()
             warn('Failure executing code: ' + `code`)
 
     # Execute the files the user wants in ipythonrc
     for file in IP_rc.execfile:
         try:
             file = filefind(file,sys.path+[IPython_dir])
         except IOError:
             warn(itpl('File $file not found. Skipping it.'))
         else:
             IP.safe_execfile(os.path.expanduser(file),IP.user_ns)
 
     # finally, try importing ipy_*_conf for final configuration
     try:
         import ipy_system_conf
     except ImportError:
         if opts_all.debug:  IP.InteractiveTB()
         warn("Could not import 'ipy_system_conf'")        
     except:
         IP.InteractiveTB()
         import_fail_info('ipy_system_conf')
         
     # only import prof module if ipythonrc-PROF was not found
     if opts_all.profile and not profile_handled_by_legacy:
         profmodname = 'ipy_profile_' + opts_all.profile
         try:
             
             force_import(profmodname)
         except:
             IP.InteractiveTB()
             print "Error importing",profmodname,"- perhaps you should run %upgrade?"
             import_fail_info(profmodname)
         else:
             opts.profile = opts_all.profile
     else:
         force_import('ipy_profile_none')
     try:
             
         force_import('ipy_user_conf')
         
     except:
         conf = opts_all.ipythondir + "/ipy_user_conf.py"
         IP.InteractiveTB()
         if not os.path.isfile(conf):
             warn(conf + ' does not exist, please run %upgrade!')
 
         import_fail_info("ipy_user_conf")
 
     # Define the history file for saving commands in between sessions
     try:
         histfname = 'history-%s' % opts.profile
     except AttributeError:
         histfname = 'history'
     IP.histfile = os.path.join(opts_all.ipythondir,histfname)
 
     # finally, push the argv to options again to ensure highest priority
     IP_rc.update(opts)
     
     # release stdout and stderr and save config log into a global summary
     msg.config.release_all()
     if IP_rc.messages:
         msg.summary += msg.config.summary_all()
 
     #------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # Setup interactive session
 
     # Now we should be fully configured. We can then execute files or load
     # things only needed for interactive use. Then we'll open the shell.
 
     # Take a snapshot of the user namespace before opening the shell. That way
     # we'll be able to identify which things were interactively defined and
     # which were defined through config files.
     IP.user_config_ns.update(IP.user_ns)
 
     # Force reading a file as if it were a session log. Slower but safer.
     if load_logplay:
         print 'Replaying log...'
         try:
             if IP_rc.debug:
                 logplay_quiet = 0
             else:
                  logplay_quiet = 1
 
             msg.logplay.trap_all()
             IP.safe_execfile(load_logplay,IP.user_ns,
                              islog = 1, quiet = logplay_quiet)
             msg.logplay.release_all()
             if IP_rc.messages:
                 msg.summary += msg.logplay.summary_all()
         except:
             warn('Problems replaying logfile %s.' % load_logplay)
             IP.InteractiveTB()
 
     # Load remaining files in command line
     msg.user_exec.trap_all()
 
     # Do NOT execute files named in the command line as scripts to be loaded
     # by embedded instances.  Doing so has the potential for an infinite
     # recursion if there are exceptions thrown in the process.
 
     # XXX FIXME: the execution of user files should be moved out to after
     # ipython is fully initialized, just as if they were run via %run at the
     # ipython prompt.  This would also give them the benefit of ipython's
     # nice tracebacks.
 
     if (not embedded and IP_rc.args and 
         not IP_rc.args[0].lower().endswith('.ipy')):
         name_save = IP.user_ns['__name__']
         IP.user_ns['__name__'] = '__main__'
         # Set our own excepthook in case the user code tries to call it
         # directly. This prevents triggering the IPython crash handler.
         old_excepthook,sys.excepthook = sys.excepthook, IP.excepthook
 
         save_argv = sys.argv[1:] # save it for later restoring
         
         sys.argv = args
         
         try:
             IP.safe_execfile(args[0], IP.user_ns)
         finally:
             # Reset our crash handler in place
             sys.excepthook = old_excepthook
             sys.argv[:] = save_argv
             IP.user_ns['__name__'] = name_save
         
     msg.user_exec.release_all()
 
     if IP_rc.messages:
         msg.summary += msg.user_exec.summary_all()
 
     # since we can't specify a null string on the cmd line, 0 is the equivalent:
     if IP_rc.nosep:
         IP_rc.separate_in = IP_rc.separate_out = IP_rc.separate_out2 = '0'
     if IP_rc.separate_in == '0': IP_rc.separate_in = ''
     if IP_rc.separate_out == '0': IP_rc.separate_out = ''
     if IP_rc.separate_out2 == '0': IP_rc.separate_out2 = ''
     IP_rc.separate_in = IP_rc.separate_in.replace('\\n','\n')
     IP_rc.separate_out = IP_rc.separate_out.replace('\\n','\n')
     IP_rc.separate_out2 = IP_rc.separate_out2.replace('\\n','\n')
 
     # Determine how many lines at the bottom of the screen are needed for
     # showing prompts, so we can know wheter long strings are to be printed or
     # paged:
     num_lines_bot = IP_rc.separate_in.count('\n')+1
     IP_rc.screen_length = IP_rc.screen_length - num_lines_bot
 
     # configure startup banner
     if IP_rc.c:  # regular python doesn't print the banner with -c
         IP_rc.banner = 0
     if IP_rc.banner:
         BANN_P = IP.BANNER_PARTS
     else:
         BANN_P = []
 
     if IP_rc.profile: BANN_P.append('IPython profile: %s\n' % IP_rc.profile)
 
     # add message log (possibly empty)
     if msg.summary: BANN_P.append(msg.summary)
     # Final banner is a string
     IP.BANNER = '\n'.join(BANN_P)
 
     # Finalize the IPython instance.  This assumes the rc structure is fully
     # in place.
     IP.post_config_initialization()
 
     return IP
 #************************ end of file <ipmaker.py> **************************

IPython/testing/decorators.py

@@ -1,244 +1,254 b''
 """Decorators for labeling test objects.
 
 Decorators that merely return a modified version of the original function
 object are straightforward.  Decorators that return a new function object need
 to use nose.tools.make_decorator(original_function)(decorator) in returning the
 decorator, in order to preserve metadata such as function name, setup and
 teardown functions and so on - see nose.tools for more information.
 
 This module provides a set of useful decorators meant to be ready to use in
 your own tests.  See the bottom of the file for the ready-made ones, and if you
 find yourself writing a new one that may be of generic use, add it here.
 
 NOTE: This file contains IPython-specific decorators and imports the
 numpy.testing.decorators file, which we've copied verbatim.  Any of our own
 code will be added at the bottom if we end up extending this.
 """
 
 # Stdlib imports
 import inspect
 import sys
 
 # Third-party imports
 
 # This is Michele Simionato's decorator module, also kept verbatim.
 from decorator_msim import decorator, update_wrapper
 
 # Grab the numpy-specific decorators which we keep in a file that we
 # occasionally update from upstream: decorators_numpy.py is an IDENTICAL copy
 # of numpy.testing.decorators.
 from decorators_numpy import *
 
 ##############################################################################
 # Local code begins
 
 # Utility functions
 
 def apply_wrapper(wrapper,func):
     """Apply a wrapper to a function for decoration.
 
     This mixes Michele Simionato's decorator tool with nose's make_decorator,
     to apply a wrapper in a decorator so that all nose attributes, as well as
     function signature and other properties, survive the decoration cleanly.
     This will ensure that wrapped functions can still be well introspected via
     IPython, for example.
     """
     import nose.tools
 
     return decorator(wrapper,nose.tools.make_decorator(func)(wrapper))
 
 
 def make_label_dec(label,ds=None):
     """Factory function to create a decorator that applies one or more labels.
 
     :Parameters:
       label : string or sequence
       One or more labels that will be applied by the decorator to the functions
     it decorates.  Labels are attributes of the decorated function with their
     value set to True.
 
     :Keywords:
       ds : string
       An optional docstring for the resulting decorator.  If not given, a
       default docstring is auto-generated.
 
     :Returns:
       A decorator.
 
     :Examples:
 
     A simple labeling decorator:
     >>> slow = make_label_dec('slow')
     >>> print slow.__doc__
     Labels a test as 'slow'.
 
     And one that uses multiple labels and a custom docstring:
     >>> rare = make_label_dec(['slow','hard'],
     ... "Mix labels 'slow' and 'hard' for rare tests.")
     >>> print rare.__doc__
     Mix labels 'slow' and 'hard' for rare tests.
 
     Now, let's test using this one:
     >>> @rare
     ... def f(): pass
     ...
     >>>
     >>> f.slow
     True
     >>> f.hard
     True
     """
 
     if isinstance(label,basestring):
         labels = [label]
     else:
         labels = label
         
     # Validate that the given label(s) are OK for use in setattr() by doing a
     # dry run on a dummy function.
     tmp = lambda : None
     for label in labels:
         setattr(tmp,label,True)
 
     # This is the actual decorator we'll return
     def decor(f):
         for label in labels:
             setattr(f,label,True)
         return f
     
     # Apply the user's docstring, or autogenerate a basic one
     if ds is None:
         ds = "Labels a test as %r." % label
     decor.__doc__ = ds
     
     return decor
 
 
 # Inspired by numpy's skipif, but uses the full apply_wrapper utility to
 # preserve function metadata better and allows the skip condition to be a
 # callable.
 def skipif(skip_condition, msg=None):
     ''' Make function raise SkipTest exception if skip_condition is true
 
     Parameters
     ----------
     skip_condition : bool or callable. 
  	Flag to determine whether to skip test.  If the condition is a 
  	callable, it is used at runtime to dynamically make the decision.  This 
  	is useful for tests that may require costly imports, to delay the cost 
  	until the test suite is actually executed.        
     msg : string
         Message to give on raising a SkipTest exception
 
    Returns
    -------
    decorator : function
        Decorator, which, when applied to a function, causes SkipTest
        to be raised when the skip_condition was True, and the function
        to be called normally otherwise.
 
     Notes
     -----
     You will see from the code that we had to further decorate the
     decorator with the nose.tools.make_decorator function in order to
     transmit function name, and various other metadata.
     '''
 
     def skip_decorator(f):
         # Local import to avoid a hard nose dependency and only incur the 
         # import time overhead at actual test-time. 
         import nose
 
         # Allow for both boolean or callable skip conditions.
         if callable(skip_condition):
             skip_val = lambda : skip_condition()
         else:
             skip_val = lambda : skip_condition
 
         def get_msg(func,msg=None):
             """Skip message with information about function being skipped."""
             if msg is None: out = 'Test skipped due to test condition.'
             else: out = msg
             return "Skipping test: %s. %s" % (func.__name__,out)
 
         # We need to define *two* skippers because Python doesn't allow both
         # return with value and yield inside the same function.
         def skipper_func(*args, **kwargs):
             """Skipper for normal test functions."""
             if skip_val():
                 raise nose.SkipTest(get_msg(f,msg))
             else:
                 return f(*args, **kwargs) 
 
         def skipper_gen(*args, **kwargs):
             """Skipper for test generators."""
             if skip_val():
                 raise nose.SkipTest(get_msg(f,msg))
             else:
                 for x in f(*args, **kwargs):
                     yield x
 
         # Choose the right skipper to use when building the actual generator.
         if nose.util.isgenerator(f):
             skipper = skipper_gen
         else:
             skipper = skipper_func
             
         return nose.tools.make_decorator(f)(skipper)
 
     return skip_decorator
 
 # A version with the condition set to true, common case just to attacha message
 # to a skip decorator
 def skip(msg=None):
     """Decorator factory - mark a test function for skipping from test suite.
 
     :Parameters:
       msg : string
         Optional message to be added.
 
     :Returns:
        decorator : function
          Decorator, which, when applied to a function, causes SkipTest
          to be raised, with the optional message added.
       """
 
     return skipif(True,msg)
 
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Utility functions for decorators
 def numpy_not_available():
     """Can numpy be imported?  Returns true if numpy does NOT import.
 
     This is used to make a decorator to skip tests that require numpy to be
     available, but delay the 'import numpy' to test execution time.
     """
     try:
         import numpy
         np_not_avail = False
     except ImportError:
         np_not_avail = True
 
     return np_not_avail
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Decorators for public use
 
 skip_doctest = make_label_dec('skip_doctest',
     """Decorator - mark a function or method for skipping its doctest.
 
     This decorator allows you to mark a function whose docstring you wish to
     omit from testing, while preserving the docstring for introspection, help,
     etc.""")                              
 
 # Decorators to skip certain tests on specific platforms.
-skip_win32 = skipif(sys.platform=='win32',
+skip_win32 = skipif(sys.platform == 'win32',
                     "This test does not run under Windows")
-skip_linux = skipif(sys.platform=='linux2',"This test does not run under Linux")
-skip_osx = skipif(sys.platform=='darwin',"This test does not run under OS X")
+skip_linux = skipif(sys.platform == 'linux2',
+                    "This test does not run under Linux")
+skip_osx = skipif(sys.platform == 'darwin',"This test does not run under OS X")
 
 
+# Decorators to skip tests if not on specific platforms.
+skip_if_not_win32 = skipif(sys.platform != 'win32',
+                           "This test only runs under Windows")
+skip_if_not_linux = skipif(sys.platform != 'linux2',
+                           "This test only runs under Linux")
+skip_if_not_osx = skipif(sys.platform != 'darwin',
+                         "This test only runs under OSX")
+
+# Other skip decorators
 skipif_not_numpy = skipif(numpy_not_available,"This test requires numpy")
 
 skipknownfailure = skip('This test is known to fail')

IPython/tests/test_genutils.py

@@ -1,32 +1,291 b''
 # encoding: utf-8
 
 """Tests for genutils.py"""
 
 __docformat__ = "restructuredtext en"
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 #  Copyright (C) 2008  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 os
+import shutil
+import sys
+import tempfile
+
+from os.path import join, abspath, split
+
+# third-party
+import nose.tools as nt
+
+from nose import with_setup
+from nose.tools import raises
+
+# Our own
+import IPython
 from IPython import genutils
+from IPython.testing.decorators import skipif, skip_if_not_win32
+
+# Platform-dependent imports
+try:
+    import _winreg as wreg
+except ImportError:
+    #Fake _winreg module on none windows platforms
+    import new
+    sys.modules["_winreg"] = new.module("_winreg")
+    import _winreg as wreg
+    #Add entries that needs to be stubbed by the testing code
+    (wreg.OpenKey, wreg.QueryValueEx,) = (None, None)
+
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Globals
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+env = os.environ
+TEST_FILE_PATH = split(abspath(__file__))[0]
+TMP_TEST_DIR = tempfile.mkdtemp()
+HOME_TEST_DIR = join(TMP_TEST_DIR, "home_test_dir")
+IP_TEST_DIR = join(HOME_TEST_DIR,'_ipython')
+#
+# Setup/teardown functions/decorators
+#
+
+def setup():
+    """Setup testenvironment for the module:
+    
+            - Adds dummy home dir tree
+    """
+    # Do not mask exceptions here.  In particular, catching WindowsError is a
+    # problem because that exception is only defined on Windows...
+    os.makedirs(IP_TEST_DIR)
+
+def teardown():
+    """Teardown testenvironment for the module:
+    
+            - Remove dummy home dir tree
+    """
+    # Note: we remove the parent test dir, which is the root of all test
+    # subdirs we may have created.  Use shutil instead of os.removedirs, so
+    # that non-empty directories are all recursively removed.
+    shutil.rmtree(TMP_TEST_DIR)
+
+    
+def setup_environment():
+    """Setup testenvironment for some functions that are tested 
+    in this module. In particular this functions stores attributes
+    and other things that we need to stub in some test functions.
+    This needs to be done on a function level and not module level because 
+    each testfunction needs a pristine environment.
+    """
+    global oldstuff, platformstuff
+    oldstuff = (env.copy(), os.name, genutils.get_home_dir, IPython.__file__,)
+
+    if os.name == 'nt':
+        platformstuff = (wreg.OpenKey, wreg.QueryValueEx,)
+
+    if 'IPYTHONDIR' in env:
+        del env['IPYTHONDIR']
+
+def teardown_environment():
+    """Restore things that were remebered by the setup_environment function
+    """
+    (oldenv, os.name, genutils.get_home_dir, IPython.__file__,) = oldstuff
+    for key in env.keys():
+        if key not in oldenv:
+            del env[key]
+    env.update(oldenv)
+    if hasattr(sys, 'frozen'):
+        del sys.frozen
+    if os.name == 'nt':
+        (wreg.OpenKey, wreg.QueryValueEx,) = platformstuff
+
+# Build decorator that uses the setup_environment/setup_environment
+with_enivronment = with_setup(setup_environment, teardown_environment)
+
+
+#
+# Tests for get_home_dir
+#
+
+@skip_if_not_win32
+@with_enivronment
+def test_get_home_dir_1():
+    """Testcase for py2exe logic, un-compressed lib
+    """
+    sys.frozen = True
+    
+    #fake filename for IPython.__init__
+    IPython.__file__ = abspath(join(HOME_TEST_DIR, "Lib/IPython/__init__.py"))
+    
+    home_dir = genutils.get_home_dir()
+    nt.assert_equal(home_dir, abspath(HOME_TEST_DIR))
+    
+@skip_if_not_win32
+@with_enivronment
+def test_get_home_dir_2():
+    """Testcase for py2exe logic, compressed lib
+    """
+    sys.frozen = True
+    #fake filename for IPython.__init__
+    IPython.__file__ = abspath(join(HOME_TEST_DIR, "Library.zip/IPython/__init__.py")).lower()
+    
+    home_dir = genutils.get_home_dir()
+    nt.assert_equal(home_dir, abspath(HOME_TEST_DIR).lower())
+
+@with_enivronment
+def test_get_home_dir_3():
+    """Testcase $HOME is set, then use its value as home directory."""
+    env["HOME"] = HOME_TEST_DIR
+    home_dir = genutils.get_home_dir()
+    nt.assert_equal(home_dir, env["HOME"])
+
+@with_enivronment
+def test_get_home_dir_4():
+    """Testcase $HOME is not set, os=='poix'. 
+    This should fail with HomeDirError"""
+    
+    os.name = 'posix'
+    if 'HOME' in env: del env['HOME']
+    nt.assert_raises(genutils.HomeDirError, genutils.get_home_dir)
+        
+@skip_if_not_win32
+@with_enivronment
+def test_get_home_dir_5():
+    """Testcase $HOME is not set, os=='nt' 
+    env['HOMEDRIVE'],env['HOMEPATH'] points to path."""
+
+    os.name = 'nt'
+    if 'HOME' in env: del env['HOME']
+    env['HOMEDRIVE'], env['HOMEPATH'] = os.path.splitdrive(HOME_TEST_DIR)
 
+    home_dir = genutils.get_home_dir()
+    nt.assert_equal(home_dir, abspath(HOME_TEST_DIR))
+
+@skip_if_not_win32
+@with_enivronment
+def test_get_home_dir_6():
+    """Testcase $HOME is not set, os=='nt' 
+    env['HOMEDRIVE'],env['HOMEPATH'] do not point to path.
+    env['USERPROFILE'] points to path
+    """
+
+    os.name = 'nt'
+    if 'HOME' in env: del env['HOME']
+    env['HOMEDRIVE'], env['HOMEPATH'] = os.path.abspath(TEST_FILE_PATH), "DOES NOT EXIST"
+    env["USERPROFILE"] = abspath(HOME_TEST_DIR)
+
+    home_dir = genutils.get_home_dir()
+    nt.assert_equal(home_dir, abspath(HOME_TEST_DIR))
+
+# Should we stub wreg fully so we can run the test on all platforms?
+@skip_if_not_win32
+@with_enivronment
+def test_get_home_dir_7():
+    """Testcase $HOME is not set, os=='nt' 
+    env['HOMEDRIVE'],env['HOMEPATH'], env['USERPROFILE'] missing
+    """
+    os.name = 'nt'
+    if 'HOME' in env: del env['HOME']
+    if 'HOMEDRIVE' in env: del env['HOMEDRIVE']
+
+    #Stub windows registry functions
+    def OpenKey(x, y):
+        class key:
+            def Close(self):
+                pass
+        return key()
+    def QueryValueEx(x, y):
+        return [abspath(HOME_TEST_DIR)]
+
+    wreg.OpenKey = OpenKey
+    wreg.QueryValueEx = QueryValueEx
 
-def test_get_home_dir():
-    """Make sure we can get the home directory."""
     home_dir = genutils.get_home_dir()
+    nt.assert_equal(home_dir, abspath(HOME_TEST_DIR))
+
+
+#
+# Tests for get_ipython_dir
+#
+
+@with_enivronment
+def test_get_ipython_dir_1():
+    """test_get_ipython_dir_1, Testcase to see if we can call get_ipython_dir without Exceptions."""
+    env['IPYTHONDIR'] = "someplace/.ipython"
+    ipdir = genutils.get_ipython_dir()
+    nt.assert_equal(ipdir, os.path.abspath("someplace/.ipython"))
 
-def test_get_ipython_dir():
-    """Make sure we can get the ipython directory."""
+
+@with_enivronment
+def test_get_ipython_dir_2():
+    """test_get_ipython_dir_2, Testcase to see if we can call get_ipython_dir without Exceptions."""
+    genutils.get_home_dir = lambda : "someplace"
+    os.name = "posix"
+    ipdir = genutils.get_ipython_dir()
+    nt.assert_equal(ipdir, os.path.abspath(os.path.join("someplace", ".ipython")))
+
+@with_enivronment
+def test_get_ipython_dir_3():
+    """test_get_ipython_dir_3, Testcase to see if we can call get_ipython_dir without Exceptions."""
+    genutils.get_home_dir = lambda : "someplace"
+    os.name = "nt"
     ipdir = genutils.get_ipython_dir()
+    nt.assert_equal(ipdir, os.path.abspath(os.path.join("someplace", "_ipython")))
+
+
+#
+# Tests for get_security_dir
+#
 
+@with_enivronment
 def test_get_security_dir():
-    """Make sure we can get the ipython/security directory."""
+    """Testcase to see if we can call get_security_dir without Exceptions."""
     sdir = genutils.get_security_dir()
-    
  No newline at end of file
+
+
+#
+# Tests for popkey
+#
+
+def test_popkey_1():
+    """test_popkey_1, Basic usage test of popkey
+    """
+    dct = dict(a=1, b=2, c=3)
+    nt.assert_equal(genutils.popkey(dct, "a"), 1)
+    nt.assert_equal(dct, dict(b=2, c=3))
+    nt.assert_equal(genutils.popkey(dct, "b"), 2)
+    nt.assert_equal(dct, dict(c=3))
+    nt.assert_equal(genutils.popkey(dct, "c"), 3)
+    nt.assert_equal(dct, dict())
+
+def test_popkey_2():
+    """test_popkey_2, Test to see that popkey of non occuring keys
+    generates a KeyError exception
+    """
+    dct = dict(a=1, b=2, c=3)
+    nt.assert_raises(KeyError, genutils.popkey, dct, "d")
+
+def test_popkey_3():
+    """test_popkey_3, Tests to see that popkey calls returns the correct value
+    and that the key/value was removed from the dict.
+    """
+    dct = dict(a=1, b=2, c=3)
+    nt.assert_equal(genutils.popkey(dct, "A", 13), 13)
+    nt.assert_equal(dct, dict(a=1, b=2, c=3))
+    nt.assert_equal(genutils.popkey(dct, "B", 14), 14)
+    nt.assert_equal(dct, dict(a=1, b=2, c=3))
+    nt.assert_equal(genutils.popkey(dct, "C", 15), 15)
+    nt.assert_equal(dct, dict(a=1, b=2, c=3))
+    nt.assert_equal(genutils.popkey(dct, "a"), 1)
+    nt.assert_equal(dct, dict(b=2, c=3))
+    nt.assert_equal(genutils.popkey(dct, "b"), 2)
+    nt.assert_equal(dct, dict(c=3))
+    nt.assert_equal(genutils.popkey(dct, "c"), 3)
+    nt.assert_equal(dct, dict())

docs/source/development/overview.txt

@@ -1,345 +1,358 b''
 .. _development:
 
 ==============================
 IPython development guidelines
 ==============================
 
 
 Overview
 ========
 
 This document describes IPython from the perspective of developers. Most
 importantly, it gives information for people who want to contribute to the
 development of IPython. So if you want to help out, read on!
 
 How to contribute to IPython
 ============================
 
 IPython development is done using Bazaar [Bazaar]_ and Launchpad [Launchpad]_.
 This makes it easy for people to contribute to the development of IPython.
 Here is a sketch of how to get going.
 
 Install Bazaar and create a Launchpad account
 ---------------------------------------------
 
 First make sure you have installed Bazaar (see their `website
 <http://bazaar-vcs.org/>`_). To see that Bazaar is installed and knows about
 you, try the following::
 
     $ bzr whoami
     Joe Coder <[e-mail]>
 
 This should display your name and email. Next, you will want to create an
 account on the `Launchpad website <http://www.launchpad.net>`_ and setup your
 ssh keys. For more information of setting up your ssh keys, see `this link
 <https://help.launchpad.net/YourAccount/CreatingAnSSHKeyPair>`_.
 
 Get the main IPython branch from Launchpad
 ------------------------------------------
 
 Now, you can get a copy of the main IPython development branch (we call this
 the "trunk")::
 
     $ bzr branch lp:ipython
 
 Create a working branch
 -----------------------
 
 When working on IPython, you won't actually make edits directly to the
 :file:`lp:ipython` branch. Instead, you will create a separate branch for your
 changes. For now, let's assume you want to do your work in a branch named
 "ipython-mybranch". Create this branch by doing::
 
     $ bzr branch ipython ipython-mybranch
 
 When you actually create a branch, you will want to give it a name that
 reflects the nature of the work that you will be doing in it, like
 "install-docs-update".
 
 Make edits in your working branch
 ---------------------------------
 
 Now you are ready to actually make edits in your :file:`ipython-mybranch`
 branch. Before doing this, it is helpful to install this branch so you can
 test your changes as you work. This is easiest if you have setuptools
 installed. Then, just do::
 
     $ cd ipython-mybranch
     $ python setupegg.py develop
 
 Now, make some changes. After a while, you will want to commit your changes.
 This let's Bazaar know that you like the changes you have made and gives you
 an opportunity to keep a nice record of what you have done. This looks like
 this::
 
     $ ...do work in ipython-mybranch...
     $ bzr commit -m "the commit message goes here"
 
 Please note that since we now don't use an old-style linear ChangeLog (that
 tends to cause problems with distributed version control systems), you should
 ensure that your log messages are reasonably detailed.  Use a docstring-like
 approach in the commit messages (including the second line being left
 *blank*)::
 
   Single line summary of  changes being committed.
 
   * more details when warranted ...
   * including crediting outside contributors if they sent the
     code/bug/idea!
 
 As you work, you will repeat this edit/commit cycle many times. If you work on
 your branch for a long time, you will also want to get the latest changes from
 the :file:`lp:ipython` branch. This can be done with the following sequence of
 commands::
 
     $ ls
     ipython
     ipython-mybranch
     
     $ cd ipython
     $ bzr pull
     $ cd ../ipython-mybranch
     $ bzr merge ../ipython
     $ bzr commit -m "Merging changes from trunk"
 
 Along the way, you should also run the IPython test suite.  You can do this using the :command:`iptest` command::
 
     $ cd
     $ iptest
 
 The :command:`iptest` command will also pick up and run any tests you have written.
 
 Post your branch and request a code review
 ------------------------------------------
 
 Once you are done with your edits, you should post your branch on Launchpad so
 that other IPython developers can review the changes and help you merge your
 changes into the main development branch. To post your branch on Launchpad,
 do::
 
     $ cd ipython-mybranch
     $ bzr push lp:~yourusername/ipython/ipython-mybranch
 
 Then, go to the `IPython Launchpad site <www.launchpad.net/ipython>`_, and you
 should see your branch under the "Code" tab. If you click on your branch, you
 can provide a short description of the branch as well as mark its status. Most
 importantly, you should click the link that reads "Propose for merging into
 another branch". What does this do?
 
 This let's the other IPython developers know that your branch is ready to be
 reviewed and merged into the main development branch. During this review
 process, other developers will give you feedback and help you get your code
 ready to be merged. What types of things will we be looking for:
 
 * All code is documented.
 * All code has tests.
 * The entire IPython test suite passes.
 
 Once your changes have been reviewed and approved, someone will merge them
 into the main development branch.
 
 Documentation
 =============
 
 Standalone documentation
 ------------------------
 
 All standalone documentation should be written in plain text (``.txt``) files
 using reStructuredText [reStructuredText]_ for markup and formatting. All such
 documentation should be placed in directory :file:`docs/source` of the IPython
 source tree. The documentation in this location will serve as the main source
 for IPython documentation and all existing documentation should be converted
 to this format.
 
 To build the final documentation, we use Sphinx [Sphinx]_.  Once you have Sphinx installed, you can build the html docs yourself by doing::
 
     $ cd ipython-mybranch/docs
     $ make html
 
 Docstring format
 ----------------
 
 Good docstrings are very important. All new code should have docstrings that
 are formatted using reStructuredText for markup and formatting, since it is
 understood by a wide variety of tools. Details about using reStructuredText
 for docstrings can be found `here
 <http://epydoc.sourceforge.net/manual-othermarkup.html>`_.
 
 Additional PEPs of interest regarding documentation of code:
 
 * `Docstring Conventions <http://www.python.org/peps/pep-0257.html>`_
 * `Docstring Processing System Framework <http://www.python.org/peps/pep-0256.html>`_
 * `Docutils Design Specification <http://www.python.org/peps/pep-0258.html>`_
 
 
 Coding conventions
 ==================
 
 General
 -------
 
 In general, we'll try to follow the standard Python style conventions as
 described here:
 
 * `Style Guide for Python Code  <http://www.python.org/peps/pep-0008.html>`_  
 
 
 Other comments:
 
 * In a large file, top level classes and functions should be 
   separated by 2-3 lines to make it easier to separate them visually.
 * Use 4 spaces for indentation.
 * Keep the ordering of methods the same in classes that have the same 
   methods.  This is particularly true for classes that implement an interface.
 
 Naming conventions
 ------------------
 
 In terms of naming conventions, we'll follow the guidelines from the `Style
 Guide for Python Code`_.
 
 For all new IPython code (and much existing code is being refactored), we'll
 use:
 
 * All ``lowercase`` module names.
 
 * ``CamelCase`` for class names.
 
 * ``lowercase_with_underscores`` for methods, functions, variables and
   attributes.
 
 There are, however, some important exceptions to these rules. In some cases,
 IPython code will interface with packages (Twisted, Wx, Qt) that use other
 conventions. At some level this makes it impossible to adhere to our own
 standards at all times. In particular, when subclassing classes that use other
 naming conventions, you must follow their naming conventions. To deal with
 cases like this, we propose the following policy:
 
 * If you are subclassing a class that uses different conventions, use its
   naming conventions throughout your subclass.  Thus, if you are creating a
   Twisted Protocol class, used Twisted's
   ``namingSchemeForMethodsAndAttributes.``
 
 * All IPython's official interfaces should use our conventions.  In some cases
   this will mean that you need to provide shadow names (first implement
   ``fooBar`` and then ``foo_bar = fooBar``).  We want to avoid this at all
   costs, but it will probably be necessary at times.  But, please use this
   sparingly!
 
 Implementation-specific *private* methods will use
 ``_single_underscore_prefix``. Names with a leading double underscore will
 *only* be used in special cases, as they makes subclassing difficult (such
 names are not easily seen by child classes).
 
 Occasionally some run-in lowercase names are used, but mostly for very short
 names or where we are implementing methods very similar to existing ones in a
 base class (like ``runlines()`` where ``runsource()`` and ``runcode()`` had
 established precedent).
 
 The old IPython codebase has a big mix of classes and modules prefixed with an
 explicit ``IP``. In Python this is mostly unnecessary, redundant and frowned
 upon, as namespaces offer cleaner prefixing. The only case where this approach
 is justified is for classes which are expected to be imported into external
 namespaces and a very generic name (like Shell) is too likely to clash with
 something else. We'll need to revisit this issue as we clean up and refactor
 the code, but in general we should remove as many unnecessary ``IP``/``ip``
 prefixes as possible. However, if a prefix seems absolutely necessary the more
 specific ``IPY`` or ``ipy`` are preferred.
 
 .. _devel_testing:
 
 Testing system
 ==============
 
 It is extremely important that all code contributed to IPython has tests.
 Tests should be written as unittests, doctests or as entities that the Nose
 [Nose]_ testing package will find. Regardless of how the tests are written, we
 will use Nose for discovering and running the tests. Nose will be required to
 run the IPython test suite, but will not be required to simply use IPython.
 
 Tests of Twisted using code need to follow two additional guidelines:
 
 1. Twisted using tests should be written by subclassing the :class:`TestCase`
    class that comes with :mod:`twisted.trial.unittest`. 
 
 2. All :class:`Deferred` instances that are created in the test must be
    properly chained and the final one *must* be the return value of the test
    method.
 
 When these two things are done, Nose will be able to run the tests and the
 twisted reactor will be handled correctly.
 
 Each subpackage in IPython should have its own :file:`tests` directory that
 contains all of the tests for that subpackage. This allows each subpackage to
 be self-contained. If a subpackage has any dependencies beyond the Python
 standard library, the tests for that subpackage should be skipped if the
 dependencies are not found. This is very important so users don't get tests
 failing simply because they don't have dependencies.
 
 To run the IPython test suite, use the :command:`iptest` command that is
 installed with IPython::
 
     $ iptest
 
 This command runs Nose with the proper options and extensions.
 
 A few tips for writing tests:
 
 * You can use IPython examples in your docstrings, including all IPython
   prompts.  Rather than repeating it all here, see the files
   :file:`dtexample.py` and :file:`test_ipdoctest.py` in the
   :mod:`IPython.testing.plugin` module for examples of how you can use plain
   Python or IPython prompts, and what to do with examples whose output could be
   partly or completely random.
 
 * Use the decorators shipped in the :mod:`IPython.testing` package to tag tests
   that may be platform-specific or otherwise may have restrictions.
 
 * If a test isn't safe to run inside the main nose process (e.g. because it
   loads a GUI toolkit), consider running it in a subprocess and capturing its
   output for evaluation and test decision later.  Here is an example of how to
   do it, by relying on the builtin ``_ip`` object that contains the public
   IPython api as defined in :mod:`IPython.ipapi`::
 
    def test_obj_del():
        """Test that object's __del__ methods are called on exit."""
        test_dir = os.path.dirname(__file__)
        del_file = os.path.join(test_dir,'obj_del.py')
        out = _ip.IP.getoutput('ipython %s' % del_file)
        nt.assert_equals(out,'object A deleted')
 
 
 * In a file named ``test_X``, functions whose only test is their docstring (as
   a doctest) and which have no test functionality of their own, should be
   called *doctest_foo* instead of *test_foo*, otherwise they get double-counted
   (the empty function call is counted as a test, which just inflates tests
   numbers artificially).  This restriction does not apply to functions in files
   with other names, due to how Nose discovers tests.
 
 .. _devel_config:
 
 Release checklist
 =================
 
 Most of the release process is automated by the :file:`release` script in the
 :file:`tools` directory.  This is just a handy reminder for the release manager.
 
 #. Run the release script, which makes the tar.gz, eggs and Win32 .exe
    installer.  It posts them to the site and registers the release with PyPI.
 
 #. Updating the website with announcements and links to the updated
    changes.txt in html form. Remember to put a short note both on the news
    page of the site and on Launcphad.
 
 #. Drafting a short release announcement with i) highlights and ii) a link to
    the html changes.txt.
 
 #. Make sure that the released version of the docs is live on the site.
 
 #. Celebrate!
 
+Porting to 3.0
+==============
+There are no definite plans for porting of IPython to python 3. The major 
+issue is the dependency on twisted framework for the networking/threading 
+stuff. It is possible that it the traditional IPython interactive console 
+could be ported more easily since it has no such dependency. Here are a few
+things that will need to be considered when doing such a port especially
+if we want to have a codebase that works directly on both 2.x and 3.x.
+
+	1. The syntax for exceptions changed (PEP 3110). The old 
+	   `except exc, var` changed to `except exc as var`. At last
+	   count there was 78 occurences of this usage in the codebase
+	   
 .. [Bazaar] Bazaar. http://bazaar-vcs.org/
 .. [Launchpad] Launchpad. http://www.launchpad.net/ipython
 .. [reStructuredText] reStructuredText.  http://docutils.sourceforge.net/rst.html
 .. [Sphinx] Sphinx. http://sphinx.pocoo.org/
 .. [Nose] Nose: a discovery based unittest extension. http://code.google.com/p/python-nose/