Merge pull request #2184 from jasongrout/store-history

Expose store_history to execute_request messages.

IPython/core/interactiveshell.py

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 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 """Main IPython class."""
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 #  Copyright (C) 2001 Janko Hauser <[e-mail]>
 #  Copyright (C) 2001-2007 Fernando Perez. <[e-mail]>
 #  Copyright (C) 2008-2011  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
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 from __future__ import with_statement
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 from __future__ import print_function
 
 import __builtin__ as builtin_mod
 import __future__
 import abc
 import ast
 import atexit
 import os
 import re
 import runpy
 import sys
 import tempfile
 import types
 
 # We need to use nested to support python 2.6, once we move to >=2.7, we can
 # use the with keyword's new builtin support for nested managers
 try:
     from contextlib import nested
 except:
     from IPython.utils.nested_context import nested
 
 from IPython.config.configurable import SingletonConfigurable
 from IPython.core import debugger, oinspect
 from IPython.core import history as ipcorehist
 from IPython.core import magic
 from IPython.core import page
 from IPython.core import prefilter
 from IPython.core import shadowns
 from IPython.core import ultratb
 from IPython.core.alias import AliasManager, AliasError
 from IPython.core.autocall import ExitAutocall
 from IPython.core.builtin_trap import BuiltinTrap
 from IPython.core.compilerop import CachingCompiler
 from IPython.core.display_trap import DisplayTrap
 from IPython.core.displayhook import DisplayHook
 from IPython.core.displaypub import DisplayPublisher
 from IPython.core.error import UsageError
 from IPython.core.extensions import ExtensionManager
 from IPython.core.fakemodule import FakeModule, init_fakemod_dict
 from IPython.core.formatters import DisplayFormatter
 from IPython.core.history import HistoryManager
 from IPython.core.inputsplitter import IPythonInputSplitter, ESC_MAGIC, ESC_MAGIC2
 from IPython.core.logger import Logger
 from IPython.core.macro import Macro
 from IPython.core.payload import PayloadManager
 from IPython.core.plugin import PluginManager
 from IPython.core.prefilter import PrefilterManager
 from IPython.core.profiledir import ProfileDir
 from IPython.core.pylabtools import pylab_activate
 from IPython.core.prompts import PromptManager
 from IPython.lib.latextools import LaTeXTool
 from IPython.utils import PyColorize
 from IPython.utils import io
 from IPython.utils import py3compat
 from IPython.utils import openpy
 from IPython.utils.doctestreload import doctest_reload
 from IPython.utils.io import ask_yes_no
 from IPython.utils.ipstruct import Struct
 from IPython.utils.path import get_home_dir, get_ipython_dir, get_py_filename, unquote_filename
 from IPython.utils.pickleshare import PickleShareDB
 from IPython.utils.process import system, getoutput
 from IPython.utils.strdispatch import StrDispatch
 from IPython.utils.syspathcontext import prepended_to_syspath
 from IPython.utils.text import (format_screen, LSString, SList,
                                 DollarFormatter)
 from IPython.utils.traitlets import (Integer, CBool, CaselessStrEnum, Enum,
                                      List, Unicode, Instance, Type)
 from IPython.utils.warn import warn, error
 import IPython.core.hooks
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Globals
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 # compiled regexps for autoindent management
 dedent_re = re.compile(r'^\s+raise|^\s+return|^\s+pass')
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Utilities
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 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
 
 
 def no_op(*a, **kw): pass
 
 class NoOpContext(object):
     def __enter__(self): pass
     def __exit__(self, type, value, traceback): pass
 no_op_context = NoOpContext()
 
 class SpaceInInput(Exception): pass
 
 class Bunch: pass
 
 
 def get_default_colors():
     if sys.platform=='darwin':
         return "LightBG"
     elif os.name=='nt':
         return 'Linux'
     else:
         return 'Linux'
 
 
 class SeparateUnicode(Unicode):
     """A Unicode subclass to validate separate_in, separate_out, etc.
 
     This is a Unicode based trait that converts '0'->'' and '\\n'->'\n'.
     """
 
     def validate(self, obj, value):
         if value == '0': value = ''
         value = value.replace('\\n','\n')
         return super(SeparateUnicode, self).validate(obj, value)
 
 
 class ReadlineNoRecord(object):
     """Context manager to execute some code, then reload readline history
     so that interactive input to the code doesn't appear when pressing up."""
     def __init__(self, shell):
         self.shell = shell
         self._nested_level = 0
 
     def __enter__(self):
         if self._nested_level == 0:
             try:
                 self.orig_length = self.current_length()
                 self.readline_tail = self.get_readline_tail()
             except (AttributeError, IndexError):   # Can fail with pyreadline
                 self.orig_length, self.readline_tail = 999999, []
         self._nested_level += 1
 
     def __exit__(self, type, value, traceback):
         self._nested_level -= 1
         if self._nested_level == 0:
             # Try clipping the end if it's got longer
             try:
                 e = self.current_length() - self.orig_length
                 if e > 0:
                     for _ in range(e):
                         self.shell.readline.remove_history_item(self.orig_length)
 
                 # If it still doesn't match, just reload readline history.
                 if self.current_length() != self.orig_length \
                     or self.get_readline_tail() != self.readline_tail:
                     self.shell.refill_readline_hist()
             except (AttributeError, IndexError):
                 pass
         # Returning False will cause exceptions to propagate
         return False
 
     def current_length(self):
         return self.shell.readline.get_current_history_length()
 
     def get_readline_tail(self, n=10):
         """Get the last n items in readline history."""
         end = self.shell.readline.get_current_history_length() + 1
         start = max(end-n, 1)
         ghi = self.shell.readline.get_history_item
         return [ghi(x) for x in range(start, end)]
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Main IPython class
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 class InteractiveShell(SingletonConfigurable):
     """An enhanced, interactive shell for Python."""
 
     _instance = None
 
     autocall = Enum((0,1,2), default_value=0, config=True, help=
         """
         Make IPython automatically call any callable object even if you didn't
         type explicit parentheses. For example, 'str 43' becomes 'str(43)'
         automatically. The value can be '0' to disable the feature, '1' for
         'smart' autocall, where it is not applied if there are no more
         arguments on the line, and '2' for 'full' autocall, where all callable
         objects are automatically called (even if no arguments are present).
         """
     )
     # TODO: remove all autoindent logic and put into frontends.
     # We can't do this yet because even runlines uses the autoindent.
     autoindent = CBool(True, config=True, help=
         """
         Autoindent IPython code entered interactively.
         """
     )
     automagic = CBool(True, config=True, help=
         """
         Enable magic commands to be called without the leading %.
         """
     )
     cache_size = Integer(1000, config=True, help=
         """
         Set the size of the output cache.  The default is 1000, you can
         change it permanently in your config file.  Setting it to 0 completely
         disables the caching system, and the minimum value accepted is 20 (if
         you provide a value less than 20, it is reset to 0 and a warning is
         issued).  This limit is defined because otherwise you'll spend more
         time re-flushing a too small cache than working
         """
     )
     color_info = CBool(True, config=True, help=
         """
         Use colors for displaying information about objects. Because this
         information is passed through a pager (like 'less'), and some pagers
         get confused with color codes, this capability can be turned off.
         """
     )
     colors = CaselessStrEnum(('NoColor','LightBG','Linux'),
                              default_value=get_default_colors(), config=True,
         help="Set the color scheme (NoColor, Linux, or LightBG)."
     )
     colors_force = CBool(False, help=
         """
         Force use of ANSI color codes, regardless of OS and readline
         availability.
         """
         # FIXME: This is essentially a hack to allow ZMQShell to show colors
         # without readline on Win32. When the ZMQ formatting system is
         # refactored, this should be removed.
     )
     debug = CBool(False, config=True)
     deep_reload = CBool(False, config=True, help=
         """
         Enable deep (recursive) reloading by default. IPython can use the
         deep_reload module which reloads changes in modules recursively (it
         replaces the reload() function, so you don't need to change anything to
         use it). deep_reload() forces a full reload of modules whose code may
         have changed, which the default reload() function does not.  When
         deep_reload is off, IPython will use the normal reload(), but
         deep_reload will still be available as dreload().
         """
     )
     disable_failing_post_execute = CBool(False, config=True,
         help="Don't call post-execute functions that have failed in the past."
     )
     display_formatter = Instance(DisplayFormatter)
     displayhook_class = Type(DisplayHook)
     display_pub_class = Type(DisplayPublisher)
     data_pub_class = None
 
     exit_now = CBool(False)
     exiter = Instance(ExitAutocall)
     def _exiter_default(self):
         return ExitAutocall(self)
     # Monotonically increasing execution counter
     execution_count = Integer(1)
     filename = Unicode("<ipython console>")
     ipython_dir= Unicode('', config=True) # Set to get_ipython_dir() in __init__
 
     # Input splitter, to split entire cells of input into either individual
     # interactive statements or whole blocks.
     input_splitter = Instance('IPython.core.inputsplitter.IPythonInputSplitter',
                               (), {})
     logstart = CBool(False, config=True, help=
         """
         Start logging to the default log file.
         """
     )
     logfile = Unicode('', config=True, help=
         """
         The name of the logfile to use.
         """
     )
     logappend = Unicode('', config=True, help=
         """
         Start logging to the given file in append mode.
         """
     )
     object_info_string_level = Enum((0,1,2), default_value=0,
                                     config=True)
     pdb = CBool(False, config=True, help=
         """
         Automatically call the pdb debugger after every exception.
         """
     )
     multiline_history = CBool(sys.platform != 'win32', config=True,
         help="Save multi-line entries as one entry in readline history"
     )
 
     # deprecated prompt traits:
     
     prompt_in1 = Unicode('In [\\#]: ', config=True,
         help="Deprecated, use PromptManager.in_template")
     prompt_in2 = Unicode('   .\\D.: ', config=True,
         help="Deprecated, use PromptManager.in2_template")
     prompt_out = Unicode('Out[\\#]: ', config=True,
         help="Deprecated, use PromptManager.out_template")
     prompts_pad_left = CBool(True, config=True,
         help="Deprecated, use PromptManager.justify")
     
     def _prompt_trait_changed(self, name, old, new):
         table = {
             'prompt_in1' : 'in_template',
             'prompt_in2' : 'in2_template',
             'prompt_out' : 'out_template',
             'prompts_pad_left' : 'justify',
         }
         warn("InteractiveShell.{name} is deprecated, use PromptManager.{newname}\n".format(
                 name=name, newname=table[name])
         )
         # protect against weird cases where self.config may not exist:
         if self.config is not None:
             # propagate to corresponding PromptManager trait
             setattr(self.config.PromptManager, table[name], new)
     
     _prompt_in1_changed = _prompt_trait_changed
     _prompt_in2_changed = _prompt_trait_changed
     _prompt_out_changed = _prompt_trait_changed
     _prompt_pad_left_changed = _prompt_trait_changed
     
     show_rewritten_input = CBool(True, config=True,
         help="Show rewritten input, e.g. for autocall."
     )
     
     quiet = CBool(False, config=True)
 
     history_length = Integer(10000, config=True)
 
     # The readline stuff will eventually be moved to the terminal subclass
     # but for now, we can't do that as readline is welded in everywhere.
     readline_use = CBool(True, config=True)
     readline_remove_delims = Unicode('-/~', config=True)
     # don't use \M- bindings by default, because they
     # conflict with 8-bit encodings. See gh-58,gh-88
     readline_parse_and_bind = List([
             'tab: complete',
             '"\C-l": clear-screen',
             'set show-all-if-ambiguous on',
             '"\C-o": tab-insert',
             '"\C-r": reverse-search-history',
             '"\C-s": forward-search-history',
             '"\C-p": history-search-backward',
             '"\C-n": history-search-forward',
             '"\e[A": history-search-backward',
             '"\e[B": history-search-forward',
             '"\C-k": kill-line',
             '"\C-u": unix-line-discard',
         ], allow_none=False, config=True)
 
     ast_node_interactivity = Enum(['all', 'last', 'last_expr', 'none'],
                                   default_value='last_expr', config=True, 
                                   help="""
         'all', 'last', 'last_expr' or 'none', specifying which nodes should be
         run interactively (displaying output from expressions).""")
 
     # TODO: this part of prompt management should be moved to the frontends.
     # Use custom TraitTypes that convert '0'->'' and '\\n'->'\n'
     separate_in = SeparateUnicode('\n', config=True)
     separate_out = SeparateUnicode('', config=True)
     separate_out2 = SeparateUnicode('', config=True)
     wildcards_case_sensitive = CBool(True, config=True)
     xmode = CaselessStrEnum(('Context','Plain', 'Verbose'),
                             default_value='Context', config=True)
 
     # Subcomponents of InteractiveShell
     alias_manager = Instance('IPython.core.alias.AliasManager')
     prefilter_manager = Instance('IPython.core.prefilter.PrefilterManager')
     builtin_trap = Instance('IPython.core.builtin_trap.BuiltinTrap')
     display_trap = Instance('IPython.core.display_trap.DisplayTrap')
     extension_manager = Instance('IPython.core.extensions.ExtensionManager')
     plugin_manager = Instance('IPython.core.plugin.PluginManager')
     payload_manager = Instance('IPython.core.payload.PayloadManager')
     history_manager = Instance('IPython.core.history.HistoryManager')
     magics_manager = Instance('IPython.core.magic.MagicsManager')
 
     profile_dir = Instance('IPython.core.application.ProfileDir')
     @property
     def profile(self):
         if self.profile_dir is not None:
             name = os.path.basename(self.profile_dir.location)
             return name.replace('profile_','')
 
 
     # Private interface
     _post_execute = Instance(dict)
 
     # Tracks any GUI loop loaded for pylab
     pylab_gui_select = None
 
     def __init__(self, config=None, ipython_dir=None, profile_dir=None,
                  user_module=None, user_ns=None,
                  custom_exceptions=((), None)):
 
         # This is where traits with a config_key argument are updated
         # from the values on config.
         super(InteractiveShell, self).__init__(config=config)
         self.configurables = [self]
 
         # These are relatively independent and stateless
         self.init_ipython_dir(ipython_dir)
         self.init_profile_dir(profile_dir)
         self.init_instance_attrs()
         self.init_environment()
         
         # Check if we're in a virtualenv, and set up sys.path.
         self.init_virtualenv()
 
         # Create namespaces (user_ns, user_global_ns, etc.)
         self.init_create_namespaces(user_module, user_ns)
         # This has to be done after init_create_namespaces because it uses
         # something in self.user_ns, but before init_sys_modules, which
         # is the first thing to modify sys.
         # TODO: When we override sys.stdout and sys.stderr before this class
         # is created, we are saving the overridden ones here. Not sure if this
         # is what we want to do.
         self.save_sys_module_state()
         self.init_sys_modules()
 
         # While we're trying to have each part of the code directly access what
         # it needs without keeping redundant references to objects, we have too
         # much legacy code that expects ip.db to exist.
         self.db = PickleShareDB(os.path.join(self.profile_dir.location, 'db'))
 
         self.init_history()
         self.init_encoding()
         self.init_prefilter()
 
         self.init_syntax_highlighting()
         self.init_hooks()
         self.init_pushd_popd_magic()
         # self.init_traceback_handlers use to be here, but we moved it below
         # because it and init_io have to come after init_readline.
         self.init_user_ns()
         self.init_logger()
         self.init_alias()
         self.init_builtins()
 
         # The following was in post_config_initialization
         self.init_inspector()
         # init_readline() must come before init_io(), because init_io uses
         # readline related things.
         self.init_readline()
         # We save this here in case user code replaces raw_input, but it needs
         # to be after init_readline(), because PyPy's readline works by replacing
         # raw_input.
         if py3compat.PY3:
             self.raw_input_original = input
         else:
             self.raw_input_original = raw_input
         # init_completer must come after init_readline, because it needs to
         # know whether readline is present or not system-wide to configure the
         # completers, since the completion machinery can now operate
         # independently of readline (e.g. over the network)
         self.init_completer()
         # TODO: init_io() needs to happen before init_traceback handlers
         # because the traceback handlers hardcode the stdout/stderr streams.
         # This logic in in debugger.Pdb and should eventually be changed.
         self.init_io()
         self.init_traceback_handlers(custom_exceptions)
         self.init_prompts()
         self.init_display_formatter()
         self.init_display_pub()
         self.init_data_pub()
         self.init_displayhook()
         self.init_reload_doctest()
         self.init_latextool()
         self.init_magics()
         self.init_logstart()
         self.init_pdb()
         self.init_extension_manager()
         self.init_plugin_manager()
         self.init_payload()
         self.hooks.late_startup_hook()
         atexit.register(self.atexit_operations)
 
     def get_ipython(self):
         """Return the currently running IPython instance."""
         return self
 
     #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # Trait changed handlers
     #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
     def _ipython_dir_changed(self, name, new):
         if not os.path.isdir(new):
             os.makedirs(new, mode = 0777)
 
     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 value != 0 and 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
 
     #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # init_* methods called by __init__
     #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
     def init_ipython_dir(self, ipython_dir):
         if ipython_dir is not None:
             self.ipython_dir = ipython_dir
             return
 
         self.ipython_dir = get_ipython_dir()
 
     def init_profile_dir(self, profile_dir):
         if profile_dir is not None:
             self.profile_dir = profile_dir
             return
         self.profile_dir =\
             ProfileDir.create_profile_dir_by_name(self.ipython_dir, 'default')
 
     def init_instance_attrs(self):
         self.more = False
 
         # command compiler
         self.compile = CachingCompiler()
 
         # 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()
 
         # 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
 
         # keep track of where we started running (mainly for crash post-mortem)
         # This is not being used anywhere currently.
         self.starting_dir = os.getcwdu()
 
         # Indentation management
         self.indent_current_nsp = 0
 
         # Dict to track post-execution functions that have been registered
         self._post_execute = {}
 
     def init_environment(self):
         """Any changes we need to make to the user's environment."""
         pass
 
     def init_encoding(self):
         # 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'
 
     def init_syntax_highlighting(self):
         # Python source parser/formatter for syntax highlighting
         pyformat = PyColorize.Parser().format
         self.pycolorize = lambda src: pyformat(src,'str',self.colors)
 
     def init_pushd_popd_magic(self):
         # for pushd/popd management
         self.home_dir = get_home_dir()
 
         self.dir_stack = []
 
     def init_logger(self):
         self.logger = Logger(self.home_dir, logfname='ipython_log.py',
                              logmode='rotate')
 
     def init_logstart(self):
         """Initialize logging in case it was requested at the command line.
         """
         if self.logappend:
             self.magic('logstart %s append' % self.logappend)
         elif self.logfile:
             self.magic('logstart %s' % self.logfile)
         elif self.logstart:
             self.magic('logstart')
 
     def init_builtins(self):
         # A single, static flag that we set to True.  Its presence indicates
         # that an IPython shell has been created, and we make no attempts at
         # removing on exit or representing the existence of more than one
         # IPython at a time.
         builtin_mod.__dict__['__IPYTHON__'] = True
 
         # In 0.11 we introduced '__IPYTHON__active' as an integer we'd try to
         # manage on enter/exit, but with all our shells it's virtually
         # impossible to get all the cases right.  We're leaving the name in for
         # those who adapted their codes to check for this flag, but will
         # eventually remove it after a few more releases.
         builtin_mod.__dict__['__IPYTHON__active'] = \
                                           'Deprecated, check for __IPYTHON__'
 
         self.builtin_trap = BuiltinTrap(shell=self)
 
     def init_inspector(self):
         # Object inspector
         self.inspector = oinspect.Inspector(oinspect.InspectColors,
                                             PyColorize.ANSICodeColors,
                                             'NoColor',
                                             self.object_info_string_level)
 
     def init_io(self):
         # This will just use sys.stdout and sys.stderr. If you want to
         # override sys.stdout and sys.stderr themselves, you need to do that
         # *before* instantiating this class, because io holds onto
         # references to the underlying streams.
         if sys.platform == 'win32' and self.has_readline:
             io.stdout = io.stderr = io.IOStream(self.readline._outputfile)
         else:
             io.stdout = io.IOStream(sys.stdout)
             io.stderr = io.IOStream(sys.stderr)
 
     def init_prompts(self):
         self.prompt_manager = PromptManager(shell=self, config=self.config)
         self.configurables.append(self.prompt_manager)
         # Set system prompts, so that scripts can decide if they are running
         # interactively.
         sys.ps1 = 'In : '
         sys.ps2 = '...: '
         sys.ps3 = 'Out: '
 
     def init_display_formatter(self):
         self.display_formatter = DisplayFormatter(config=self.config)
         self.configurables.append(self.display_formatter)
 
     def init_display_pub(self):
         self.display_pub = self.display_pub_class(config=self.config)
         self.configurables.append(self.display_pub)
 
     def init_data_pub(self):
         if not self.data_pub_class:
             self.data_pub = None
             return
         self.data_pub = self.data_pub_class(config=self.config)
         self.configurables.append(self.data_pub)
 
     def init_displayhook(self):
         # Initialize displayhook, set in/out prompts and printing system
         self.displayhook = self.displayhook_class(
             config=self.config,
             shell=self,
             cache_size=self.cache_size,
         )
         self.configurables.append(self.displayhook)
         # This is a context manager that installs/revmoes the displayhook at
         # the appropriate time.
         self.display_trap = DisplayTrap(hook=self.displayhook)
 
     def init_reload_doctest(self):
         # Do a proper resetting of doctest, including the necessary displayhook
         # monkeypatching
         try:
             doctest_reload()
         except ImportError:
             warn("doctest module does not exist.")
 
     def init_latextool(self):
         """Configure LaTeXTool."""
         cfg = LaTeXTool.instance(config=self.config)
         if cfg not in self.configurables:
             self.configurables.append(cfg)
 
     def init_virtualenv(self):
         """Add a virtualenv to sys.path so the user can import modules from it.
         This isn't perfect: it doesn't use the Python interpreter with which the
         virtualenv was built, and it ignores the --no-site-packages option. A
         warning will appear suggesting the user installs IPython in the
         virtualenv, but for many cases, it probably works well enough.
         
         Adapted from code snippets online.
         
         http://blog.ufsoft.org/2009/1/29/ipython-and-virtualenv
         """
         if 'VIRTUAL_ENV' not in os.environ:
             # Not in a virtualenv
             return
         
         if sys.executable.startswith(os.environ['VIRTUAL_ENV']):
             # Running properly in the virtualenv, don't need to do anything
             return
         
         warn("Attempting to work in a virtualenv. If you encounter problems, please "
              "install IPython inside the virtualenv.\n")
         if sys.platform == "win32":
             virtual_env = os.path.join(os.environ['VIRTUAL_ENV'], 'Lib', 'site-packages') 
         else:
             virtual_env = os.path.join(os.environ['VIRTUAL_ENV'], 'lib',
                        'python%d.%d' % sys.version_info[:2], 'site-packages')
         
         import site
         sys.path.insert(0, virtual_env)
         site.addsitedir(virtual_env)
 
     #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # Things related to injections into the sys module
     #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
     def save_sys_module_state(self):
         """Save the state of hooks in the sys module.
 
         This has to be called after self.user_module is created.
         """
         self._orig_sys_module_state = {}
         self._orig_sys_module_state['stdin'] = sys.stdin
         self._orig_sys_module_state['stdout'] = sys.stdout
         self._orig_sys_module_state['stderr'] = sys.stderr
         self._orig_sys_module_state['excepthook'] = sys.excepthook
         self._orig_sys_modules_main_name = self.user_module.__name__
         self._orig_sys_modules_main_mod = sys.modules.get(self.user_module.__name__)
 
     def restore_sys_module_state(self):
         """Restore the state of the sys module."""
         try:
             for k, v in self._orig_sys_module_state.iteritems():
                 setattr(sys, k, v)
         except AttributeError:
             pass
         # Reset what what done in self.init_sys_modules
         if self._orig_sys_modules_main_mod is not None:
             sys.modules[self._orig_sys_modules_main_name] = self._orig_sys_modules_main_mod
 
     #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # Things related to hooks
     #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
     def init_hooks(self):
         # 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.core.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)
 
     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 = types.MethodType(hook,self)
 
         # 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.core.hooks.__all__:
             print("Warning! Hook '%s' is not one of %s" % \
                   (name, IPython.core.hooks.__all__ ))
         if not dp:
             dp = IPython.core.hooks.CommandChainDispatcher()
 
         try:
             dp.add(f,priority)
         except AttributeError:
             # it was not commandchain, plain old func - replace
             dp = f
 
         setattr(self.hooks,name, dp)
 
     def register_post_execute(self, func):
         """Register a function for calling after code execution.
         """
         if not callable(func):
             raise ValueError('argument %s must be callable' % func)
         self._post_execute[func] = True
     
     #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # Things related to the "main" module
     #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
     def new_main_mod(self,ns=None):
         """Return a new 'main' module object for user code execution.
         """
         main_mod = self._user_main_module
         init_fakemod_dict(main_mod,ns)
         return main_mod
 
     def cache_main_mod(self,ns,fname):
         """Cache a main module's namespace.
 
         When scripts are executed via %run, we must keep a reference to the
         namespace of 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 the namespace (the last one), thus preventing memory
         leaks from old references while allowing the objects from the last
         execution to be accessible.
 
         Note: we can not allow the actual FakeModule instances to be deleted,
         because of how Python tears down modules (it hard-sets all their
         references to None without regard for reference counts).  This method
         must therefore make a *copy* of the given namespace, to allow the
         original module's __dict__ to be cleared and reused.
 
 
         Parameters
         ----------
           ns : a namespace (a dict, typically)
 
           fname : str
             Filename associated with the namespace.
 
         Examples
         --------
 
         In [10]: import IPython
 
         In [11]: _ip.cache_main_mod(IPython.__dict__,IPython.__file__)
 
         In [12]: IPython.__file__ in _ip._main_ns_cache
         Out[12]: True
         """
         self._main_ns_cache[os.path.abspath(fname)] = ns.copy()
 
     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.cache_main_mod(IPython.__dict__,IPython.__file__)
 
         In [17]: len(_ip._main_ns_cache) > 0
         Out[17]: True
 
         In [18]: _ip.clear_main_mod_cache()
 
         In [19]: len(_ip._main_ns_cache) == 0
         Out[19]: True
         """
         self._main_ns_cache.clear()
 
     #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # Things related to debugging
     #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
     def init_pdb(self):
         # Set calling of pdb on exceptions
         # self.call_pdb is a property
         self.call_pdb = self.pdb
 
     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
 
     call_pdb = property(_get_call_pdb,_set_call_pdb,None,
                         'Control auto-activation of pdb at exceptions')
 
     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)
 
         with self.readline_no_record:
             pm()
 
     #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # Things related to IPython's various namespaces
     #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
     default_user_namespaces = True
 
     def init_create_namespaces(self, user_module=None, user_ns=None):
         # 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 a properly built module and dict as needed by
         # the rest of the code, and can also be used by extension writers to
         # generate properly initialized namespaces.
         if (user_ns is not None) or (user_module is not None):
             self.default_user_namespaces = False
         self.user_module, self.user_ns = self.prepare_user_module(user_module, user_ns)
 
         # A record of hidden variables we have added to the user namespace, so
         # we can list later only variables defined in actual interactive use.
         self.user_ns_hidden = set()
 
         # 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.  Note,
         # however, that we must cache the module *namespace contents* (their
         # __dict__).  Because if we try to cache the actual modules, old ones
         # (uncached) could be destroyed while still holding references (such as
         # those held by GUI objects that tend to be long-lived)>
         #
         # The %reset command will flush this cache.  See the cache_main_mod()
         # and clear_main_mod_cache() methods for details on use.
 
         # This is the cache used for 'main' namespaces
         self._main_ns_cache = {}
         # And this is the single instance of FakeModule whose __dict__ we keep
         # copying and clearing for reuse on each %run
         self._user_main_module = FakeModule()
 
         # A table holding all the namespaces IPython deals with, so that
         # introspection facilities can search easily.
         self.ns_table = {'user_global':self.user_module.__dict__,
                          'user_local':self.user_ns,
                          'builtin':builtin_mod.__dict__
                          }
     
     @property
     def user_global_ns(self):
         return self.user_module.__dict__
 
     def prepare_user_module(self, user_module=None, user_ns=None):
         """Prepare the module and namespace in which user code will be run.
         
         When IPython is started normally, both parameters are None: a new module
         is created automatically, and its __dict__ used as the namespace.
         
         If only user_module is provided, its __dict__ is used as the namespace.
         If only user_ns is provided, a dummy module is created, and user_ns
         becomes the global namespace. If both are provided (as they may be
         when embedding), user_ns is the local namespace, and user_module
         provides the global namespace.
 
         Parameters
         ----------
         user_module : module, optional
             The current user module in which IPython is being run. If None,
             a clean module will be created.
         user_ns : dict, optional
             A namespace in which to run interactive commands.
 
         Returns
         -------
         A tuple of user_module and user_ns, each properly initialised.
         """
         if user_module is None and user_ns is not None:
             user_ns.setdefault("__name__", "__main__")
             class DummyMod(object):
                 "A dummy module used for IPython's interactive namespace."
                 pass
             user_module = DummyMod()
             user_module.__dict__ = user_ns
             
         if user_module is None:
             user_module = types.ModuleType("__main__",
                 doc="Automatically created module for IPython interactive environment")
         
         # We must ensure that __builtin__ (without the final 's') is always
         # available and pointing to the __builtin__ *module*.  For more details:
         # http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2001-April/014068.html
         user_module.__dict__.setdefault('__builtin__', builtin_mod)
         user_module.__dict__.setdefault('__builtins__', builtin_mod)
         
         if user_ns is None:
             user_ns = user_module.__dict__
 
         return user_module, user_ns
 
     def init_sys_modules(self):
         # 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).
 
         # This is overridden in the InteractiveShellEmbed subclass to a no-op.
         main_name = self.user_module.__name__
         sys.modules[main_name] = self.user_module
 
     def init_user_ns(self):
         """Initialize all user-visible namespaces to their minimum defaults.
 
         Certain history lists are also initialized here, as they effectively
         act as user namespaces.
 
         Notes
         -----
         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.
         """
         # This function works in two parts: first we put a few things in
         # user_ns, and we sync that contents into user_ns_hidden so that these
         # initial variables aren't shown by %who.  After the sync, we add the
         # rest of what we *do* want the user to see with %who even on a new
         # session (probably nothing, so theye really only see their own stuff)
 
         # The user dict must *always* have a __builtin__ reference to the
         # Python standard __builtin__ namespace,  which must be imported.
         # This is so that certain operations in prompt evaluation can be
         # reliably executed with builtins.  Note that we can NOT use
         # __builtins__ (note the 's'),  because that can either be a dict or a
         # module, and can even mutate at runtime, depending on the context
         # (Python makes no guarantees on it).  In contrast, __builtin__ is
         # always a module object, though it must be explicitly imported.
 
         # For more details:
         # http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2001-April/014068.html
         ns = dict()
         
         # Put 'help' in the user namespace
         try:
             from site import _Helper
             ns['help'] = _Helper()
         except ImportError:
             warn('help() not available - check site.py')
 
         # make global variables for user access to the histories
         ns['_ih'] = self.history_manager.input_hist_parsed
         ns['_oh'] = self.history_manager.output_hist
         ns['_dh'] = self.history_manager.dir_hist
 
         ns['_sh'] = shadowns
 
         # user aliases to input and output histories.  These shouldn't show up
         # in %who, as they can have very large reprs.
         ns['In']  = self.history_manager.input_hist_parsed
         ns['Out'] = self.history_manager.output_hist
 
         # Store myself as the public api!!!
         ns['get_ipython'] = self.get_ipython
         
         ns['exit'] = self.exiter
         ns['quit'] = self.exiter
 
         # Sync what we've added so far to user_ns_hidden so these aren't seen
         # by %who
         self.user_ns_hidden.update(ns)
 
         # Anything put into ns now would show up in %who.  Think twice before
         # putting anything here, as we really want %who to show the user their
         # stuff, not our variables.
 
         # Finally, update the real user's namespace
         self.user_ns.update(ns)
     
     @property
     def all_ns_refs(self):
         """Get a list of references to all the namespace dictionaries in which
         IPython might store a user-created object.
         
         Note that this does not include the displayhook, which also caches
         objects from the output."""
         return [self.user_ns, self.user_global_ns,
                 self._user_main_module.__dict__] + self._main_ns_cache.values()
 
     def reset(self, new_session=True):
         """Clear all internal namespaces, and attempt to release references to
         user objects.
 
         If new_session is True, a new history session will be opened.
         """
         # Clear histories
         self.history_manager.reset(new_session)
         # Reset counter used to index all histories
         if new_session:
             self.execution_count = 1
 
         # Flush cached output items
         if self.displayhook.do_full_cache:
             self.displayhook.flush()
 
         # The main execution namespaces must be cleared very carefully,
         # skipping the deletion of the builtin-related keys, because doing so
         # would cause errors in many object's __del__ methods.
         if self.user_ns is not self.user_global_ns:
             self.user_ns.clear()
         ns = self.user_global_ns
         drop_keys = set(ns.keys())
         drop_keys.discard('__builtin__')
         drop_keys.discard('__builtins__')
         drop_keys.discard('__name__')
         for k in drop_keys:
             del ns[k]
         
         self.user_ns_hidden.clear()
         
         # Restore the user namespaces to minimal usability
         self.init_user_ns()
 
         # Restore the default and user aliases
         self.alias_manager.clear_aliases()
         self.alias_manager.init_aliases()
 
         # Flush the private list of module references kept for script
         # execution protection
         self.clear_main_mod_cache()
 
         # Clear out the namespace from the last %run
         self.new_main_mod()
 
     def del_var(self, varname, by_name=False):
         """Delete a variable from the various namespaces, so that, as
         far as possible, we're not keeping any hidden references to it.
 
         Parameters
         ----------
         varname : str
             The name of the variable to delete.
         by_name : bool
             If True, delete variables with the given name in each
             namespace. If False (default), find the variable in the user
             namespace, and delete references to it.
         """
         if varname in ('__builtin__', '__builtins__'):
             raise ValueError("Refusing to delete %s" % varname)
 
         ns_refs = self.all_ns_refs
         
         if by_name:                    # Delete by name
             for ns in ns_refs:
                 try:
                     del ns[varname]
                 except KeyError:
                     pass
         else:                         # Delete by object
             try:
                 obj = self.user_ns[varname]
             except KeyError:
                 raise NameError("name '%s' is not defined" % varname)
             # Also check in output history
             ns_refs.append(self.history_manager.output_hist)
             for ns in ns_refs:
                 to_delete = [n for n, o in ns.iteritems() if o is obj]
                 for name in to_delete:
                     del ns[name]
 
             # displayhook keeps extra references, but not in a dictionary
             for name in ('_', '__', '___'):
                 if getattr(self.displayhook, name) is obj:
                     setattr(self.displayhook, name, None)
 
     def reset_selective(self, regex=None):
         """Clear selective variables from internal namespaces based on a
         specified regular expression.
 
         Parameters
         ----------
         regex : string or compiled pattern, optional
             A regular expression pattern that will be used in searching
             variable names in the users namespaces.
         """
         if regex is not None:
             try:
                 m = re.compile(regex)
             except TypeError:
                 raise TypeError('regex must be a string or compiled pattern')
             # Search for keys in each namespace that match the given regex
             # If a match is found, delete the key/value pair.
             for ns in self.all_ns_refs:
                 for var in ns:
                     if m.search(var):
                         del ns[var]
 
     def push(self, variables, interactive=True):
         """Inject a group of variables into the IPython user namespace.
 
         Parameters
         ----------
         variables : dict, str or list/tuple of str
             The variables to inject into the user's namespace.  If a dict, a
             simple update is done.  If a str, the string is assumed to have
             variable names separated by spaces.  A list/tuple of str can also
             be used to give the variable names.  If just the variable names are
             give (list/tuple/str) then the variable values looked up in the
             callers frame.
         interactive : bool
             If True (default), the variables will be listed with the ``who``
             magic.
         """
         vdict = None
 
         # We need a dict of name/value pairs to do namespace updates.
         if isinstance(variables, dict):
             vdict = variables
         elif isinstance(variables, (basestring, list, tuple)):
             if isinstance(variables, basestring):
                 vlist = variables.split()
             else:
                 vlist = variables
             vdict = {}
             cf = sys._getframe(1)
             for name in vlist:
                 try:
                     vdict[name] = eval(name, cf.f_globals, cf.f_locals)
                 except:
                     print('Could not get variable %s from %s' %
                            (name,cf.f_code.co_name))
         else:
             raise ValueError('variables must be a dict/str/list/tuple')
 
         # Propagate variables to user namespace
         self.user_ns.update(vdict)
 
         # And configure interactive visibility
         user_ns_hidden = self.user_ns_hidden
         if interactive:
             user_ns_hidden.difference_update(vdict)
         else:
             user_ns_hidden.update(vdict)
     
     def drop_by_id(self, variables):
         """Remove a dict of variables from the user namespace, if they are the
         same as the values in the dictionary.
         
         This is intended for use by extensions: variables that they've added can
         be taken back out if they are unloaded, without removing any that the
         user has overwritten.
         
         Parameters
         ----------
         variables : dict
           A dictionary mapping object names (as strings) to the objects.
         """
         for name, obj in variables.iteritems():
             if name in self.user_ns and self.user_ns[name] is obj:
                 del self.user_ns[name]
                 self.user_ns_hidden.discard(name)
 
     #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # Things related to object introspection
     #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
     def _ofind(self, oname, namespaces=None):
         """Find an object in the available namespaces.
 
         self._ofind(oname) -> dict with keys: found,obj,ospace,ismagic
 
         Has special code to detect magic functions.
         """
         oname = oname.strip()
         #print '1- oname: <%r>' % oname  # dbg
         if not oname.startswith(ESC_MAGIC) and \
             not oname.startswith(ESC_MAGIC2) and \
             not py3compat.isidentifier(oname, dotted=True):
             return dict(found=False)
 
         alias_ns = None
         if namespaces is None:
             # Namespaces to search in:
             # Put them in a list. The order is important so that we
             # find things in the same order that Python finds them.
             namespaces = [ ('Interactive', self.user_ns),
                            ('Interactive (global)', self.user_global_ns),
                            ('Python builtin', builtin_mod.__dict__),
                            ('Alias', self.alias_manager.alias_table),
                            ]
             alias_ns = self.alias_manager.alias_table
 
         # initialize results to 'null'
         found = False; obj = None;  ospace = None;  ds = None;
         ismagic = False; isalias = False; parent = None
 
         # We need to special-case 'print', which as of python2.6 registers as a
         # function but should only be treated as one if print_function was
         # loaded with a future import.  In this case, just bail.
         if (oname == 'print' and not py3compat.PY3 and not \
             (self.compile.compiler_flags & __future__.CO_FUTURE_PRINT_FUNCTION)):
             return {'found':found, 'obj':obj, 'namespace':ospace,
                     'ismagic':ismagic, 'isalias':isalias, 'parent':parent}
 
         # Look for the given name by splitting it in parts.  If the head is
         # found, then we look for all the remaining parts as members, and only
         # declare success if we can find them all.
         oname_parts = oname.split('.')
         oname_head, oname_rest = oname_parts[0],oname_parts[1:]
         for nsname,ns in namespaces:
             try:
                 obj = ns[oname_head]
             except KeyError:
                 continue
             else:
                 #print 'oname_rest:', oname_rest  # dbg
                 for part in oname_rest:
                     try:
                         parent = obj
                         obj = getattr(obj,part)
                     except:
                         # Blanket except b/c some badly implemented objects
                         # allow __getattr__ to raise exceptions other than
                         # AttributeError, which then crashes IPython.
                         break
                 else:
                     # If we finish the for loop (no break), we got all members
                     found = True
                     ospace = nsname
                     if ns == alias_ns:
                         isalias = True
                     break  # namespace loop
 
         # Try to see if it's magic
         if not found:
             obj = None
             if oname.startswith(ESC_MAGIC2):
                 oname = oname.lstrip(ESC_MAGIC2)
                 obj = self.find_cell_magic(oname)
             elif oname.startswith(ESC_MAGIC):
                 oname = oname.lstrip(ESC_MAGIC)
                 obj = self.find_line_magic(oname)
             else:
                 # search without prefix, so run? will find %run?
                 obj = self.find_line_magic(oname)
                 if obj is None:
                     obj = self.find_cell_magic(oname)
             if obj is not None:
                 found = True
                 ospace = 'IPython internal'
                 ismagic = True
 
         # Last try: special-case some literals like '', [], {}, etc:
         if not found and oname_head in ["''",'""','[]','{}','()']:
             obj = eval(oname_head)
             found = True
             ospace = 'Interactive'
 
         return {'found':found, 'obj':obj, 'namespace':ospace,
                 'ismagic':ismagic, 'isalias':isalias, 'parent':parent}
 
     def _ofind_property(self, oname, info):
         """Second part of object finding, to look for property details."""
         if info.found:
             # Get the docstring of the class property if it exists.
             path = oname.split('.')
             root = '.'.join(path[:-1])
             if info.parent is not None:
                 try:
                     target = getattr(info.parent, '__class__')
                     # The object belongs to a class instance.
                     try:
                         target = getattr(target, path[-1])
                         # The class defines the object.
                         if isinstance(target, property):
                             oname = root + '.__class__.' + path[-1]
                             info = Struct(self._ofind(oname))
                     except AttributeError: pass
                 except AttributeError: pass
 
         # We return either the new info or the unmodified input if the object
         # hadn't been found
         return info
 
     def _object_find(self, oname, namespaces=None):
         """Find an object and return a struct with info about it."""
         inf = Struct(self._ofind(oname, namespaces))
         return Struct(self._ofind_property(oname, inf))
 
     def _inspect(self, meth, oname, namespaces=None, **kw):
         """Generic interface to the inspector system.
 
         This function is meant to be called by pdef, pdoc & friends."""
         info = self._object_find(oname, namespaces)
         if info.found:
             pmethod = getattr(self.inspector, meth)
             formatter = format_screen if info.ismagic else None
             if meth == 'pdoc':
                 pmethod(info.obj, oname, formatter)
             elif meth == 'pinfo':
                 pmethod(info.obj, oname, formatter, info, **kw)
             else:
                 pmethod(info.obj, oname)
         else:
             print('Object `%s` not found.' % oname)
             return 'not found'  # so callers can take other action
 
     def object_inspect(self, oname, detail_level=0):
         with self.builtin_trap:
             info = self._object_find(oname)
             if info.found:
                 return self.inspector.info(info.obj, oname, info=info,
                             detail_level=detail_level
                 )
             else:
                 return oinspect.object_info(name=oname, found=False)
 
     #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # Things related to history management
     #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
     def init_history(self):
         """Sets up the command history, and starts regular autosaves."""
         self.history_manager = HistoryManager(shell=self, config=self.config)
         self.configurables.append(self.history_manager)
 
     #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # Things related to exception handling and tracebacks (not debugging)
     #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
     def init_traceback_handlers(self, custom_exceptions):
         # Syntax error handler.
         self.SyntaxTB = ultratb.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,
                                    check_cache=self.compile.check_cache)
 
         # The instance will store a pointer to the system-wide exception hook,
         # so that runtime code (such as magics) can access it.  This is because
         # during the read-eval loop, it may get temporarily overwritten.
         self.sys_excepthook = sys.excepthook
 
         # and add any custom exception handlers the user may have specified
         self.set_custom_exc(*custom_exceptions)
 
         # Set the exception mode
         self.InteractiveTB.set_mode(mode=self.xmode)
 
     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
         run_code() method).
 
         Parameters
         ----------
 
         exc_tuple : tuple of exception classes
             A *tuple* of exception classes, for which to call the defined
             handler.  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 : callable
             handler must have the following signature::
 
                 def my_handler(self, etype, value, tb, tb_offset=None):
                     ...
                     return structured_traceback
 
             Your handler must return a structured traceback (a list of strings),
             or None.
 
             This will be made into an instance method (via types.MethodType)
             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.
 
             To protect IPython from crashes, if your handler ever raises an
             exception or returns an invalid result, it will be immediately
             disabled.
 
         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,tb_offset=None):
             print('*** Simple custom exception handler ***')
             print('Exception type :',etype)
             print('Exception value:',value)
             print('Traceback      :',tb)
             #print 'Source code    :','\n'.join(self.buffer)
         
         def validate_stb(stb):
             """validate structured traceback return type
             
             return type of CustomTB *should* be a list of strings, but allow
             single strings or None, which are harmless.
             
             This function will *always* return a list of strings,
             and will raise a TypeError if stb is inappropriate.
             """
             msg = "CustomTB must return list of strings, not %r" % stb
             if stb is None:
                 return []
             elif isinstance(stb, basestring):
                 return [stb]
             elif not isinstance(stb, list):
                 raise TypeError(msg)
             # it's a list
             for line in stb:
                 # check every element
                 if not isinstance(line, basestring):
                     raise TypeError(msg)
             return stb
 
         if handler is None:
             wrapped = dummy_handler
         else:
             def wrapped(self,etype,value,tb,tb_offset=None):
                 """wrap CustomTB handler, to protect IPython from user code
                 
                 This makes it harder (but not impossible) for custom exception
                 handlers to crash IPython.
                 """
                 try:
                     stb = handler(self,etype,value,tb,tb_offset=tb_offset)
                     return validate_stb(stb)
                 except:
                     # clear custom handler immediately
                     self.set_custom_exc((), None)
                     print("Custom TB Handler failed, unregistering", file=io.stderr)
                     # show the exception in handler first
                     stb = self.InteractiveTB.structured_traceback(*sys.exc_info())
                     print(self.InteractiveTB.stb2text(stb), file=io.stdout)
                     print("The original exception:", file=io.stdout)
                     stb = self.InteractiveTB.structured_traceback(
                                             (etype,value,tb), tb_offset=tb_offset
                     )
                 return stb
 
         self.CustomTB = types.MethodType(wrapped,self)
         self.custom_exceptions = exc_tuple
 
     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 _get_exc_info(self, exc_tuple=None):
         """get exc_info from a given tuple, sys.exc_info() or sys.last_type etc.
         
         Ensures sys.last_type,value,traceback hold the exc_info we found,
         from whichever source.
         
         raises ValueError if none of these contain any information
         """
         if exc_tuple is None:
             etype, value, tb = sys.exc_info()
         else:
             etype, value, tb = exc_tuple
 
         if etype is None:
             if hasattr(sys, 'last_type'):
                 etype, value, tb = sys.last_type, sys.last_value, \
                                    sys.last_traceback
         
         if etype is None:
             raise ValueError("No exception to find")
         
         # Now store the exception info in sys.last_type etc.
         # 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
         
         return etype, value, tb
     
 
     def showtraceback(self,exc_tuple = None,filename=None,tb_offset=None,
                       exception_only=False):
         """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."""
 
         try:
             try:
                 etype, value, tb = self._get_exc_info(exc_tuple)
             except ValueError:
                 self.write_err('No traceback available to show.\n')
                 return
             
             if etype is SyntaxError:
                 # Though this won't be called by syntax errors in the input
                 # line, there may be SyntaxError cases with imported code.
                 self.showsyntaxerror(filename)
             elif etype is UsageError:
                 self.write_err("UsageError: %s" % value)
             else:
                 if exception_only:
                     stb = ['An exception has occurred, use %tb to see '
                            'the full traceback.\n']
                     stb.extend(self.InteractiveTB.get_exception_only(etype,
                                                                      value))
                 else:
                     try:
                         # Exception classes can customise their traceback - we
                         # use this in IPython.parallel for exceptions occurring
                         # in the engines. This should return a list of strings.
                         stb = value._render_traceback_()
                     except Exception:
                         stb = self.InteractiveTB.structured_traceback(etype,
                                             value, tb, tb_offset=tb_offset)
 
                     self._showtraceback(etype, value, stb)
                     if self.call_pdb:
                         # drop into debugger
                         self.debugger(force=True)
                     return
 
                 # Actually show the traceback
                 self._showtraceback(etype, value, stb)
 
         except KeyboardInterrupt:
             self.write_err("\nKeyboardInterrupt\n")
 
     def _showtraceback(self, etype, evalue, stb):
         """Actually show a traceback.
 
         Subclasses may override this method to put the traceback on a different
         place, like a side channel.
         """
         print(self.InteractiveTB.stb2text(stb), file=io.stdout)
 
     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 = self._get_exc_info()
 
         if filename and etype is SyntaxError:
             try:
                 value.filename = filename
             except:
                 # Not the format we expect; leave it alone
                 pass
         
         stb = self.SyntaxTB.structured_traceback(etype, value, [])
         self._showtraceback(etype, value, stb)
 
     # This is overridden in TerminalInteractiveShell to show a message about
     # the %paste magic.
     def showindentationerror(self):
         """Called by run_cell when there's an IndentationError in code entered
         at the prompt.
 
         This is overridden in TerminalInteractiveShell to show a message about
         the %paste magic."""
         self.showsyntaxerror()
 
     #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # Things related to readline
     #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
     def init_readline(self):
         """Command history completion/saving/reloading."""
 
         if self.readline_use:
             import IPython.utils.rlineimpl as readline
 
         self.rl_next_input = None
         self.rl_do_indent = False
 
         if not self.readline_use or not readline.have_readline:
             self.has_readline = False
             self.readline = None
             # Set a number of methods that depend on readline to be no-op
             self.readline_no_record = no_op_context
             self.set_readline_completer = no_op
             self.set_custom_completer = no_op
             if self.readline_use:
                 warn('Readline services not available or not loaded.')
         else:
             self.has_readline = True
             self.readline = readline
             sys.modules['readline'] = readline
 
             # Platform-specific configuration
             if os.name == 'nt':
                 # FIXME - check with Frederick to see if we can harmonize
                 # naming conventions with pyreadline to avoid this
                 # platform-dependent check
                 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:
                 inputrc_name = '.inputrc'
                 if readline.uses_libedit:
                     inputrc_name = '.editrc'
                 inputrc_name = os.path.join(self.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)
 
             # 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.readline_parse_and_bind:
                     #print "loading rl:",rlcommand  # dbg
                     readline.parse_and_bind(rlcommand)
 
             # Remove some chars from the delimiters list.  If we encounter
             # unicode chars, discard them.
             delims = readline.get_completer_delims()
             if not py3compat.PY3:
                 delims = delims.encode("ascii", "ignore")
             for d in self.readline_remove_delims:
                 delims = delims.replace(d, "")
             delims = delims.replace(ESC_MAGIC, '')
             readline.set_completer_delims(delims)
             # otherwise we end up with a monster history after a while:
             readline.set_history_length(self.history_length)
 
             self.refill_readline_hist()
             self.readline_no_record = ReadlineNoRecord(self)
 
         # Configure auto-indent for all platforms
         self.set_autoindent(self.autoindent)
 
     def refill_readline_hist(self):
         # Load the last 1000 lines from history
         self.readline.clear_history()
         stdin_encoding = sys.stdin.encoding or "utf-8"
         last_cell = u""
         for _, _, cell in self.history_manager.get_tail(1000,
                                                         include_latest=True):
             # Ignore blank lines and consecutive duplicates
             cell = cell.rstrip()
             if cell and (cell != last_cell):
                 if self.multiline_history:
                       self.readline.add_history(py3compat.unicode_to_str(cell,
                                                                 stdin_encoding))
                 else:
                     for line in cell.splitlines():
                         self.readline.add_history(py3compat.unicode_to_str(line,
                                                                 stdin_encoding))
                 last_cell = cell
 
     def set_next_input(self, s):
         """ Sets the 'default' input string for the next command line.
 
         Requires readline.
 
         Example:
 
         [D:\ipython]|1> _ip.set_next_input("Hello Word")
         [D:\ipython]|2> Hello Word_  # cursor is here
         """
         self.rl_next_input = py3compat.cast_bytes_py2(s)
 
     # Maybe move this to the terminal subclass?
     def pre_readline(self):
         """readline hook to be used at the start of each line.
 
         Currently it handles auto-indent only."""
 
         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 _indent_current_str(self):
         """return the current level of indentation as a string"""
         return self.input_splitter.indent_spaces * ' '
 
     #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # Things related to text completion
     #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
     def init_completer(self):
         """Initialize the completion machinery.
 
         This creates completion machinery that can be used by client code,
         either interactively in-process (typically triggered by the readline
         library), programatically (such as in test suites) or out-of-prcess
         (typically over the network by remote frontends).
         """
         from IPython.core.completer import IPCompleter
         from IPython.core.completerlib import (module_completer,
                 magic_run_completer, cd_completer, reset_completer)
 
         self.Completer = IPCompleter(shell=self,
                                      namespace=self.user_ns,
                                      global_namespace=self.user_global_ns,
                                      alias_table=self.alias_manager.alias_table,
                                      use_readline=self.has_readline,
                                      config=self.config,
                                      )
         self.configurables.append(self.Completer)
 
         # Add custom completers to the basic ones built into IPCompleter
         sdisp = self.strdispatchers.get('complete_command', StrDispatch())
         self.strdispatchers['complete_command'] = sdisp
         self.Completer.custom_completers = sdisp
 
         self.set_hook('complete_command', module_completer, str_key = 'import')
         self.set_hook('complete_command', module_completer, str_key = 'from')
         self.set_hook('complete_command', magic_run_completer, str_key = '%run')
         self.set_hook('complete_command', cd_completer, str_key = '%cd')
         self.set_hook('complete_command', reset_completer, str_key = '%reset')
 
         # Only configure readline if we truly are using readline.  IPython can
         # do tab-completion over the network, in GUIs, etc, where readline
         # itself may be absent
         if self.has_readline:
             self.set_readline_completer()
 
     def complete(self, text, line=None, cursor_pos=None):
         """Return the completed text and a list of completions.
 
         Parameters
         ----------
 
            text : string
              A string of text to be completed on.  It can be given as empty and
              instead a line/position pair are given.  In this case, the
              completer itself will split the line like readline does.
 
            line : string, optional
              The complete line that text is part of.
 
            cursor_pos : int, optional
              The position of the cursor on the input line.
 
         Returns
         -------
           text : string
             The actual text that was completed.
 
           matches : list
             A sorted list with all possible completions.
 
         The optional arguments allow the completion to take more context into
         account, and are part of the low-level completion API.
 
         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 [1]: x = 'hello'
 
         In [2]: _ip.complete('x.l')
         Out[2]: ('x.l', ['x.ljust', 'x.lower', 'x.lstrip'])
         """
 
         # Inject names into __builtin__ so we can complete on the added names.
         with self.builtin_trap:
             return self.Completer.complete(text, line, cursor_pos)
 
     def set_custom_completer(self, 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 = types.MethodType(completer,self.Completer)
         self.Completer.matchers.insert(pos,newcomp)
 
     def set_readline_completer(self):
         """Reset readline's completer to be our own."""
         self.readline.set_completer(self.Completer.rlcomplete)
 
     def set_completer_frame(self, frame=None):
         """Set the frame of the completer."""
         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
 
     #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # Things related to magics
     #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
     def init_magics(self):
         from IPython.core import magics as m
         self.magics_manager = magic.MagicsManager(shell=self,
                                    confg=self.config,
                                    user_magics=m.UserMagics(self))
         self.configurables.append(self.magics_manager)
 
         # Expose as public API from the magics manager
         self.register_magics = self.magics_manager.register
         self.register_magic_function = self.magics_manager.register_function
         self.define_magic = self.magics_manager.define_magic
 
         self.register_magics(m.AutoMagics, m.BasicMagics, m.CodeMagics,
             m.ConfigMagics, m.DeprecatedMagics, m.DisplayMagics, m.ExecutionMagics,
             m.ExtensionMagics, m.HistoryMagics, m.LoggingMagics,
             m.NamespaceMagics, m.OSMagics, m.PylabMagics, m.ScriptMagics,
         )
 
         # Register Magic Aliases
         mman = self.magics_manager
         mman.register_alias('ed', 'edit')
         mman.register_alias('hist', 'history')
         mman.register_alias('rep', 'recall')
 
         # FIXME: Move the color initialization to the DisplayHook, which
         # should be split into a prompt manager and displayhook. We probably
         # even need a centralize colors management object.
         self.magic('colors %s' % self.colors)
 
     def run_line_magic(self, magic_name, line):
         """Execute the given line magic.
 
         Parameters
         ----------
         magic_name : str
           Name of the desired magic function, without '%' prefix.
 
         line : str
           The rest of the input line as a single string.
         """
         fn = self.find_line_magic(magic_name)
         if fn is None:
             cm = self.find_cell_magic(magic_name)
             etpl = "Line magic function `%%%s` not found%s."
             extra = '' if cm is None else (' (But cell magic `%%%%%s` exists, '
                                     'did you mean that instead?)' % magic_name )
             error(etpl % (magic_name, extra))
         else:
             # Note: this is the distance in the stack to the user's frame.
             # This will need to be updated if the internal calling logic gets
             # refactored, or else we'll be expanding the wrong variables.
             stack_depth = 2
             magic_arg_s = self.var_expand(line, stack_depth)
             # Put magic args in a list so we can call with f(*a) syntax
             args = [magic_arg_s]
             # Grab local namespace if we need it:
             if getattr(fn, "needs_local_scope", False):
                 args.append(sys._getframe(stack_depth).f_locals)
             with self.builtin_trap:
                 result = fn(*args)
             return result
 
     def run_cell_magic(self, magic_name, line, cell):
         """Execute the given cell magic.
         
         Parameters
         ----------
         magic_name : str
           Name of the desired magic function, without '%' prefix.
 
         line : str
           The rest of the first input line as a single string.
 
         cell : str
           The body of the cell as a (possibly multiline) string.
         """
         fn = self.find_cell_magic(magic_name)
         if fn is None:
             lm = self.find_line_magic(magic_name)
             etpl = "Cell magic function `%%%%%s` not found%s."
             extra = '' if lm is None else (' (But line magic `%%%s` exists, '
                                     'did you mean that instead?)' % magic_name )
             error(etpl % (magic_name, extra))
         else:
             # Note: this is the distance in the stack to the user's frame.
             # This will need to be updated if the internal calling logic gets
             # refactored, or else we'll be expanding the wrong variables.
             stack_depth = 2
             magic_arg_s = self.var_expand(line, stack_depth)
             with self.builtin_trap:
                 result = fn(magic_arg_s, cell)
             return result
 
     def find_line_magic(self, magic_name):
         """Find and return a line magic by name.
 
         Returns None if the magic isn't found."""
         return self.magics_manager.magics['line'].get(magic_name)
 
     def find_cell_magic(self, magic_name):
         """Find and return a cell magic by name.
 
         Returns None if the magic isn't found."""
         return self.magics_manager.magics['cell'].get(magic_name)
 
     def find_magic(self, magic_name, magic_kind='line'):
         """Find and return a magic of the given type by name.
 
         Returns None if the magic isn't found."""
         return self.magics_manager.magics[magic_kind].get(magic_name)
 
     def magic(self, arg_s):
         """DEPRECATED. Use run_line_magic() instead.
 
         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.
 
         magic('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 magic('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.
         """
         # TODO: should we issue a loud deprecation warning here?
         magic_name, _, magic_arg_s = arg_s.partition(' ')
         magic_name = magic_name.lstrip(prefilter.ESC_MAGIC)
         return self.run_line_magic(magic_name, magic_arg_s)
 
     #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # Things related to macros
     #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
     def define_macro(self, name, themacro):
         """Define a new macro
 
         Parameters
         ----------
         name : str
             The name of the macro.
         themacro : str or Macro
             The action to do upon invoking the macro.  If a string, a new
             Macro object is created by passing the string to it.
         """
 
         from IPython.core import macro
 
         if isinstance(themacro, basestring):
             themacro = macro.Macro(themacro)
         if not isinstance(themacro, macro.Macro):
             raise ValueError('A macro must be a string or a Macro instance.')
         self.user_ns[name] = themacro
 
     #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # Things related to the running of system commands
     #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
     def system_piped(self, cmd):
         """Call the given cmd in a subprocess, piping stdout/err
 
         Parameters
         ----------
         cmd : str
           Command to execute (can not end in '&', as background processes are
           not supported.  Should not be a command that expects input
           other than simple text.
         """
         if cmd.rstrip().endswith('&'):
             # this is *far* from a rigorous test
             # We do not support backgrounding processes because we either use
             # pexpect or pipes to read from.  Users can always just call
             # os.system() or use ip.system=ip.system_raw
             # if they really want a background process.
             raise OSError("Background processes not supported.")
 
         # we explicitly do NOT return the subprocess status code, because
         # a non-None value would trigger :func:`sys.displayhook` calls.
         # Instead, we store the exit_code in user_ns.
         self.user_ns['_exit_code'] = system(self.var_expand(cmd, depth=1))
 
     def system_raw(self, cmd):
         """Call the given cmd in a subprocess using os.system
 
         Parameters
         ----------
         cmd : str
           Command to execute.
         """
         cmd = self.var_expand(cmd, depth=1)
         # protect os.system from UNC paths on Windows, which it can't handle:
         if sys.platform == 'win32':
             from IPython.utils._process_win32 import AvoidUNCPath
             with AvoidUNCPath() as path:
                 if path is not None:
                     cmd = '"pushd %s &&"%s' % (path, cmd)
                 cmd = py3compat.unicode_to_str(cmd)
                 ec = os.system(cmd)
         else:
             cmd = py3compat.unicode_to_str(cmd)
             ec = os.system(cmd)
         
         # We explicitly do NOT return the subprocess status code, because
         # a non-None value would trigger :func:`sys.displayhook` calls.
         # Instead, we store the exit_code in user_ns.
         self.user_ns['_exit_code'] = ec
 
     # use piped system by default, because it is better behaved
     system = system_piped
 
     def getoutput(self, cmd, split=True, depth=0):
         """Get output (possibly including stderr) from a subprocess.
 
         Parameters
         ----------
         cmd : str
           Command to execute (can not end in '&', as background processes are
           not supported.
         split : bool, optional
           If True, split the output into an IPython SList.  Otherwise, an
           IPython LSString is returned.  These are objects similar to normal
           lists and strings, with a few convenience attributes for easier
           manipulation of line-based output.  You can use '?' on them for
           details.
         depth : int, optional
           How many frames above the caller are the local variables which should
           be expanded in the command string? The default (0) assumes that the
           expansion variables are in the stack frame calling this function.
         """
         if cmd.rstrip().endswith('&'):
             # this is *far* from a rigorous test
             raise OSError("Background processes not supported.")
         out = getoutput(self.var_expand(cmd, depth=depth+1))
         if split:
             out = SList(out.splitlines())
         else:
             out = LSString(out)
         return out
 
     #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # Things related to aliases
     #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
     def init_alias(self):
         self.alias_manager = AliasManager(shell=self, config=self.config)
         self.configurables.append(self.alias_manager)
         self.ns_table['alias'] = self.alias_manager.alias_table,
 
     #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # Things related to extensions and plugins
     #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
     def init_extension_manager(self):
         self.extension_manager = ExtensionManager(shell=self, config=self.config)
         self.configurables.append(self.extension_manager)
 
     def init_plugin_manager(self):
         self.plugin_manager = PluginManager(config=self.config)
         self.configurables.append(self.plugin_manager)
         
 
     #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # Things related to payloads
     #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
     def init_payload(self):
         self.payload_manager = PayloadManager(config=self.config)
         self.configurables.append(self.payload_manager)
 
     #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # Things related to the prefilter
     #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
     def init_prefilter(self):
         self.prefilter_manager = PrefilterManager(shell=self, config=self.config)
         self.configurables.append(self.prefilter_manager)
         # Ultimately this will be refactored in the new interpreter code, but
         # for now, we should expose the main prefilter method (there's legacy
         # code out there that may rely on this).
         self.prefilter = self.prefilter_manager.prefilter_lines
 
     def auto_rewrite_input(self, cmd):
         """Print to the screen the rewritten form of the user's command.
 
         This shows visual feedback by rewriting input lines that cause
         automatic calling to kick in, like::
 
           /f x
 
         into::
 
           ------> f(x)
 
         after the user's input prompt.  This helps the user understand that the
         input line was transformed automatically by IPython.
         """
         if not self.show_rewritten_input:
             return
         
         rw = self.prompt_manager.render('rewrite') + cmd
 
         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(rw, file=io.stdout)
         except UnicodeEncodeError:
             print("------> " + cmd)
 
     #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # Things related to extracting values/expressions from kernel and user_ns
     #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
     def _simple_error(self):
         etype, value = sys.exc_info()[:2]
         return u'[ERROR] {e.__name__}: {v}'.format(e=etype, v=value)
 
     def user_variables(self, names):
         """Get a list of variable names from the user's namespace.
 
         Parameters
         ----------
         names : list of strings
           A list of names of variables to be read from the user namespace.
 
         Returns
         -------
         A dict, keyed by the input names and with the repr() of each value.
         """
         out = {}
         user_ns = self.user_ns
         for varname in names:
             try:
                 value = repr(user_ns[varname])
             except:
                 value = self._simple_error()
             out[varname] = value
         return out
 
     def user_expressions(self, expressions):
         """Evaluate a dict of expressions in the user's namespace.
 
         Parameters
         ----------
         expressions : dict
           A dict with string keys and string values.  The expression values
           should be valid Python expressions, each of which will be evaluated
           in the user namespace.
 
         Returns
         -------
         A dict, keyed like the input expressions dict, with the repr() of each
         value.
         """
         out = {}
         user_ns = self.user_ns
         global_ns = self.user_global_ns
         for key, expr in expressions.iteritems():
             try:
                 value = repr(eval(expr, global_ns, user_ns))
             except:
                 value = self._simple_error()
             out[key] = value
         return out
 
     #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # Things related to the running of code
     #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
     def ex(self, cmd):
         """Execute a normal python statement in user namespace."""
         with self.builtin_trap:
             exec cmd in self.user_global_ns, self.user_ns
 
     def ev(self, expr):
         """Evaluate python expression expr in user namespace.
 
         Returns the result of evaluation
         """
         with self.builtin_trap:
             return eval(expr, self.user_global_ns, self.user_ns)
 
     def safe_execfile(self, fname, *where, **kw):
         """A safe version of the builtin execfile().
 
         This version will never throw an exception, but instead print
         helpful error messages to the screen.  This only works on pure
         Python files with the .py extension.
 
         Parameters
         ----------
         fname : string
             The 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.
         exit_ignore : bool (False)
             If True, then silence SystemExit for non-zero status (it is always
             silenced for zero status, as it is so common).
         raise_exceptions : bool (False)
             If True raise exceptions everywhere. Meant for testing.
 
         """
         kw.setdefault('exit_ignore', False)
         kw.setdefault('raise_exceptions', False)
 
         fname = os.path.abspath(os.path.expanduser(fname))
 
         # Make sure we can open the file
         try:
             with open(fname) as thefile:
                 pass
         except:
             warn('Could not open file <%s> for safe execution.' % fname)
             return
 
         # 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(fname)
 
         with prepended_to_syspath(dname):
             # Ensure that __file__ is always defined to match Python behavior
             save_fname = self.user_ns.get('__file__',None)
             self.user_ns['__file__'] = fname
             try:
                 py3compat.execfile(fname,*where)
             except SystemExit as status:
                 # If the call was made with 0 or None exit status (sys.exit(0)
                 # or sys.exit() ), don't bother showing a traceback, as both of
                 # these are considered normal by the OS:
                 # > python -c'import sys;sys.exit(0)'; echo $?
                 # 0
                 # > python -c'import sys;sys.exit()'; echo $?
                 # 0
                 # For other exit status, we show the exception unless
                 # explicitly silenced, but only in short form.
                 if kw['raise_exceptions']:
                     raise
                 if status.code not in (0, None) and not kw['exit_ignore']:
                     self.showtraceback(exception_only=True)
             except:
                 if kw['raise_exceptions']:
                     raise
                 self.showtraceback()
             finally:
                 self.user_ns['__file__'] = save_fname
 
     def safe_execfile_ipy(self, fname):
         """Like safe_execfile, but for .ipy files with IPython syntax.
 
         Parameters
         ----------
         fname : str
             The name of the file to execute.  The filename must have a
             .ipy extension.
         """
         fname = os.path.abspath(os.path.expanduser(fname))
 
         # Make sure we can open the file
         try:
             with open(fname) as thefile:
                 pass
         except:
             warn('Could not open file <%s> for safe execution.' % fname)
             return
 
         # 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(fname)
 
         with prepended_to_syspath(dname):
             # Ensure that __file__ is always defined to match Python behavior
             save_fname = self.user_ns.get('__file__',None)
             self.user_ns['__file__'] = fname
             try:
                 with open(fname) as thefile:
                     # self.run_cell currently captures all exceptions
                     # raised in user code.  It would be nice if there were
                     # versions of runlines, execfile that did raise, so
                     # we could catch the errors.
                     self.run_cell(thefile.read(), store_history=False)
             except:
                 self.showtraceback()
                 warn('Unknown failure executing file: <%s>' % fname)
             finally:
                 self.user_ns['__file__'] = save_fname
 
     def safe_run_module(self, mod_name, where):
         """A safe version of runpy.run_module().
 
         This version will never throw an exception, but instead print
         helpful error messages to the screen.
 
         Parameters
         ----------
         mod_name : string
             The name of the module to be executed.
         where : dict
             The globals namespace.
         """
         try:
             where.update(
                 runpy.run_module(str(mod_name), run_name="__main__",
                                  alter_sys=True)
                 )
         except:
             self.showtraceback()
             warn('Unknown failure executing module: <%s>' % mod_name)
 
     def _run_cached_cell_magic(self, magic_name, line):
         """Special method to call a cell magic with the data stored in self.
         """
         cell = self._current_cell_magic_body
         self._current_cell_magic_body = None
         return self.run_cell_magic(magic_name, line, cell)
 
     def run_cell(self, raw_cell, store_history=False, silent=False):
         """Run a complete IPython cell.
 
         Parameters
         ----------
         raw_cell : str
           The code (including IPython code such as %magic functions) to run.
         store_history : bool
           If True, the raw and translated cell will be stored in IPython's
           history. For user code calling back into IPython's machinery, this
           should be set to False.
         silent : bool
-          If True, avoid side-effets, such as implicit displayhooks, history,
+          If True, avoid side-effects, such as implicit displayhooks and
           and logging.  silent=True forces store_history=False.
         """
         if (not raw_cell) or raw_cell.isspace():
             return
         
         if silent:
             store_history = False
 
         self.input_splitter.push(raw_cell)
 
         # Check for cell magics, which leave state behind.  This interface is
         # ugly, we need to do something cleaner later...  Now the logic is
         # simply that the input_splitter remembers if there was a cell magic,
         # and in that case we grab the cell body.
         if self.input_splitter.cell_magic_parts:
             self._current_cell_magic_body = \
                                ''.join(self.input_splitter.cell_magic_parts)
         cell = self.input_splitter.source_reset()
 
         with self.builtin_trap:
             prefilter_failed = False
             if len(cell.splitlines()) == 1:
                 try:
                     # use prefilter_lines to handle trailing newlines
                     # restore trailing newline for ast.parse
                     cell = self.prefilter_manager.prefilter_lines(cell) + '\n'
                 except AliasError as e:
                     error(e)
                     prefilter_failed = True
                 except Exception:
                     # don't allow prefilter errors to crash IPython
                     self.showtraceback()
                     prefilter_failed = True
 
             # Store raw and processed history
             if store_history:
                 self.history_manager.store_inputs(self.execution_count,
                                                   cell, raw_cell)
             if not silent:
                 self.logger.log(cell, raw_cell)
 
             if not prefilter_failed:
                 # don't run if prefilter failed
                 cell_name = self.compile.cache(cell, self.execution_count)
 
                 with self.display_trap:
                     try:
                         code_ast = self.compile.ast_parse(cell,
                                                           filename=cell_name)
                     except IndentationError:
                         self.showindentationerror()
                         if store_history:
                             self.execution_count += 1
                         return None
                     except (OverflowError, SyntaxError, ValueError, TypeError,
                             MemoryError):
                         self.showsyntaxerror()
                         if store_history:
                             self.execution_count += 1
                         return None
                     
                     interactivity = "none" if silent else self.ast_node_interactivity
                     self.run_ast_nodes(code_ast.body, cell_name,
                                        interactivity=interactivity)
                     
                     # Execute any registered post-execution functions.
                     # unless we are silent
                     post_exec = [] if silent else self._post_execute.iteritems()
                     
                     for func, status in post_exec:
                         if self.disable_failing_post_execute and not status:
                             continue
                         try:
                             func()
                         except KeyboardInterrupt:
                             print("\nKeyboardInterrupt", file=io.stderr)
                         except Exception:
                             # register as failing:
                             self._post_execute[func] = False
                             self.showtraceback()
                             print('\n'.join([
                                 "post-execution function %r produced an error." % func,
                                 "If this problem persists, you can disable failing post-exec functions with:",
                                 "",
                                 "    get_ipython().disable_failing_post_execute = True"
                             ]), file=io.stderr)
 
         if store_history:
             # Write output to the database. Does nothing unless
             # history output logging is enabled.
             self.history_manager.store_output(self.execution_count)
             # Each cell is a *single* input, regardless of how many lines it has
             self.execution_count += 1
 
     def run_ast_nodes(self, nodelist, cell_name, interactivity='last_expr'):
         """Run a sequence of AST nodes. The execution mode depends on the
         interactivity parameter.
 
         Parameters
         ----------
         nodelist : list
           A sequence of AST nodes to run.
         cell_name : str
           Will be passed to the compiler as the filename of the cell. Typically
           the value returned by ip.compile.cache(cell).
         interactivity : str
           'all', 'last', 'last_expr' or 'none', specifying which nodes should be
           run interactively (displaying output from expressions). 'last_expr'
           will run the last node interactively only if it is an expression (i.e.
           expressions in loops or other blocks are not displayed. Other values
           for this parameter will raise a ValueError.
         """
         if not nodelist:
             return
 
         if interactivity == 'last_expr':
             if isinstance(nodelist[-1], ast.Expr):
                 interactivity = "last"
             else:
                 interactivity = "none"
 
         if interactivity == 'none':
             to_run_exec, to_run_interactive = nodelist, []
         elif interactivity == 'last':
             to_run_exec, to_run_interactive = nodelist[:-1], nodelist[-1:]
         elif interactivity == 'all':
             to_run_exec, to_run_interactive = [], nodelist
         else:
             raise ValueError("Interactivity was %r" % interactivity)
 
         exec_count = self.execution_count
 
         try:
             for i, node in enumerate(to_run_exec):
                 mod = ast.Module([node])
                 code = self.compile(mod, cell_name, "exec")
                 if self.run_code(code):
                     return True
 
             for i, node in enumerate(to_run_interactive):
                 mod = ast.Interactive([node])
                 code = self.compile(mod, cell_name, "single")
                 if self.run_code(code):
                     return True
 
             # Flush softspace
             if softspace(sys.stdout, 0):
                 print()
 
         except:
             # It's possible to have exceptions raised here, typically by
             # compilation of odd code (such as a naked 'return' outside a
             # function) that did parse but isn't valid. Typically the exception
             # is a SyntaxError, but it's safest just to catch anything and show
             # the user a traceback.
 
             # We do only one try/except outside the loop to minimize the impact
             # on runtime, and also because if any node in the node list is
             # broken, we should stop execution completely.
             self.showtraceback()
 
         return False
 
     def run_code(self, code_obj):
         """Execute a code object.
 
         When an exception occurs, self.showtraceback() is called to display a
         traceback.
 
         Parameters
         ----------
         code_obj : code object
           A compiled code object, to be executed
 
         Returns
         -------
         False : successful execution.
         True : 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_run_code_hook()
                 #rprint('Running code', repr(code_obj)) # dbg
                 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.showtraceback(exception_only=True)
             warn("To exit: use 'exit', 'quit', or Ctrl-D.", level=1)
         except self.custom_exceptions:
             etype,value,tb = sys.exc_info()
             self.CustomTB(etype,value,tb)
         except:
             self.showtraceback()
         else:
             outflag = 0
         return outflag
 
     # For backwards compatibility
     runcode = run_code
 
     #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # Things related to GUI support and pylab
     #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
     def enable_gui(self, gui=None):
         raise NotImplementedError('Implement enable_gui in a subclass')
 
     def enable_pylab(self, gui=None, import_all=True, welcome_message=False):
         """Activate pylab support at runtime.
 
         This turns on support for matplotlib, preloads into the interactive
         namespace all of numpy and pylab, and configures IPython to correctly
         interact with the GUI event loop.  The GUI backend to be used can be
         optionally selected with the optional :param:`gui` argument.
 
         Parameters
         ----------
         gui : optional, string
 
           If given, dictates the choice of matplotlib GUI backend to use
           (should be one of IPython's supported backends, 'qt', 'osx', 'tk',
           'gtk', 'wx' or 'inline'), otherwise we use the default chosen by
           matplotlib (as dictated by the matplotlib build-time options plus the
           user's matplotlibrc configuration file).  Note that not all backends
           make sense in all contexts, for example a terminal ipython can't
           display figures inline.
         """
         from IPython.core.pylabtools import mpl_runner
         # We want to prevent the loading of pylab to pollute the user's
         # namespace as shown by the %who* magics, so we execute the activation
         # code in an empty namespace, and we update *both* user_ns and
         # user_ns_hidden with this information.
         ns = {}
         try:
             gui = pylab_activate(ns, gui, import_all, self, welcome_message=welcome_message)
         except KeyError:
             error("Backend %r not supported" % gui)
             return
         self.user_ns.update(ns)
         self.user_ns_hidden.update(ns)
         # Now we must activate the gui pylab wants to use, and fix %run to take
         # plot updates into account
         self.enable_gui(gui)
         self.magics_manager.registry['ExecutionMagics'].default_runner = \
         mpl_runner(self.safe_execfile)
 
     #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # Utilities
     #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
     def var_expand(self, cmd, depth=0, formatter=DollarFormatter()):
         """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.
         """
         ns = self.user_ns.copy()
         ns.update(sys._getframe(depth+1).f_locals)
         try:
             # We have to use .vformat() here, because 'self' is a valid and common
             # name, and expanding **ns for .format() would make it collide with
             # the 'self' argument of the method.
             cmd = formatter.vformat(cmd, args=[], kwargs=ns)
         except Exception:
             # if formatter couldn't format, just let it go untransformed
             pass
         return cmd
 
     def mktempfile(self, data=None, prefix='ipython_edit_'):
         """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', prefix)
         self.tempfiles.append(filename)
 
         if data:
             tmp_file = open(filename,'w')
             tmp_file.write(data)
             tmp_file.close()
         return filename
 
     # TODO:  This should be removed when Term is refactored.
     def write(self,data):
         """Write a string to the default output"""
         io.stdout.write(data)
 
     # TODO:  This should be removed when Term is refactored.
     def write_err(self,data):
         """Write a string to the default error output"""
         io.stderr.write(data)
 
     def ask_yes_no(self, prompt, default=None):
         if self.quiet:
             return True
         return ask_yes_no(prompt,default)
 
     def show_usage(self):
         """Show a usage message"""
         page.page(IPython.core.usage.interactive_usage)
 
     def extract_input_lines(self, range_str, raw=False):
         """Return as a string a set of input history slices.
 
         Parameters
         ----------
         range_str : string
             The set of slices is given as a string, like "~5/6-~4/2 4:8 9",
             since this function is for use by magic functions which get their
             arguments as strings. The number before the / is the session
             number: ~n goes n back from the current session.
 
         Optional Parameters:
           - raw(False): by default, the processed input is used.  If this is
           true, the raw input history is used instead.
 
         Note that slices can be called with two notations:
 
         N:M -> standard python form, means including items N...(M-1).
 
         N-M -> include items N..M (closed endpoint)."""
         lines = self.history_manager.get_range_by_str(range_str, raw=raw)
         return "\n".join(x for _, _, x in lines)
 
     def find_user_code(self, target, raw=True, py_only=False):
         """Get a code string from history, file, url, or a string or macro.
 
         This is mainly used by magic functions.
 
         Parameters
         ----------
 
         target : str
 
           A string specifying code to retrieve. This will be tried respectively
           as: ranges of input history (see %history for syntax), url,
           correspnding .py file, filename, or an expression evaluating to a
           string or Macro in the user namespace.
 
         raw : bool
           If true (default), retrieve raw history. Has no effect on the other
           retrieval mechanisms.
 
         py_only : bool (default False)
           Only try to fetch python code, do not try alternative methods to decode file
           if unicode fails.
 
         Returns
         -------
         A string of code.
 
         ValueError is raised if nothing is found, and TypeError if it evaluates
         to an object of another type. In each case, .args[0] is a printable
         message.
         """
         code = self.extract_input_lines(target, raw=raw)  # Grab history
         if code:
             return code
         utarget = unquote_filename(target)
         try:
             if utarget.startswith(('http://', 'https://')):
                 return openpy.read_py_url(utarget, skip_encoding_cookie=True)
         except UnicodeDecodeError:
             if not py_only :
                 response = urllib.urlopen(target)
                 return response.read().decode('latin1')
             raise ValueError(("'%s' seem to be unreadable.") % utarget)
 
         potential_target = [target]
         try :
             potential_target.insert(0,get_py_filename(target))
         except IOError:
             pass
 
         for tgt in potential_target :
             if os.path.isfile(tgt):                        # Read file
                 try :
                     return openpy.read_py_file(tgt, skip_encoding_cookie=True)
                 except UnicodeDecodeError :
                     if not py_only :
                         with io_open(tgt,'r', encoding='latin1') as f :
                             return f.read()
                     raise ValueError(("'%s' seem to be unreadable.") % target)
 
         try:                                              # User namespace
             codeobj = eval(target, self.user_ns)
         except Exception:
             raise ValueError(("'%s' was not found in history, as a file, url, "
                                 "nor in the user namespace.") % target)
         if isinstance(codeobj, basestring):
             return codeobj
         elif isinstance(codeobj, Macro):
             return codeobj.value
 
         raise TypeError("%s is neither a string nor a macro." % target,
                         codeobj)
 
     #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # Things related to IPython exiting
     #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
     def atexit_operations(self):
         """This will be executed at the time of exit.
 
         Cleanup operations and saving of persistent data that is done
         unconditionally by IPython should be performed here.
 
         For things that may depend on startup flags or platform specifics (such
         as having readline or not), register a separate atexit function in the
         code that has the appropriate information, rather than trying to
         clutter
         """
         # Close the history session (this stores the end time and line count)
         # this must be *before* the tempfile cleanup, in case of temporary
         # history db
         self.history_manager.end_session()
 
         # 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(new_session=False)
 
         # Run user hooks
         self.hooks.shutdown_hook()
 
     def cleanup(self):
         self.restore_sys_module_state()
 
 
 class InteractiveShellABC(object):
     """An abstract base class for InteractiveShell."""
     __metaclass__ = abc.ABCMeta
 
 InteractiveShellABC.register(InteractiveShell)

IPython/zmq/ipkernel.py

@@ -1,930 +1,931 b''
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 """A simple interactive kernel that talks to a frontend over 0MQ.
 
 Things to do:
 
 * Implement `set_parent` logic. Right before doing exec, the Kernel should
   call set_parent on all the PUB objects with the message about to be executed.
 * Implement random port and security key logic.
 * Implement control messages.
 * Implement event loop and poll version.
 """
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Imports
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 from __future__ import print_function
 
 # Standard library imports
 import __builtin__
 import atexit
 import sys
 import time
 import traceback
 import logging
 import uuid
 
 from datetime import datetime
 from signal import (
         signal, getsignal, default_int_handler, SIGINT, SIG_IGN
 )
 
 # System library imports
 import zmq
 from zmq.eventloop import ioloop
 from zmq.eventloop.zmqstream import ZMQStream
 
 # Local imports
 from IPython.config.configurable import Configurable
 from IPython.config.application import boolean_flag, catch_config_error
 from IPython.core.application import ProfileDir
 from IPython.core.error import StdinNotImplementedError
 from IPython.core.shellapp import (
     InteractiveShellApp, shell_flags, shell_aliases
 )
 from IPython.utils import io
 from IPython.utils import py3compat
 from IPython.utils.frame import extract_module_locals
 from IPython.utils.jsonutil import json_clean
 from IPython.utils.traitlets import (
     Any, Instance, Float, Dict, CaselessStrEnum, List, Set, Integer, Unicode
 )
 
 from entry_point import base_launch_kernel
 from kernelapp import KernelApp, kernel_flags, kernel_aliases
 from serialize import serialize_object, unpack_apply_message
 from session import Session, Message
 from zmqshell import ZMQInteractiveShell
 
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Main kernel class
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 class Kernel(Configurable):
 
     #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # Kernel interface
     #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
     # attribute to override with a GUI
     eventloop = Any(None)
     def _eventloop_changed(self, name, old, new):
         """schedule call to eventloop from IOLoop"""
         loop = ioloop.IOLoop.instance()
         loop.add_timeout(time.time()+0.1, self.enter_eventloop)
 
     shell = Instance('IPython.core.interactiveshell.InteractiveShellABC')
     session = Instance(Session)
     profile_dir = Instance('IPython.core.profiledir.ProfileDir')
     shell_streams = List()
     control_stream = Instance(ZMQStream)
     iopub_socket = Instance(zmq.Socket)
     stdin_socket = Instance(zmq.Socket)
     log = Instance(logging.Logger)
     
     user_module = Any()
     def _user_module_changed(self, name, old, new):
         if self.shell is not None:
             self.shell.user_module = new
     
     user_ns = Dict(default_value=None)
     def _user_ns_changed(self, name, old, new):
         if self.shell is not None:
             self.shell.user_ns = new
             self.shell.init_user_ns()
 
     # identities:
     int_id = Integer(-1)
     ident = Unicode()
 
     def _ident_default(self):
         return unicode(uuid.uuid4())
 
 
     # Private interface
     
     # Time to sleep after flushing the stdout/err buffers in each execute
     # cycle.  While this introduces a hard limit on the minimal latency of the
     # execute cycle, it helps prevent output synchronization problems for
     # clients.
     # Units are in seconds.  The minimum zmq latency on local host is probably
     # ~150 microseconds, set this to 500us for now.  We may need to increase it
     # a little if it's not enough after more interactive testing.
     _execute_sleep = Float(0.0005, config=True)
 
     # Frequency of the kernel's event loop.
     # Units are in seconds, kernel subclasses for GUI toolkits may need to
     # adapt to milliseconds.
     _poll_interval = Float(0.05, config=True)
 
     # If the shutdown was requested over the network, we leave here the
     # necessary reply message so it can be sent by our registered atexit
     # handler.  This ensures that the reply is only sent to clients truly at
     # the end of our shutdown process (which happens after the underlying
     # IPython shell's own shutdown).
     _shutdown_message = None
 
     # This is a dict of port number that the kernel is listening on. It is set
     # by record_ports and used by connect_request.
     _recorded_ports = Dict()
     
     # set of aborted msg_ids
     aborted = Set()
 
 
     def __init__(self, **kwargs):
         super(Kernel, self).__init__(**kwargs)
 
         # Initialize the InteractiveShell subclass
         self.shell = ZMQInteractiveShell.instance(config=self.config,
             profile_dir = self.profile_dir,
             user_module = self.user_module,
             user_ns     = self.user_ns,
         )
         self.shell.displayhook.session = self.session
         self.shell.displayhook.pub_socket = self.iopub_socket
         self.shell.displayhook.topic = self._topic('pyout')
         self.shell.display_pub.session = self.session
         self.shell.display_pub.pub_socket = self.iopub_socket
         self.shell.data_pub.session = self.session
         self.shell.data_pub.pub_socket = self.iopub_socket
 
         # TMP - hack while developing
         self.shell._reply_content = None
 
         # Build dict of handlers for message types
         msg_types = [ 'execute_request', 'complete_request',
                       'object_info_request', 'history_request',
                       'connect_request', 'shutdown_request',
                       'apply_request',
                     ]
         self.shell_handlers = {}
         for msg_type in msg_types:
             self.shell_handlers[msg_type] = getattr(self, msg_type)
         
         control_msg_types = msg_types + [ 'clear_request', 'abort_request' ]
         self.control_handlers = {}
         for msg_type in control_msg_types:
             self.control_handlers[msg_type] = getattr(self, msg_type)
 
     def dispatch_control(self, msg):
         """dispatch control requests"""
         idents,msg = self.session.feed_identities(msg, copy=False)
         try:
             msg = self.session.unserialize(msg, content=True, copy=False)
         except:
             self.log.error("Invalid Control Message", exc_info=True)
             return
 
         self.log.debug("Control received: %s", msg)
 
         header = msg['header']
         msg_id = header['msg_id']
         msg_type = header['msg_type']
 
         handler = self.control_handlers.get(msg_type, None)
         if handler is None:
             self.log.error("UNKNOWN CONTROL MESSAGE TYPE: %r", msg_type)
         else:
             try:
                 handler(self.control_stream, idents, msg)
             except Exception:
                 self.log.error("Exception in control handler:", exc_info=True)
     
     def dispatch_shell(self, stream, msg):
         """dispatch shell requests"""
         # flush control requests first
         if self.control_stream:
             self.control_stream.flush()
         
         idents,msg = self.session.feed_identities(msg, copy=False)
         try:
             msg = self.session.unserialize(msg, content=True, copy=False)
         except:
             self.log.error("Invalid Message", exc_info=True)
             return
 
         header = msg['header']
         msg_id = header['msg_id']
         msg_type = msg['header']['msg_type']
         
         # Print some info about this message and leave a '--->' marker, so it's
         # easier to trace visually the message chain when debugging.  Each
         # handler prints its message at the end.
         self.log.debug('\n*** MESSAGE TYPE:%s***', msg_type)
         self.log.debug('   Content: %s\n   --->\n   ', msg['content'])
 
         if msg_id in self.aborted:
             self.aborted.remove(msg_id)
             # is it safe to assume a msg_id will not be resubmitted?
             reply_type = msg_type.split('_')[0] + '_reply'
             status = {'status' : 'aborted'}
             md = {'engine' : self.ident}
             md.update(status)
             reply_msg = self.session.send(stream, reply_type, metadata=md,
                         content=status, parent=msg, ident=idents)
             return
         
         handler = self.shell_handlers.get(msg_type, None)
         if handler is None:
             self.log.error("UNKNOWN MESSAGE TYPE: %r", msg_type)
         else:
             # ensure default_int_handler during handler call
             sig = signal(SIGINT, default_int_handler)
             try:
                 handler(stream, idents, msg)
             except Exception:
                 self.log.error("Exception in message handler:", exc_info=True)
             finally:
                 signal(SIGINT, sig)
     
     def enter_eventloop(self):
         """enter eventloop"""
         self.log.info("entering eventloop")
         # restore default_int_handler
         signal(SIGINT, default_int_handler)
         while self.eventloop is not None:
             try:
                 self.eventloop(self)
             except KeyboardInterrupt:
                 # Ctrl-C shouldn't crash the kernel
                 self.log.error("KeyboardInterrupt caught in kernel")
                 continue
             else:
                 # eventloop exited cleanly, this means we should stop (right?)
                 self.eventloop = None
                 break
         self.log.info("exiting eventloop")
 
     def start(self):
         """register dispatchers for streams"""
         self.shell.exit_now = False
         if self.control_stream:
             self.control_stream.on_recv(self.dispatch_control, copy=False)
 
         def make_dispatcher(stream):
             def dispatcher(msg):
                 return self.dispatch_shell(stream, msg)
             return dispatcher
 
         for s in self.shell_streams:
             s.on_recv(make_dispatcher(s), copy=False)
     
     def do_one_iteration(self):
         """step eventloop just once"""
         if self.control_stream:
             self.control_stream.flush()
         for stream in self.shell_streams:
             # handle at most one request per iteration
             stream.flush(zmq.POLLIN, 1)
             stream.flush(zmq.POLLOUT)
 
 
     def record_ports(self, ports):
         """Record the ports that this kernel is using.
 
         The creator of the Kernel instance must call this methods if they
         want the :meth:`connect_request` method to return the port numbers.
         """
         self._recorded_ports = ports
 
     #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # Kernel request handlers
     #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
     
     def _make_metadata(self, other=None):
         """init metadata dict, for execute/apply_reply"""
         new_md = {
             'dependencies_met' : True,
             'engine' : self.ident,
             'started': datetime.now(),
         }
         if other:
             new_md.update(other)
         return new_md
     
     def _publish_pyin(self, code, parent, execution_count):
         """Publish the code request on the pyin stream."""
 
         self.session.send(self.iopub_socket, u'pyin',
                             {u'code':code, u'execution_count': execution_count},
                             parent=parent, ident=self._topic('pyin')
         )
     
     def _publish_status(self, status, parent=None):
         """send status (busy/idle) on IOPub"""
         self.session.send(self.iopub_socket,
                           u'status',
                           {u'execution_state': status},
                           parent=parent,
                           ident=self._topic('status'),
                           )
         
 
     def execute_request(self, stream, ident, parent):
         """handle an execute_request"""
         
         self._publish_status(u'busy', parent)
         
         try:
             content = parent[u'content']
             code = content[u'code']
             silent = content[u'silent']
+            store_history = content.get(u'store_history', not silent)
         except:
             self.log.error("Got bad msg: ")
             self.log.error("%s", parent)
             return
         
         md = self._make_metadata(parent['metadata'])
 
         shell = self.shell # we'll need this a lot here
 
         # Replace raw_input. Note that is not sufficient to replace
         # raw_input in the user namespace.
         if content.get('allow_stdin', False):
             raw_input = lambda prompt='': self._raw_input(prompt, ident, parent)
         else:
             raw_input = lambda prompt='' : self._no_raw_input()
 
         if py3compat.PY3:
             __builtin__.input = raw_input
         else:
             __builtin__.raw_input = raw_input
 
         # Set the parent message of the display hook and out streams.
         shell.displayhook.set_parent(parent)
         shell.display_pub.set_parent(parent)
         shell.data_pub.set_parent(parent)
         sys.stdout.set_parent(parent)
         sys.stderr.set_parent(parent)
 
         # Re-broadcast our input for the benefit of listening clients, and
         # start computing output
         if not silent:
             self._publish_pyin(code, parent, shell.execution_count)
 
         reply_content = {}
         try:
             # FIXME: the shell calls the exception handler itself.
-            shell.run_cell(code, store_history=not silent, silent=silent)
+            shell.run_cell(code, store_history=store_history, silent=silent)
         except:
             status = u'error'
             # FIXME: this code right now isn't being used yet by default,
             # because the run_cell() call above directly fires off exception
             # reporting.  This code, therefore, is only active in the scenario
             # where runlines itself has an unhandled exception.  We need to
             # uniformize this, for all exception construction to come from a
             # single location in the codbase.
             etype, evalue, tb = sys.exc_info()
             tb_list = traceback.format_exception(etype, evalue, tb)
             reply_content.update(shell._showtraceback(etype, evalue, tb_list))
         else:
             status = u'ok'
 
         reply_content[u'status'] = status
 
         # Return the execution counter so clients can display prompts
         reply_content['execution_count'] = shell.execution_count - 1
 
         # FIXME - fish exception info out of shell, possibly left there by
         # runlines.  We'll need to clean up this logic later.
         if shell._reply_content is not None:
             reply_content.update(shell._reply_content)
             e_info = dict(engine_uuid=self.ident, engine_id=self.int_id, method='execute')
             reply_content['engine_info'] = e_info
             # reset after use
             shell._reply_content = None
 
         # At this point, we can tell whether the main code execution succeeded
         # or not.  If it did, we proceed to evaluate user_variables/expressions
         if reply_content['status'] == 'ok':
             reply_content[u'user_variables'] = \
                          shell.user_variables(content.get(u'user_variables', []))
             reply_content[u'user_expressions'] = \
                          shell.user_expressions(content.get(u'user_expressions', {}))
         else:
             # If there was an error, don't even try to compute variables or
             # expressions
             reply_content[u'user_variables'] = {}
             reply_content[u'user_expressions'] = {}
 
         # Payloads should be retrieved regardless of outcome, so we can both
         # recover partial output (that could have been generated early in a
         # block, before an error) and clear the payload system always.
         reply_content[u'payload'] = shell.payload_manager.read_payload()
         # Be agressive about clearing the payload because we don't want
         # it to sit in memory until the next execute_request comes in.
         shell.payload_manager.clear_payload()
 
         # Flush output before sending the reply.
         sys.stdout.flush()
         sys.stderr.flush()
         # FIXME: on rare occasions, the flush doesn't seem to make it to the
         # clients... This seems to mitigate the problem, but we definitely need
         # to better understand what's going on.
         if self._execute_sleep:
             time.sleep(self._execute_sleep)
 
         # Send the reply.
         reply_content = json_clean(reply_content)
         
         md['status'] = reply_content['status']
         if reply_content['status'] == 'error' and \
                         reply_content['ename'] == 'UnmetDependency':
                 md['dependencies_met'] = False
 
         reply_msg = self.session.send(stream, u'execute_reply',
                                       reply_content, parent, metadata=md,
                                       ident=ident)
         
         self.log.debug("%s", reply_msg)
 
         if not silent and reply_msg['content']['status'] == u'error':
             self._abort_queues()
 
         self._publish_status(u'idle', parent)
 
     def complete_request(self, stream, ident, parent):
         txt, matches = self._complete(parent)
         matches = {'matches' : matches,
                    'matched_text' : txt,
                    'status' : 'ok'}
         matches = json_clean(matches)
         completion_msg = self.session.send(stream, 'complete_reply',
                                            matches, parent, ident)
         self.log.debug("%s", completion_msg)
 
     def object_info_request(self, stream, ident, parent):
         content = parent['content']
         object_info = self.shell.object_inspect(content['oname'],
                         detail_level = content.get('detail_level', 0)
         )
         # Before we send this object over, we scrub it for JSON usage
         oinfo = json_clean(object_info)
         msg = self.session.send(stream, 'object_info_reply',
                                 oinfo, parent, ident)
         self.log.debug("%s", msg)
 
     def history_request(self, stream, ident, parent):
         # We need to pull these out, as passing **kwargs doesn't work with
         # unicode keys before Python 2.6.5.
         hist_access_type = parent['content']['hist_access_type']
         raw = parent['content']['raw']
         output = parent['content']['output']
         if hist_access_type == 'tail':
             n = parent['content']['n']
             hist = self.shell.history_manager.get_tail(n, raw=raw, output=output,
                                                             include_latest=True)
 
         elif hist_access_type == 'range':
             session = parent['content']['session']
             start = parent['content']['start']
             stop = parent['content']['stop']
             hist = self.shell.history_manager.get_range(session, start, stop,
                                                         raw=raw, output=output)
 
         elif hist_access_type == 'search':
             pattern = parent['content']['pattern']
             hist = self.shell.history_manager.search(pattern, raw=raw,
                                                      output=output) 
 
         else:
             hist = []
         hist = list(hist)
         content = {'history' : hist}
         content = json_clean(content)
         msg = self.session.send(stream, 'history_reply',
                                 content, parent, ident)
         self.log.debug("Sending history reply with %i entries", len(hist))
 
     def connect_request(self, stream, ident, parent):
         if self._recorded_ports is not None:
             content = self._recorded_ports.copy()
         else:
             content = {}
         msg = self.session.send(stream, 'connect_reply',
                                 content, parent, ident)
         self.log.debug("%s", msg)
 
     def shutdown_request(self, stream, ident, parent):
         self.shell.exit_now = True
         content = dict(status='ok')
         content.update(parent['content'])
         self.session.send(stream, u'shutdown_reply', content, parent, ident=ident)
         # same content, but different msg_id for broadcasting on IOPub
         self._shutdown_message = self.session.msg(u'shutdown_reply',
                                                   content, parent
         )
 
         self._at_shutdown()
         # call sys.exit after a short delay
         loop = ioloop.IOLoop.instance()
         loop.add_timeout(time.time()+0.1, loop.stop)
 
     #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # Engine methods
     #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
     def apply_request(self, stream, ident, parent):
         try:
             content = parent[u'content']
             bufs = parent[u'buffers']
             msg_id = parent['header']['msg_id']
         except:
             self.log.error("Got bad msg: %s", parent, exc_info=True)
             return
 
         self._publish_status(u'busy', parent)
         
         # Set the parent message of the display hook and out streams.
         shell = self.shell
         shell.displayhook.set_parent(parent)
         shell.display_pub.set_parent(parent)
         shell.data_pub.set_parent(parent)
         sys.stdout.set_parent(parent)
         sys.stderr.set_parent(parent)
 
         # pyin_msg = self.session.msg(u'pyin',{u'code':code}, parent=parent)
         # self.iopub_socket.send(pyin_msg)
         # self.session.send(self.iopub_socket, u'pyin', {u'code':code},parent=parent)
         md = self._make_metadata(parent['metadata'])
         try:
             working = shell.user_ns
 
             prefix = "_"+str(msg_id).replace("-","")+"_"
 
             f,args,kwargs = unpack_apply_message(bufs, working, copy=False)
 
             fname = getattr(f, '__name__', 'f')
 
             fname = prefix+"f"
             argname = prefix+"args"
             kwargname = prefix+"kwargs"
             resultname = prefix+"result"
 
             ns = { fname : f, argname : args, kwargname : kwargs , resultname : None }
             # print ns
             working.update(ns)
             code = "%s = %s(*%s,**%s)" % (resultname, fname, argname, kwargname)
             try:
                 exec code in shell.user_global_ns, shell.user_ns
                 result = working.get(resultname)
             finally:
                 for key in ns.iterkeys():
                     working.pop(key)
 
             result_buf = serialize_object(result,
                 buffer_threshold=self.session.buffer_threshold,
                 item_threshold=self.session.item_threshold,
             )
         
         except:
             # invoke IPython traceback formatting
             shell.showtraceback()
             # FIXME - fish exception info out of shell, possibly left there by
             # run_code.  We'll need to clean up this logic later.
             reply_content = {}
             if shell._reply_content is not None:
                 reply_content.update(shell._reply_content)
                 e_info = dict(engine_uuid=self.ident, engine_id=self.int_id, method='apply')
                 reply_content['engine_info'] = e_info
                 # reset after use
                 shell._reply_content = None
             
             self.session.send(self.iopub_socket, u'pyerr', reply_content, parent=parent,
                                 ident=self._topic('pyerr'))
             result_buf = []
 
             if reply_content['ename'] == 'UnmetDependency':
                 md['dependencies_met'] = False
         else:
             reply_content = {'status' : 'ok'}
 
         # put 'ok'/'error' status in header, for scheduler introspection:
         md['status'] = reply_content['status']
 
         # flush i/o
         sys.stdout.flush()
         sys.stderr.flush()
         
         reply_msg = self.session.send(stream, u'apply_reply', reply_content,
                     parent=parent, ident=ident,buffers=result_buf, metadata=md)
 
         self._publish_status(u'idle', parent)
 
     #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # Control messages
     #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
     def abort_request(self, stream, ident, parent):
         """abort a specifig msg by id"""
         msg_ids = parent['content'].get('msg_ids', None)
         if isinstance(msg_ids, basestring):
             msg_ids = [msg_ids]
         if not msg_ids:
             self.abort_queues()
         for mid in msg_ids:
             self.aborted.add(str(mid))
 
         content = dict(status='ok')
         reply_msg = self.session.send(stream, 'abort_reply', content=content,
                 parent=parent, ident=ident)
         self.log.debug("%s", reply_msg)
 
     def clear_request(self, stream, idents, parent):
         """Clear our namespace."""
         self.shell.reset(False)
         msg = self.session.send(stream, 'clear_reply', ident=idents, parent=parent,
                 content = dict(status='ok'))
 
 
     #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # Protected interface
     #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 
     def _wrap_exception(self, method=None):
         # import here, because _wrap_exception is only used in parallel,
         # and parallel has higher min pyzmq version
         from IPython.parallel.error import wrap_exception
         e_info = dict(engine_uuid=self.ident, engine_id=self.int_id, method=method)
         content = wrap_exception(e_info)
         return content
 
     def _topic(self, topic):
         """prefixed topic for IOPub messages"""
         if self.int_id >= 0:
             base = "engine.%i" % self.int_id
         else:
             base = "kernel.%s" % self.ident
         
         return py3compat.cast_bytes("%s.%s" % (base, topic))
     
     def _abort_queues(self):
         for stream in self.shell_streams:
             if stream:
                 self._abort_queue(stream)
 
     def _abort_queue(self, stream):
         poller = zmq.Poller()
         poller.register(stream.socket, zmq.POLLIN)
         while True:
             idents,msg = self.session.recv(stream, zmq.NOBLOCK, content=True)
             if msg is None:
                 return
 
             self.log.info("Aborting:")
             self.log.info("%s", msg)
             msg_type = msg['header']['msg_type']
             reply_type = msg_type.split('_')[0] + '_reply'
 
             status = {'status' : 'aborted'}
             md = {'engine' : self.ident}
             md.update(status)
             reply_msg = self.session.send(stream, reply_type, metadata=md,
                         content=status, parent=msg, ident=idents)
             self.log.debug("%s", reply_msg)
             # We need to wait a bit for requests to come in. This can probably
             # be set shorter for true asynchronous clients.
             poller.poll(50)
 
 
     def _no_raw_input(self):
         """Raise StdinNotImplentedError if active frontend doesn't support
         stdin."""
         raise StdinNotImplementedError("raw_input was called, but this "
                                        "frontend does not support stdin.") 
         
     def _raw_input(self, prompt, ident, parent):
         # Flush output before making the request.
         sys.stderr.flush()
         sys.stdout.flush()
 
         # Send the input request.
         content = json_clean(dict(prompt=prompt))
         self.session.send(self.stdin_socket, u'input_request', content, parent,
                           ident=ident)
 
         # Await a response.
         while True:
             try:
                 ident, reply = self.session.recv(self.stdin_socket, 0)
             except Exception:
                 self.log.warn("Invalid Message:", exc_info=True)
             else:
                 break
         try:
             value = reply['content']['value']
         except:
             self.log.error("Got bad raw_input reply: ")
             self.log.error("%s", parent)
             value = ''
         if value == '\x04':
             # EOF
             raise EOFError
         return value
 
     def _complete(self, msg):
         c = msg['content']
         try:
             cpos = int(c['cursor_pos'])
         except:
             # If we don't get something that we can convert to an integer, at
             # least attempt the completion guessing the cursor is at the end of
             # the text, if there's any, and otherwise of the line
             cpos = len(c['text'])
             if cpos==0:
                 cpos = len(c['line'])
         return self.shell.complete(c['text'], c['line'], cpos)
 
     def _object_info(self, context):
         symbol, leftover = self._symbol_from_context(context)
         if symbol is not None and not leftover:
             doc = getattr(symbol, '__doc__', '')
         else:
             doc = ''
         object_info = dict(docstring = doc)
         return object_info
 
     def _symbol_from_context(self, context):
         if not context:
             return None, context
 
         base_symbol_string = context[0]
         symbol = self.shell.user_ns.get(base_symbol_string, None)
         if symbol is None:
             symbol = __builtin__.__dict__.get(base_symbol_string, None)
         if symbol is None:
             return None, context
 
         context = context[1:]
         for i, name in enumerate(context):
             new_symbol = getattr(symbol, name, None)
             if new_symbol is None:
                 return symbol, context[i:]
             else:
                 symbol = new_symbol
 
         return symbol, []
 
     def _at_shutdown(self):
         """Actions taken at shutdown by the kernel, called by python's atexit.
         """
         # io.rprint("Kernel at_shutdown") # dbg
         if self._shutdown_message is not None:
             self.session.send(self.iopub_socket, self._shutdown_message, ident=self._topic('shutdown'))
             self.log.debug("%s", self._shutdown_message)
         [ s.flush(zmq.POLLOUT) for s in self.shell_streams ]
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Aliases and Flags for the IPKernelApp
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 flags = dict(kernel_flags)
 flags.update(shell_flags)
 
 addflag = lambda *args: flags.update(boolean_flag(*args))
 
 flags['pylab'] = (
     {'IPKernelApp' : {'pylab' : 'auto'}},
     """Pre-load matplotlib and numpy for interactive use with
     the default matplotlib backend."""
 )
 
 aliases = dict(kernel_aliases)
 aliases.update(shell_aliases)
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # The IPKernelApp class
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 class IPKernelApp(KernelApp, InteractiveShellApp):
     name = 'ipkernel'
 
     aliases = Dict(aliases)
     flags = Dict(flags)
     classes = [Kernel, ZMQInteractiveShell, ProfileDir, Session]
 
     @catch_config_error
     def initialize(self, argv=None):
         super(IPKernelApp, self).initialize(argv)
         self.init_path()
         self.init_shell()
         self.init_gui_pylab()
         self.init_extensions()
         self.init_code()
 
     def init_kernel(self):
         
         shell_stream = ZMQStream(self.shell_socket)
 
         kernel = Kernel(config=self.config, session=self.session,
                                 shell_streams=[shell_stream],
                                 iopub_socket=self.iopub_socket,
                                 stdin_socket=self.stdin_socket,
                                 log=self.log,
                                 profile_dir=self.profile_dir,
         )
         self.kernel = kernel
         kernel.record_ports(self.ports)
         shell = kernel.shell
 
     def init_gui_pylab(self):
         """Enable GUI event loop integration, taking pylab into account."""
 
         # Provide a wrapper for :meth:`InteractiveShellApp.init_gui_pylab`
         # to ensure that any exception is printed straight to stderr.
         # Normally _showtraceback associates the reply with an execution,
         # which means frontends will never draw it, as this exception
         # is not associated with any execute request.
 
         shell = self.shell
         _showtraceback = shell._showtraceback
         try:
             # replace pyerr-sending traceback with stderr
             def print_tb(etype, evalue, stb):
                 print ("GUI event loop or pylab initialization failed",
                        file=io.stderr)
                 print (shell.InteractiveTB.stb2text(stb), file=io.stderr)
             shell._showtraceback = print_tb
             InteractiveShellApp.init_gui_pylab(self)
         finally:
             shell._showtraceback = _showtraceback
 
     def init_shell(self):
         self.shell = self.kernel.shell
         self.shell.configurables.append(self)
 
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Kernel main and launch functions
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 def launch_kernel(*args, **kwargs):
     """Launches a localhost IPython kernel, binding to the specified ports.
 
     This function simply calls entry_point.base_launch_kernel with the right
     first command to start an ipkernel.  See base_launch_kernel for arguments.
 
     Returns
     -------
     A tuple of form:
         (kernel_process, shell_port, iopub_port, stdin_port, hb_port)
     where kernel_process is a Popen object and the ports are integers.
     """
     return base_launch_kernel('from IPython.zmq.ipkernel import main; main()',
                               *args, **kwargs)
 
 
 def embed_kernel(module=None, local_ns=None, **kwargs):
     """Embed and start an IPython kernel in a given scope.
     
     Parameters
     ----------
     module : ModuleType, optional
         The module to load into IPython globals (default: caller)
     local_ns : dict, optional
         The namespace to load into IPython user namespace (default: caller)
     
     kwargs : various, optional
         Further keyword args are relayed to the KernelApp constructor,
         allowing configuration of the Kernel.  Will only have an effect
         on the first embed_kernel call for a given process.
     
     """
     # get the app if it exists, or set it up if it doesn't
     if IPKernelApp.initialized():
         app = IPKernelApp.instance()
     else:
         app = IPKernelApp.instance(**kwargs)
         app.initialize([])
         # Undo unnecessary sys module mangling from init_sys_modules.
         # This would not be necessary if we could prevent it
         # in the first place by using a different InteractiveShell
         # subclass, as in the regular embed case.
         main = app.kernel.shell._orig_sys_modules_main_mod
         if main is not None:
             sys.modules[app.kernel.shell._orig_sys_modules_main_name] = main
 
     # load the calling scope if not given
     (caller_module, caller_locals) = extract_module_locals(1)
     if module is None:
         module = caller_module
     if local_ns is None:
         local_ns = caller_locals
     
     app.kernel.user_module = module
     app.kernel.user_ns = local_ns
     app.shell.set_completer_frame()
     app.start()
 
 def main():
     """Run an IPKernel as an application"""
     app = IPKernelApp.instance()
     app.initialize()
     app.start()
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     main()

IPython/zmq/kernelmanager.py

@@ -1,994 +1,999 b''
 """Base classes to manage the interaction with a running kernel.
 
 TODO
 * Create logger to handle debugging and console messages.
 """
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 #  Copyright (C) 2008-2011  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
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 # Standard library imports.
 import atexit
 import errno
 import json
 from subprocess import Popen
 import os
 import signal
 import sys
 from threading import Thread
 import time
 
 # System library imports.
 import zmq
 # import ZMQError in top-level namespace, to avoid ugly attribute-error messages
 # during garbage collection of threads at exit:
 from zmq import ZMQError
 from zmq.eventloop import ioloop, zmqstream
 
 # Local imports.
 from IPython.config.loader import Config
 from IPython.utils.localinterfaces import LOCALHOST, LOCAL_IPS
 from IPython.utils.traitlets import (
     HasTraits, Any, Instance, Type, Unicode, Integer, Bool
 )
 from IPython.utils.py3compat import str_to_bytes
 from IPython.zmq.entry_point import write_connection_file
 from session import Session
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Constants and exceptions
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 class InvalidPortNumber(Exception):
     pass
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Utility functions
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 # some utilities to validate message structure, these might get moved elsewhere
 # if they prove to have more generic utility
 
 def validate_string_list(lst):
     """Validate that the input is a list of strings.
 
     Raises ValueError if not."""
     if not isinstance(lst, list):
         raise ValueError('input %r must be a list' % lst)
     for x in lst:
         if not isinstance(x, basestring):
             raise ValueError('element %r in list must be a string' % x)
 
 
 def validate_string_dict(dct):
     """Validate that the input is a dict with string keys and values.
 
     Raises ValueError if not."""
     for k,v in dct.iteritems():
         if not isinstance(k, basestring):
             raise ValueError('key %r in dict must be a string' % k)
         if not isinstance(v, basestring):
             raise ValueError('value %r in dict must be a string' % v)
 
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # ZMQ Socket Channel classes
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 class ZMQSocketChannel(Thread):
     """The base class for the channels that use ZMQ sockets.
     """
     context = None
     session = None
     socket = None
     ioloop = None
     stream = None
     _address = None
     _exiting = False
 
     def __init__(self, context, session, address):
         """Create a channel
 
         Parameters
         ----------
         context : :class:`zmq.Context`
             The ZMQ context to use.
         session : :class:`session.Session`
             The session to use.
         address : tuple
             Standard (ip, port) tuple that the kernel is listening on.
         """
         super(ZMQSocketChannel, self).__init__()
         self.daemon = True
 
         self.context = context
         self.session = session
         if address[1] == 0:
             message = 'The port number for a channel cannot be 0.'
             raise InvalidPortNumber(message)
         self._address = address
         atexit.register(self._notice_exit)
     
     def _notice_exit(self):
         self._exiting = True
 
     def _run_loop(self):
         """Run my loop, ignoring EINTR events in the poller"""
         while True:
             try:
                 self.ioloop.start()
             except ZMQError as e:
                 if e.errno == errno.EINTR:
                     continue
                 else:
                     raise
             except Exception:
                 if self._exiting:
                     break
                 else:
                     raise
             else:
                 break
 
     def stop(self):
         """Stop the channel's activity.
 
         This calls :method:`Thread.join` and returns when the thread
         terminates. :class:`RuntimeError` will be raised if
         :method:`self.start` is called again.
         """
         self.join()
 
     @property
     def address(self):
         """Get the channel's address as an (ip, port) tuple.
 
         By the default, the address is (localhost, 0), where 0 means a random
         port.
         """
         return self._address
 
     def _queue_send(self, msg):
         """Queue a message to be sent from the IOLoop's thread.
         
         Parameters
         ----------
         msg : message to send
         
         This is threadsafe, as it uses IOLoop.add_callback to give the loop's
         thread control of the action.
         """
         def thread_send():
             self.session.send(self.stream, msg)
         self.ioloop.add_callback(thread_send)
 
     def _handle_recv(self, msg):
         """callback for stream.on_recv
         
         unpacks message, and calls handlers with it.
         """
         ident,smsg = self.session.feed_identities(msg)
         self.call_handlers(self.session.unserialize(smsg))
     
 
 
 class ShellSocketChannel(ZMQSocketChannel):
     """The DEALER channel for issues request/replies to the kernel.
     """
 
     command_queue = None
     # flag for whether execute requests should be allowed to call raw_input:
     allow_stdin = True
 
     def __init__(self, context, session, address):
         super(ShellSocketChannel, self).__init__(context, session, address)
         self.ioloop = ioloop.IOLoop()
 
     def run(self):
         """The thread's main activity.  Call start() instead."""
         self.socket = self.context.socket(zmq.DEALER)
         self.socket.setsockopt(zmq.IDENTITY, self.session.bsession)
         self.socket.connect('tcp://%s:%i' % self.address)
         self.stream = zmqstream.ZMQStream(self.socket, self.ioloop)
         self.stream.on_recv(self._handle_recv)
         self._run_loop()
         try:
             self.socket.close()
         except:
             pass
 
     def stop(self):
         self.ioloop.stop()
         super(ShellSocketChannel, self).stop()
 
     def call_handlers(self, msg):
         """This method is called in the ioloop thread when a message arrives.
 
         Subclasses should override this method to handle incoming messages.
         It is important to remember that this method is called in the thread
         so that some logic must be done to ensure that the application leve
         handlers are called in the application thread.
         """
         raise NotImplementedError('call_handlers must be defined in a subclass.')
 
-    def execute(self, code, silent=False,
+    def execute(self, code, silent=False, store_history=True,
                 user_variables=None, user_expressions=None, allow_stdin=None):
         """Execute code in the kernel.
 
         Parameters
         ----------
         code : str
             A string of Python code.
 
         silent : bool, optional (default False)
-            If set, the kernel will execute the code as quietly possible.
+            If set, the kernel will execute the code as quietly possible, and
+            will force store_history to be False.
+
+        store_history : bool, optional (default True)
+            If set, the kernel will store command history.  This is forced
+            to be False if silent is True.
 
         user_variables : list, optional
             A list of variable names to pull from the user's namespace.  They
             will come back as a dict with these names as keys and their
             :func:`repr` as values.
 
         user_expressions : dict, optional
             A dict with string keys and  to pull from the user's
             namespace.  They will come back as a dict with these names as keys
             and their :func:`repr` as values.
 
         allow_stdin : bool, optional
             Flag for 
             A dict with string keys and  to pull from the user's
             namespace.  They will come back as a dict with these names as keys
             and their :func:`repr` as values.
 
         Returns
         -------
         The msg_id of the message sent.
         """
         if user_variables is None:
             user_variables = []
         if user_expressions is None:
             user_expressions = {}
         if allow_stdin is None:
             allow_stdin = self.allow_stdin
         
         
         # Don't waste network traffic if inputs are invalid
         if not isinstance(code, basestring):
             raise ValueError('code %r must be a string' % code)
         validate_string_list(user_variables)
         validate_string_dict(user_expressions)
 
         # Create class for content/msg creation. Related to, but possibly
         # not in Session.
-        content = dict(code=code, silent=silent,
+        content = dict(code=code, silent=silent, store_history=store_history,
                        user_variables=user_variables,
                        user_expressions=user_expressions,
                        allow_stdin=allow_stdin,
                        )
         msg = self.session.msg('execute_request', content)
         self._queue_send(msg)
         return msg['header']['msg_id']
 
     def complete(self, text, line, cursor_pos, block=None):
         """Tab complete text in the kernel's namespace.
 
         Parameters
         ----------
         text : str
             The text to complete.
         line : str
             The full line of text that is the surrounding context for the
             text to complete.
         cursor_pos : int
             The position of the cursor in the line where the completion was
             requested.
         block : str, optional
             The full block of code in which the completion is being requested.
 
         Returns
         -------
         The msg_id of the message sent.
         """
         content = dict(text=text, line=line, block=block, cursor_pos=cursor_pos)
         msg = self.session.msg('complete_request', content)
         self._queue_send(msg)
         return msg['header']['msg_id']
 
     def object_info(self, oname, detail_level=0):
         """Get metadata information about an object.
 
         Parameters
         ----------
         oname : str
             A string specifying the object name.
         detail_level : int, optional
             The level of detail for the introspection (0-2)
 
         Returns
         -------
         The msg_id of the message sent.
         """
         content = dict(oname=oname, detail_level=detail_level)
         msg = self.session.msg('object_info_request', content)
         self._queue_send(msg)
         return msg['header']['msg_id']
 
     def history(self, raw=True, output=False, hist_access_type='range', **kwargs):
         """Get entries from the history list.
 
         Parameters
         ----------
         raw : bool
             If True, return the raw input.
         output : bool
             If True, then return the output as well.
         hist_access_type : str
             'range' (fill in session, start and stop params), 'tail' (fill in n)
              or 'search' (fill in pattern param).
 
         session : int
             For a range request, the session from which to get lines. Session
             numbers are positive integers; negative ones count back from the
             current session.
         start : int
             The first line number of a history range.
         stop : int
             The final (excluded) line number of a history range.
 
         n : int
             The number of lines of history to get for a tail request.
 
         pattern : str
             The glob-syntax pattern for a search request.
 
         Returns
         -------
         The msg_id of the message sent.
         """
         content = dict(raw=raw, output=output, hist_access_type=hist_access_type,
                                                                     **kwargs)
         msg = self.session.msg('history_request', content)
         self._queue_send(msg)
         return msg['header']['msg_id']
 
     def shutdown(self, restart=False):
         """Request an immediate kernel shutdown.
 
         Upon receipt of the (empty) reply, client code can safely assume that
         the kernel has shut down and it's safe to forcefully terminate it if
         it's still alive.
 
         The kernel will send the reply via a function registered with Python's
         atexit module, ensuring it's truly done as the kernel is done with all
         normal operation.
         """
         # Send quit message to kernel. Once we implement kernel-side setattr,
         # this should probably be done that way, but for now this will do.
         msg = self.session.msg('shutdown_request', {'restart':restart})
         self._queue_send(msg)
         return msg['header']['msg_id']
 
 
 
 class SubSocketChannel(ZMQSocketChannel):
     """The SUB channel which listens for messages that the kernel publishes.
     """
 
     def __init__(self, context, session, address):
         super(SubSocketChannel, self).__init__(context, session, address)
         self.ioloop = ioloop.IOLoop()
 
     def run(self):
         """The thread's main activity.  Call start() instead."""
         self.socket = self.context.socket(zmq.SUB)
         self.socket.setsockopt(zmq.SUBSCRIBE,b'')
         self.socket.setsockopt(zmq.IDENTITY, self.session.bsession)
         self.socket.connect('tcp://%s:%i' % self.address)
         self.stream = zmqstream.ZMQStream(self.socket, self.ioloop)
         self.stream.on_recv(self._handle_recv)
         self._run_loop()
         try:
             self.socket.close()
         except:
             pass
 
     def stop(self):
         self.ioloop.stop()
         super(SubSocketChannel, self).stop()
 
     def call_handlers(self, msg):
         """This method is called in the ioloop thread when a message arrives.
 
         Subclasses should override this method to handle incoming messages.
         It is important to remember that this method is called in the thread
         so that some logic must be done to ensure that the application leve
         handlers are called in the application thread.
         """
         raise NotImplementedError('call_handlers must be defined in a subclass.')
 
     def flush(self, timeout=1.0):
         """Immediately processes all pending messages on the SUB channel.
 
         Callers should use this method to ensure that :method:`call_handlers`
         has been called for all messages that have been received on the
         0MQ SUB socket of this channel.
 
         This method is thread safe.
 
         Parameters
         ----------
         timeout : float, optional
             The maximum amount of time to spend flushing, in seconds. The
             default is one second.
         """
         # We do the IOLoop callback process twice to ensure that the IOLoop
         # gets to perform at least one full poll.
         stop_time = time.time() + timeout
         for i in xrange(2):
             self._flushed = False
             self.ioloop.add_callback(self._flush)
             while not self._flushed and time.time() < stop_time:
                 time.sleep(0.01)
 
     def _flush(self):
         """Callback for :method:`self.flush`."""
         self.stream.flush()
         self._flushed = True
 
 
 class StdInSocketChannel(ZMQSocketChannel):
     """A reply channel to handle raw_input requests that the kernel makes."""
 
     msg_queue = None
 
     def __init__(self, context, session, address):
         super(StdInSocketChannel, self).__init__(context, session, address)
         self.ioloop = ioloop.IOLoop()
 
     def run(self):
         """The thread's main activity.  Call start() instead."""
         self.socket = self.context.socket(zmq.DEALER)
         self.socket.setsockopt(zmq.IDENTITY, self.session.bsession)
         self.socket.connect('tcp://%s:%i' % self.address)
         self.stream = zmqstream.ZMQStream(self.socket, self.ioloop)
         self.stream.on_recv(self._handle_recv)
         self._run_loop()
         try:
             self.socket.close()
         except:
             pass
         
 
     def stop(self):
         self.ioloop.stop()
         super(StdInSocketChannel, self).stop()
 
     def call_handlers(self, msg):
         """This method is called in the ioloop thread when a message arrives.
 
         Subclasses should override this method to handle incoming messages.
         It is important to remember that this method is called in the thread
         so that some logic must be done to ensure that the application leve
         handlers are called in the application thread.
         """
         raise NotImplementedError('call_handlers must be defined in a subclass.')
 
     def input(self, string):
         """Send a string of raw input to the kernel."""
         content = dict(value=string)
         msg = self.session.msg('input_reply', content)
         self._queue_send(msg)
 
 
 class HBSocketChannel(ZMQSocketChannel):
     """The heartbeat channel which monitors the kernel heartbeat.
 
     Note that the heartbeat channel is paused by default. As long as you start
     this channel, the kernel manager will ensure that it is paused and un-paused
     as appropriate.
     """
 
     time_to_dead = 3.0
     socket = None
     poller = None
     _running = None
     _pause = None
     _beating = None
 
     def __init__(self, context, session, address):
         super(HBSocketChannel, self).__init__(context, session, address)
         self._running = False
         self._pause =True
         self.poller = zmq.Poller()
 
     def _create_socket(self):
         if self.socket is not None:
             # close previous socket, before opening a new one
             self.poller.unregister(self.socket)
             self.socket.close()
         self.socket = self.context.socket(zmq.REQ)
         self.socket.setsockopt(zmq.LINGER, 0)
         self.socket.connect('tcp://%s:%i' % self.address)
         
         self.poller.register(self.socket, zmq.POLLIN)
     
     def _poll(self, start_time):
         """poll for heartbeat replies until we reach self.time_to_dead
         
         Ignores interrupts, and returns the result of poll(), which
         will be an empty list if no messages arrived before the timeout,
         or the event tuple if there is a message to receive.
         """
         
         until_dead = self.time_to_dead - (time.time() - start_time)
         # ensure poll at least once
         until_dead = max(until_dead, 1e-3)
         events = []
         while True:
             try:
                 events = self.poller.poll(1000 * until_dead)
             except ZMQError as e:
                 if e.errno == errno.EINTR:
                     # ignore interrupts during heartbeat
                     # this may never actually happen
                     until_dead = self.time_to_dead - (time.time() - start_time)
                     until_dead = max(until_dead, 1e-3)
                     pass
                 else:
                     raise
             except Exception:
                 if self._exiting:
                     break
                 else:
                     raise
             else:
                 break
         return events
 
     def run(self):
         """The thread's main activity.  Call start() instead."""
         self._create_socket()
         self._running = True
         self._beating = True
         
         while self._running:
             if self._pause:
                 # just sleep, and skip the rest of the loop
                 time.sleep(self.time_to_dead)
                 continue
             
             since_last_heartbeat = 0.0
             # io.rprint('Ping from HB channel') # dbg
             # no need to catch EFSM here, because the previous event was
             # either a recv or connect, which cannot be followed by EFSM
             self.socket.send(b'ping')
             request_time = time.time()
             ready = self._poll(request_time)
             if ready:
                 self._beating = True
                 # the poll above guarantees we have something to recv
                 self.socket.recv()
                 # sleep the remainder of the cycle
                 remainder = self.time_to_dead - (time.time() - request_time)
                 if remainder > 0:
                     time.sleep(remainder)
                 continue
             else:
                 # nothing was received within the time limit, signal heart failure
                 self._beating = False
                 since_last_heartbeat = time.time() - request_time
                 self.call_handlers(since_last_heartbeat)
                 # and close/reopen the socket, because the REQ/REP cycle has been broken
                 self._create_socket()
                 continue
         try:
             self.socket.close()
         except:
             pass
 
     def pause(self):
         """Pause the heartbeat."""
         self._pause = True
 
     def unpause(self):
         """Unpause the heartbeat."""
         self._pause = False
 
     def is_beating(self):
         """Is the heartbeat running and responsive (and not paused)."""
         if self.is_alive() and not self._pause and self._beating:
             return True
         else:
             return False
 
     def stop(self):
         self._running = False
         super(HBSocketChannel, self).stop()
 
     def call_handlers(self, since_last_heartbeat):
         """This method is called in the ioloop thread when a message arrives.
 
         Subclasses should override this method to handle incoming messages.
         It is important to remember that this method is called in the thread
         so that some logic must be done to ensure that the application level
         handlers are called in the application thread.
         """
         raise NotImplementedError('call_handlers must be defined in a subclass.')
 
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Main kernel manager class
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 class KernelManager(HasTraits):
     """ Manages a kernel for a frontend.
 
     The SUB channel is for the frontend to receive messages published by the
     kernel.
 
     The REQ channel is for the frontend to make requests of the kernel.
 
     The REP channel is for the kernel to request stdin (raw_input) from the
     frontend.
     """
     # config object for passing to child configurables
     config = Instance(Config)
 
     # The PyZMQ Context to use for communication with the kernel.
     context = Instance(zmq.Context)
     def _context_default(self):
         return zmq.Context.instance()
 
     # The Session to use for communication with the kernel.
     session = Instance(Session)
 
     # The kernel process with which the KernelManager is communicating.
     kernel = Instance(Popen)
 
     # The addresses for the communication channels.
     connection_file = Unicode('')
     ip = Unicode(LOCALHOST)
     def _ip_changed(self, name, old, new):
         if new == '*':
             self.ip = '0.0.0.0'
     shell_port = Integer(0)
     iopub_port = Integer(0)
     stdin_port = Integer(0)
     hb_port = Integer(0)
 
     # The classes to use for the various channels.
     shell_channel_class = Type(ShellSocketChannel)
     sub_channel_class = Type(SubSocketChannel)
     stdin_channel_class = Type(StdInSocketChannel)
     hb_channel_class = Type(HBSocketChannel)
 
     # Protected traits.
     _launch_args = Any
     _shell_channel = Any
     _sub_channel = Any
     _stdin_channel = Any
     _hb_channel = Any
     _connection_file_written=Bool(False)
 
     def __init__(self, **kwargs):
         super(KernelManager, self).__init__(**kwargs)
         if self.session is None:
             self.session = Session(config=self.config)
     
     def __del__(self):
         self.cleanup_connection_file()
     
 
     #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # Channel management methods:
     #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
     def start_channels(self, shell=True, sub=True, stdin=True, hb=True):
         """Starts the channels for this kernel.
 
         This will create the channels if they do not exist and then start
         them. If port numbers of 0 are being used (random ports) then you
         must first call :method:`start_kernel`. If the channels have been
         stopped and you call this, :class:`RuntimeError` will be raised.
         """
         if shell:
             self.shell_channel.start()
         if sub:
             self.sub_channel.start()
         if stdin:
             self.stdin_channel.start()
             self.shell_channel.allow_stdin = True
         else:
             self.shell_channel.allow_stdin = False
         if hb:
             self.hb_channel.start()
 
     def stop_channels(self):
         """Stops all the running channels for this kernel.
         """
         if self.shell_channel.is_alive():
             self.shell_channel.stop()
         if self.sub_channel.is_alive():
             self.sub_channel.stop()
         if self.stdin_channel.is_alive():
             self.stdin_channel.stop()
         if self.hb_channel.is_alive():
             self.hb_channel.stop()
 
     @property
     def channels_running(self):
         """Are any of the channels created and running?"""
         return (self.shell_channel.is_alive() or self.sub_channel.is_alive() or
                 self.stdin_channel.is_alive() or self.hb_channel.is_alive())
 
     #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # Kernel process management methods:
     #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
     
     def cleanup_connection_file(self):
         """cleanup connection file *if we wrote it*
         
         Will not raise if the connection file was already removed somehow.
         """
         if self._connection_file_written:
             # cleanup connection files on full shutdown of kernel we started
             self._connection_file_written = False
             try:
                 os.remove(self.connection_file)
             except OSError:
                 pass
     
     def load_connection_file(self):
         """load connection info from JSON dict in self.connection_file"""
         with open(self.connection_file) as f:
             cfg = json.loads(f.read())
         
         self.ip = cfg['ip']
         self.shell_port = cfg['shell_port']
         self.stdin_port = cfg['stdin_port']
         self.iopub_port = cfg['iopub_port']
         self.hb_port = cfg['hb_port']
         self.session.key = str_to_bytes(cfg['key'])
     
     def write_connection_file(self):
         """write connection info to JSON dict in self.connection_file"""
         if self._connection_file_written:
             return
         self.connection_file,cfg = write_connection_file(self.connection_file,
             ip=self.ip, key=self.session.key,
             stdin_port=self.stdin_port, iopub_port=self.iopub_port,
             shell_port=self.shell_port, hb_port=self.hb_port)
         # write_connection_file also sets default ports:
         self.shell_port = cfg['shell_port']
         self.stdin_port = cfg['stdin_port']
         self.iopub_port = cfg['iopub_port']
         self.hb_port = cfg['hb_port']
         
         self._connection_file_written = True
     
     def start_kernel(self, **kw):
         """Starts a kernel process and configures the manager to use it.
 
         If random ports (port=0) are being used, this method must be called
         before the channels are created.
 
         Parameters:
         -----------
         launcher : callable, optional (default None)
              A custom function for launching the kernel process (generally a
              wrapper around ``entry_point.base_launch_kernel``). In most cases,
              it should not be necessary to use this parameter.
 
         **kw : optional
              See respective options for IPython and Python kernels.
         """
         if self.ip not in LOCAL_IPS:
             raise RuntimeError("Can only launch a kernel on a local interface. "
                                "Make sure that the '*_address' attributes are "
                                "configured properly. "
                                "Currently valid addresses are: %s"%LOCAL_IPS
                                )
         
         # write connection file / get default ports
         self.write_connection_file()
 
         self._launch_args = kw.copy()
         launch_kernel = kw.pop('launcher', None)
         if launch_kernel is None:
             from ipkernel import launch_kernel
         self.kernel = launch_kernel(fname=self.connection_file, **kw)
 
     def shutdown_kernel(self, restart=False):
         """ Attempts to the stop the kernel process cleanly. If the kernel
         cannot be stopped, it is killed, if possible.
         """
         # FIXME: Shutdown does not work on Windows due to ZMQ errors!
         if sys.platform == 'win32':
             self.kill_kernel()
             return
 
         # Pause the heart beat channel if it exists.
         if self._hb_channel is not None:
             self._hb_channel.pause()
 
         # Don't send any additional kernel kill messages immediately, to give
         # the kernel a chance to properly execute shutdown actions. Wait for at
         # most 1s, checking every 0.1s.
         self.shell_channel.shutdown(restart=restart)
         for i in range(10):
             if self.is_alive:
                 time.sleep(0.1)
             else:
                 break
         else:
             # OK, we've waited long enough.
             if self.has_kernel:
                 self.kill_kernel()
 
         if not restart and self._connection_file_written:
             # cleanup connection files on full shutdown of kernel we started
             self._connection_file_written = False
             try:
                 os.remove(self.connection_file)
             except IOError:
                 pass
 
     def restart_kernel(self, now=False, **kw):
         """Restarts a kernel with the arguments that were used to launch it.
 
         If the old kernel was launched with random ports, the same ports will be
         used for the new kernel.
 
         Parameters
         ----------
         now : bool, optional
             If True, the kernel is forcefully restarted *immediately*, without
             having a chance to do any cleanup action.  Otherwise the kernel is
             given 1s to clean up before a forceful restart is issued.
 
             In all cases the kernel is restarted, the only difference is whether
             it is given a chance to perform a clean shutdown or not.
 
         **kw : optional
             Any options specified here will replace those used to launch the
             kernel.
         """
         if self._launch_args is None:
             raise RuntimeError("Cannot restart the kernel. "
                                "No previous call to 'start_kernel'.")
         else:
             # Stop currently running kernel.
             if self.has_kernel:
                 if now:
                     self.kill_kernel()
                 else:
                     self.shutdown_kernel(restart=True)
 
             # Start new kernel.
             self._launch_args.update(kw)
             self.start_kernel(**self._launch_args)
 
             # FIXME: Messages get dropped in Windows due to probable ZMQ bug
             # unless there is some delay here.
             if sys.platform == 'win32':
                 time.sleep(0.2)
 
     @property
     def has_kernel(self):
         """Returns whether a kernel process has been specified for the kernel
         manager.
         """
         return self.kernel is not None
 
     def kill_kernel(self):
         """ Kill the running kernel. """
         if self.has_kernel:
             # Pause the heart beat channel if it exists.
             if self._hb_channel is not None:
                 self._hb_channel.pause()
 
             # Attempt to kill the kernel.
             try:
                 self.kernel.kill()
             except OSError as e:
                 # In Windows, we will get an Access Denied error if the process
                 # has already terminated. Ignore it.
                 if sys.platform == 'win32':
                     if e.winerror != 5:
                         raise
                 # On Unix, we may get an ESRCH error if the process has already
                 # terminated. Ignore it.
                 else:
                     from errno import ESRCH
                     if e.errno != ESRCH:
                         raise
             self.kernel = None
         else:
             raise RuntimeError("Cannot kill kernel. No kernel is running!")
 
     def interrupt_kernel(self):
         """ Interrupts the kernel. Unlike ``signal_kernel``, this operation is
         well supported on all platforms.
         """
         if self.has_kernel:
             if sys.platform == 'win32':
                 from parentpoller import ParentPollerWindows as Poller
                 Poller.send_interrupt(self.kernel.win32_interrupt_event)
             else:
                 self.kernel.send_signal(signal.SIGINT)
         else:
             raise RuntimeError("Cannot interrupt kernel. No kernel is running!")
 
     def signal_kernel(self, signum):
         """ Sends a signal to the kernel. Note that since only SIGTERM is
         supported on Windows, this function is only useful on Unix systems.
         """
         if self.has_kernel:
             self.kernel.send_signal(signum)
         else:
             raise RuntimeError("Cannot signal kernel. No kernel is running!")
 
     @property
     def is_alive(self):
         """Is the kernel process still running?"""
         if self.has_kernel:
             if self.kernel.poll() is None:
                 return True
             else:
                 return False
         elif self._hb_channel is not None:
             # We didn't start the kernel with this KernelManager so we
             # use the heartbeat.
             return self._hb_channel.is_beating()
         else:
             # no heartbeat and not local, we can't tell if it's running,
             # so naively return True
             return True
 
     #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # Channels used for communication with the kernel:
     #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
     @property
     def shell_channel(self):
         """Get the REQ socket channel object to make requests of the kernel."""
         if self._shell_channel is None:
             self._shell_channel = self.shell_channel_class(self.context,
                                                          self.session,
                                                          (self.ip, self.shell_port))
         return self._shell_channel
 
     @property
     def sub_channel(self):
         """Get the SUB socket channel object."""
         if self._sub_channel is None:
             self._sub_channel = self.sub_channel_class(self.context,
                                                        self.session,
                                                        (self.ip, self.iopub_port))
         return self._sub_channel
 
     @property
     def stdin_channel(self):
         """Get the REP socket channel object to handle stdin (raw_input)."""
         if self._stdin_channel is None:
             self._stdin_channel = self.stdin_channel_class(self.context,
                                                        self.session,
                                                        (self.ip, self.stdin_port))
         return self._stdin_channel
 
     @property
     def hb_channel(self):
         """Get the heartbeat socket channel object to check that the
         kernel is alive."""
         if self._hb_channel is None:
             self._hb_channel = self.hb_channel_class(self.context,
                                                        self.session,
                                                        (self.ip, self.hb_port))
         return self._hb_channel

docs/source/development/messaging.txt

@@ -1,997 +1,1002 b''
 .. _messaging:
 
 ======================
  Messaging in IPython
 ======================
 
 
 Introduction
 ============
 
 This document explains the basic communications design and messaging
 specification for how the various IPython objects interact over a network
 transport.  The current implementation uses the ZeroMQ_ library for messaging
 within and between hosts.
 
 .. Note::
 
    This document should be considered the authoritative description of the
    IPython messaging protocol, and all developers are strongly encouraged to
    keep it updated as the implementation evolves, so that we have a single
    common reference for all protocol details.
    
 The basic design is explained in the following diagram:
 
 .. image:: figs/frontend-kernel.png
    :width: 450px
    :alt: IPython kernel/frontend messaging architecture.
    :align: center
    :target: ../_images/frontend-kernel.png
 
 A single kernel can be simultaneously connected to one or more frontends.  The
 kernel has three sockets that serve the following functions:
 
 1. stdin: this ROUTER socket is connected to all frontends, and it allows
    the kernel to request input from the active frontend when :func:`raw_input` is called.
    The frontend that executed the code has a DEALER socket that acts as a 'virtual keyboard'
    for the kernel while this communication is happening (illustrated in the
    figure by the black outline around the central keyboard).  In practice,
    frontends may display such kernel requests using a special input widget or
    otherwise indicating that the user is to type input for the kernel instead
    of normal commands in the frontend.
 
 2. Shell: this single ROUTER socket allows multiple incoming connections from
    frontends, and this is the socket where requests for code execution, object
    information, prompts, etc. are made to the kernel by any frontend.  The
    communication on this socket is a sequence of request/reply actions from
    each frontend and the kernel.
 
 3. IOPub: this socket is the 'broadcast channel' where the kernel publishes all
    side effects (stdout, stderr, etc.) as well as the requests coming from any
    client over the shell socket and its own requests on the stdin socket.  There
    are a number of actions in Python which generate side effects: :func:`print`
    writes to ``sys.stdout``, errors generate tracebacks, etc.  Additionally, in
    a multi-client scenario, we want all frontends to be able to know what each
    other has sent to the kernel (this can be useful in collaborative scenarios,
    for example).  This socket allows both side effects and the information
    about communications taking place with one client over the shell channel
    to be made available to all clients in a uniform manner.
 
    All messages are tagged with enough information (details below) for clients
    to know which messages come from their own interaction with the kernel and
    which ones are from other clients, so they can display each type
    appropriately.
 
 The actual format of the messages allowed on each of these channels is
 specified below.  Messages are dicts of dicts with string keys and values that
 are reasonably representable in JSON.  Our current implementation uses JSON
 explicitly as its message format, but this shouldn't be considered a permanent
 feature.  As we've discovered that JSON has non-trivial performance issues due
 to excessive copying, we may in the future move to a pure pickle-based raw
 message format.  However, it should be possible to easily convert from the raw
 objects to JSON, since we may have non-python clients (e.g. a web frontend).
 As long as it's easy to make a JSON version of the objects that is a faithful
 representation of all the data, we can communicate with such clients.
 
 .. Note::
 
    Not all of these have yet been fully fleshed out, but the key ones are, see
    kernel and frontend files for actual implementation details.
 
 General Message Format
 ======================
 
 A message is defined by the following four-dictionary structure::
 
     {
       # The message header contains a pair of unique identifiers for the
       # originating session and the actual message id, in addition to the
       # username for the process that generated the message.  This is useful in
       # collaborative settings where multiple users may be interacting with the
       # same kernel simultaneously, so that frontends can label the various
       # messages in a meaningful way.
       'header' : {
                     'msg_id' : uuid,
                     'username' : str,
                     'session' : uuid
                     # All recognized message type strings are listed below.
                     'msg_type' : str,
          },
 
       # In a chain of messages, the header from the parent is copied so that
       # clients can track where messages come from.
       'parent_header' : dict,
 
       # The actual content of the message must be a dict, whose structure
       # depends on the message type.
       'content' : dict,
       
       # Any metadata associated with the message.
       'metadata' : dict,
     }
 
    
 Python functional API
 =====================
 
 As messages are dicts, they map naturally to a ``func(**kw)`` call form.  We
 should develop, at a few key points, functional forms of all the requests that
 take arguments in this manner and automatically construct the necessary dict
 for sending.
 
 In addition, the Python implementation of the message specification extends
 messages upon deserialization to the following form for convenience::
 
     {
       'header' : dict,
       # The msg's unique identifier and type are always stored in the header,
       # but the Python implementation copies them to the top level.
       'msg_id' : uuid,
       'msg_type' : str,
       'parent_header' : dict,
       'content' : dict,
       'metadata' : dict,
     }
 
 All messages sent to or received by any IPython process should have this
 extended structure.
 
 
 Messages on the shell ROUTER/DEALER sockets
 ===========================================
 
 .. _execute:
 
 Execute
 -------
 
 This message type is used by frontends to ask the kernel to execute code on
 behalf of the user, in a namespace reserved to the user's variables (and thus
 separate from the kernel's own internal code and variables).
 
 Message type: ``execute_request``::
 
     content = {
         # Source code to be executed by the kernel, one or more lines.
     'code' : str,
 
     # A boolean flag which, if True, signals the kernel to execute
     # this code as quietly as possible.  This means that the kernel
     # will compile the code with 'exec' instead of 'single' (so
-    # sys.displayhook will not fire), and will *not*:
+    # sys.displayhook will not fire), forces store_history to be False, 
+    # and will *not*:
     #   - broadcast exceptions on the PUB socket
     #   - do any logging
-    #   - populate any history
     #
     # The default is False.
     'silent' : bool,
 
+    # A boolean flag which, if True, signals the kernel to populate history
+    # The default is True if silent is False.  If silent is True, store_history
+    # is forced to be False.
+    'store_history' : bool,
+
     # A list of variable names from the user's namespace to be retrieved.  What
     # returns is a JSON string of the variable's repr(), not a python object.
     'user_variables' : list,
 
     # Similarly, a dict mapping names to expressions to be evaluated in the
     # user's dict.
     'user_expressions' : dict,
 
     # Some frontends (e.g. the Notebook) do not support stdin requests. If
     # raw_input is called from code executed from such a frontend, a
     # StdinNotImplementedError will be raised.
     'allow_stdin' : True,
 
     }
 
 The ``code`` field contains a single string (possibly multiline).  The kernel
 is responsible for splitting this into one or more independent execution blocks
 and deciding whether to compile these in 'single' or 'exec' mode (see below for
 detailed execution semantics).
 
 The ``user_`` fields deserve a detailed explanation.  In the past, IPython had
 the notion of a prompt string that allowed arbitrary code to be evaluated, and
 this was put to good use by many in creating prompts that displayed system
 status, path information, and even more esoteric uses like remote instrument
 status aqcuired over the network.  But now that IPython has a clean separation
 between the kernel and the clients, the kernel has no prompt knowledge; prompts
 are a frontend-side feature, and it should be even possible for different
 frontends to display different prompts while interacting with the same kernel.
 
 The kernel now provides the ability to retrieve data from the user's namespace
 after the execution of the main ``code``, thanks to two fields in the
 ``execute_request`` message:
 
 - ``user_variables``: If only variables from the user's namespace are needed, a
   list of variable names can be passed and a dict with these names as keys and
   their :func:`repr()` as values will be returned.
 
 - ``user_expressions``: For more complex expressions that require function
   evaluations, a dict can be provided with string keys and arbitrary python
   expressions as values.  The return message will contain also a dict with the
   same keys and the :func:`repr()` of the evaluated expressions as value.
 
 With this information, frontends can display any status information they wish
 in the form that best suits each frontend (a status line, a popup, inline for a
 terminal, etc).
 
 .. Note::
 
    In order to obtain the current execution counter for the purposes of
    displaying input prompts, frontends simply make an execution request with an
    empty code string and ``silent=True``.
 
 Execution semantics
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 When the silent flag is false, the execution of use code consists of the
 following phases (in silent mode, only the ``code`` field is executed):
 
 1. Run the ``pre_runcode_hook``.
 
 2. Execute the ``code`` field, see below for details.
 
 3. If #2 succeeds, compute ``user_variables`` and ``user_expressions`` are
    computed.  This ensures that any error in the latter don't harm the main
    code execution.
 
 4. Call any method registered with :meth:`register_post_execute`.
 
 .. warning::
 
    The API for running code before/after the main code block is likely to
    change soon.  Both the ``pre_runcode_hook`` and the
    :meth:`register_post_execute` are susceptible to modification, as we find a
    consistent model for both.
 
 To understand how the ``code`` field is executed, one must know that Python
 code can be compiled in one of three modes (controlled by the ``mode`` argument
 to the :func:`compile` builtin):
 
 *single*
   Valid for a single interactive statement (though the source can contain
   multiple lines, such as a for loop).  When compiled in this mode, the
   generated bytecode contains special instructions that trigger the calling of
   :func:`sys.displayhook` for any expression in the block that returns a value.
   This means that a single statement can actually produce multiple calls to
   :func:`sys.displayhook`, if for example it contains a loop where each
   iteration computes an unassigned expression would generate 10 calls::
 
       for i in range(10):
           i**2
 
 *exec*
   An arbitrary amount of source code, this is how modules are compiled.
   :func:`sys.displayhook` is *never* implicitly called.
 
 *eval*
   A single expression that returns a value.  :func:`sys.displayhook` is *never*
   implicitly called.
 
 
 The ``code`` field is split into individual blocks each of which is valid for
 execution in 'single' mode, and then:
 
 - If there is only a single block: it is executed in 'single' mode.
 
 - If there is more than one block:
 
   * if the last one is a single line long, run all but the last in 'exec' mode
     and the very last one in 'single' mode.  This makes it easy to type simple
     expressions at the end to see computed values.
 
   * if the last one is no more than two lines long, run all but the last in
     'exec' mode and the very last one in 'single' mode.  This makes it easy to
     type simple expressions at the end to see computed values.  - otherwise
     (last one is also multiline), run all in 'exec' mode
 
   * otherwise (last one is also multiline), run all in 'exec' mode as a single
     unit.
 
 Any error in retrieving the ``user_variables`` or evaluating the
 ``user_expressions`` will result in a simple error message in the return fields
 of the form::
 
    [ERROR] ExceptionType: Exception message
 
 The user can simply send the same variable name or expression for evaluation to
 see a regular traceback.
 
 Errors in any registered post_execute functions are also reported similarly,
 and the failing function is removed from the post_execution set so that it does
 not continue triggering failures.
 
 Upon completion of the execution request, the kernel *always* sends a reply,
 with a status code indicating what happened and additional data depending on
 the outcome.  See :ref:`below <execution_results>` for the possible return
 codes and associated data.
 
 
 Execution counter (old prompt number)
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 The kernel has a single, monotonically increasing counter of all execution
-requests that are made with ``silent=False``.  This counter is used to populate
+requests that are made with ``store_history=True``.  This counter is used to populate
 the ``In[n]``, ``Out[n]`` and ``_n`` variables, so clients will likely want to
 display it in some form to the user, which will typically (but not necessarily)
 be done in the prompts.  The value of this counter will be returned as the
 ``execution_count`` field of all ``execute_reply`` messages.
 
 .. _execution_results:
 
 Execution results
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
     
 Message type: ``execute_reply``::
 
     content = {
       # One of: 'ok' OR 'error' OR 'abort'
       'status' : str,
 
-      # The global kernel counter that increases by one with each non-silent
-      # executed request.  This will typically be used by clients to display
-      # prompt numbers to the user.  If the request was a silent one, this will
+      # The global kernel counter that increases by one with each request that 
+      # stores history.  This will typically be used by clients to display
+      # prompt numbers to the user.  If the request did not store history, this will
       # be the current value of the counter in the kernel.
       'execution_count' : int,
     }
 
 When status is 'ok', the following extra fields are present::
 
     {
       # 'payload' will be a list of payload dicts.
       # Each execution payload is a dict with string keys that may have been
       # produced by the code being executed.  It is retrieved by the kernel at
       # the end of the execution and sent back to the front end, which can take
       # action on it as needed.  See main text for further details.
       'payload' : list(dict),
 
       # Results for the user_variables and user_expressions.
       'user_variables' : dict,
       'user_expressions' : dict,
     }
 
 .. admonition:: Execution payloads
     
    The notion of an 'execution payload' is different from a return value of a
    given set of code, which normally is just displayed on the pyout stream
    through the PUB socket.  The idea of a payload is to allow special types of
    code, typically magics, to populate a data container in the IPython kernel
    that will be shipped back to the caller via this channel.  The kernel
    has an API for this in the PayloadManager::
 
        ip.payload_manager.write_payload(payload_dict)
 
    which appends a dictionary to the list of payloads.
 
    
 When status is 'error', the following extra fields are present::
 
     {
       'ename' : str,   # Exception name, as a string
       'evalue' : str,  # Exception value, as a string
 
       # The traceback will contain a list of frames, represented each as a
       # string.  For now we'll stick to the existing design of ultraTB, which
       # controls exception level of detail statefully.  But eventually we'll
       # want to grow into a model where more information is collected and
       # packed into the traceback object, with clients deciding how little or
       # how much of it to unpack.  But for now, let's start with a simple list
       # of strings, since that requires only minimal changes to ultratb as
       # written.
       'traceback' : list,
     }
 
 
 When status is 'abort', there are for now no additional data fields.  This
 happens when the kernel was interrupted by a signal.
 
 Kernel attribute access
 -----------------------
 
 .. warning::
 
    This part of the messaging spec is not actually implemented in the kernel
    yet.
  
 While this protocol does not specify full RPC access to arbitrary methods of
 the kernel object, the kernel does allow read (and in some cases write) access
 to certain attributes.
 
 The policy for which attributes can be read is: any attribute of the kernel, or
 its sub-objects, that belongs to a :class:`Configurable` object and has been
 declared at the class-level with Traits validation, is in principle accessible
 as long as its name does not begin with a leading underscore.  The attribute
 itself will have metadata indicating whether it allows remote read and/or write
 access.  The message spec follows for attribute read and write requests.
 
 Message type: ``getattr_request``::
 
     content = {
         # The (possibly dotted) name of the attribute
 	'name' : str,
     }
 
 When a ``getattr_request`` fails, there are two possible error types:
 
 - AttributeError: this type of error was raised when trying to access the
   given name by the kernel itself.  This means that the attribute likely
   doesn't exist.
 
 - AccessError: the attribute exists but its value is not readable remotely.
 
 
 Message type: ``getattr_reply``::
 
     content = {
         # One of ['ok', 'AttributeError', 'AccessError'].
         'status' : str,
 	# If status is 'ok', a JSON object.
 	'value' : object,
     }
 
 Message type: ``setattr_request``::
 
     content = {
         # The (possibly dotted) name of the attribute
 	'name' : str,
 	
 	# A JSON-encoded object, that will be validated by the Traits
 	# information in the kernel
 	'value' : object,
     }
 
 When a ``setattr_request`` fails, there are also two possible error types with
 similar meanings  as those of the ``getattr_request`` case, but for writing.
     
 Message type: ``setattr_reply``::
 
     content = {
         # One of ['ok', 'AttributeError', 'AccessError'].
         'status' : str,
     }
 
 
     
 Object information
 ------------------
 
 One of IPython's most used capabilities is the introspection of Python objects
 in the user's namespace, typically invoked via the ``?`` and ``??`` characters
 (which in reality are shorthands for the ``%pinfo`` magic).  This is used often
 enough that it warrants an explicit message type, especially because frontends
 may want to get object information in response to user keystrokes (like Tab or
 F1) besides from the user explicitly typing code like ``x??``.
 
 Message type: ``object_info_request``::
 
     content = {
         # The (possibly dotted) name of the object to be searched in all
 	# relevant namespaces
         'name' : str,
 
     	# The level of detail desired.  The default (0) is equivalent to typing
 	# 'x?' at the prompt, 1 is equivalent to 'x??'.
 	'detail_level' : int,
     }
 
 The returned information will be a dictionary with keys very similar to the
 field names that IPython prints at the terminal.
     
 Message type: ``object_info_reply``::
 
     content = {
     # The name the object was requested under
     'name' : str,
     
     # Boolean flag indicating whether the named object was found or not.  If
     # it's false, all other fields will be empty.
     'found' : bool,
     
     # Flags for magics and system aliases
     'ismagic' : bool,
     'isalias' : bool,
 
     # The name of the namespace where the object was found ('builtin',
     # 'magics', 'alias', 'interactive', etc.)
     'namespace' : str,
 
     # The type name will be type.__name__ for normal Python objects, but it
     # can also be a string like 'Magic function' or 'System alias'
     'type_name' : str,
 
     # The string form of the object, possibly truncated for length if 
     # detail_level is 0
     'string_form' : str,
 
     # For objects with a __class__ attribute this will be set
     'base_class' : str,
 
     # For objects with a __len__ attribute this will be set
     'length' : int,
 
     # If the object is a function, class or method whose file we can find,
     # we give its full path
     'file' : str,
 
     # For pure Python callable objects, we can reconstruct the object
     # definition line which provides its call signature.  For convenience this
     # is returned as a single 'definition' field, but below the raw parts that
     # compose it are also returned as the argspec field.
     'definition' : str,
 
     # The individual parts that together form the definition string.  Clients
     # with rich display capabilities may use this to provide a richer and more
     # precise representation of the definition line (e.g. by highlighting
     # arguments based on the user's cursor position).  For non-callable
     # objects, this field is empty.
     'argspec' : { # The names of all the arguments
                   args : list,
 		  # The name of the varargs (*args), if any
                   varargs : str,
 		  # The name of the varkw (**kw), if any
 		  varkw : str,
 		  # The values (as strings) of all default arguments.  Note
 		  # that these must be matched *in reverse* with the 'args'
 		  # list above, since the first positional args have no default
 		  # value at all.
 		  defaults : list,
 		  },
 
     # For instances, provide the constructor signature (the definition of
     # the __init__ method):
     'init_definition' : str,
     
     # Docstrings: for any object (function, method, module, package) with a
     # docstring, we show it.  But in addition, we may provide additional
     # docstrings.  For example, for instances we will show the constructor
     # and class docstrings as well, if available.
     'docstring' : str,
 
     # For instances, provide the constructor and class docstrings
     'init_docstring' : str,
     'class_docstring' : str,
     
     # If it's a callable object whose call method has a separate docstring and
     # definition line:
     'call_def' : str,
     'call_docstring' : str,
     
     # If detail_level was 1, we also try to find the source code that
     # defines the object, if possible.  The string 'None' will indicate
     # that no source was found.
     'source' : str,
     }
 
     
 Complete
 --------
 
 Message type: ``complete_request``::
 
     content = {
         # The text to be completed, such as 'a.is'
     'text' : str,
 
     # The full line, such as 'print a.is'.  This allows completers to
     # make decisions that may require information about more than just the
     # current word.
     'line' : str,
 
     # The entire block of text where the line is.  This may be useful in the
     # case of multiline completions where more context may be needed.  Note: if
     # in practice this field proves unnecessary, remove it to lighten the
     # messages.
     
     'block' : str,
 
     # The position of the cursor where the user hit 'TAB' on the line.
     'cursor_pos' : int,
     }
 
 Message type: ``complete_reply``::
 
     content = {
         # The list of all matches to the completion request, such as
     # ['a.isalnum', 'a.isalpha'] for the above example.
     'matches' : list
     }
 
     
 History
 -------
 
 For clients to explicitly request history from a kernel.  The kernel has all
 the actual execution history stored in a single location, so clients can
 request it from the kernel when needed.
 
 Message type: ``history_request``::
 
     content = {
     
       # If True, also return output history in the resulting dict.
       'output' : bool,
 
       # If True, return the raw input history, else the transformed input.
       'raw' : bool,
 
       # So far, this can be 'range', 'tail' or 'search'.
       'hist_access_type' : str,
       
       # If hist_access_type is 'range', get a range of input cells. session can
       # be a positive session number, or a negative number to count back from
       # the current session.
       'session' : int,
       # start and stop are line numbers within that session.
       'start' : int,
       'stop' : int,
       
       # If hist_access_type is 'tail', get the last n cells.
       'n' : int,
       
       # If hist_access_type is 'search', get cells matching the specified glob
       # pattern (with * and ? as wildcards).
       'pattern' : str,
       
     }
 
 Message type: ``history_reply``::
 
     content = {
       # A list of 3 tuples, either:
       # (session, line_number, input) or
       # (session, line_number, (input, output)),
       # depending on whether output was False or True, respectively.
       'history' : list,
     }
 
 
 Connect
 -------
 
 When a client connects to the request/reply socket of the kernel, it can issue
 a connect request to get basic information about the kernel, such as the ports
 the other ZeroMQ sockets are listening on. This allows clients to only have
 to know about a single port (the shell channel) to connect to a kernel.
 
 Message type: ``connect_request``::
 
     content = {
     }
 
 Message type: ``connect_reply``::
 
     content = {
         'shell_port' : int  # The port the shell ROUTER socket is listening on.
         'iopub_port' : int   # The port the PUB socket is listening on.
         'stdin_port' : int   # The port the stdin ROUTER socket is listening on.
         'hb_port' : int    # The port the heartbeat socket is listening on.
     }
 
 
 
 Kernel shutdown
 ---------------
 
 The clients can request the kernel to shut itself down; this is used in
 multiple cases:
 
 - when the user chooses to close the client application via a menu or window
   control.
 - when the user types 'exit' or 'quit' (or their uppercase magic equivalents).
 - when the user chooses a GUI method (like the 'Ctrl-C' shortcut in the
   IPythonQt client) to force a kernel restart to get a clean kernel without
   losing client-side state like history or inlined figures.
 
 The client sends a shutdown request to the kernel, and once it receives the
 reply message (which is otherwise empty), it can assume that the kernel has
 completed shutdown safely.
 
 Upon their own shutdown, client applications will typically execute a last
 minute sanity check and forcefully terminate any kernel that is still alive, to
 avoid leaving stray processes in the user's machine.
 
 For both shutdown request and reply, there is no actual content that needs to
 be sent, so the content dict is empty.
 
 Message type: ``shutdown_request``::
 
     content = {
         'restart' : bool # whether the shutdown is final, or precedes a restart
     }
 
 Message type: ``shutdown_reply``::
 
     content = {
         'restart' : bool # whether the shutdown is final, or precedes a restart
     }
 
 .. Note::
 
    When the clients detect a dead kernel thanks to inactivity on the heartbeat
    socket, they simply send a forceful process termination signal, since a dead
    process is unlikely to respond in any useful way to messages.
     
 
 Messages on the PUB/SUB socket
 ==============================
 
 Streams (stdout,  stderr, etc)
 ------------------------------
 
 Message type: ``stream``::
 
     content = {
         # The name of the stream is one of 'stdin', 'stdout', 'stderr'
         'name' : str,
     
         # The data is an arbitrary string to be written to that stream
         'data' : str,
     }
 
 When a kernel receives a raw_input call, it should also broadcast it on the pub
 socket with the names 'stdin' and 'stdin_reply'.  This will allow other clients
 to monitor/display kernel interactions and possibly replay them to their user
 or otherwise expose them.
 
 Display Data
 ------------
 
 This type of message is used to bring back data that should be diplayed (text,
 html, svg, etc.) in the frontends. This data is published to all frontends.
 Each message can have multiple representations of the data; it is up to the
 frontend to decide which to use and how. A single message should contain all
 possible representations of the same information. Each representation should
 be a JSON'able data structure, and should be a valid MIME type.
 
 Some questions remain about this design:
 
 * Do we use this message type for pyout/displayhook? Probably not, because
   the displayhook also has to handle the Out prompt display. On the other hand
   we could put that information into the metadata secion.
 
 Message type: ``display_data``::
 
     content = {
 
         # Who create the data
         'source' : str,
 
         # The data dict contains key/value pairs, where the kids are MIME
         # types and the values are the raw data of the representation in that
         # format. The data dict must minimally contain the ``text/plain``
         # MIME type which is used as a backup representation.
         'data' : dict,
 
         # Any metadata that describes the data
         'metadata' : dict
     }
 
 
 Raw Data Publication
 --------------------
 
 ``display_data`` lets you publish *representations* of data, such as images and html.
 This ``data_pub`` message lets you publish *actual raw data*, sent via message buffers.
 
 data_pub messages are constructed via the :func:`IPython.lib.datapub.publish_data` function:
 
 .. sourcecode:: python
 
     from IPython.zmq.datapub import publish_data
     ns = dict(x=my_array)
     publish_data(ns)
 
 
 Message type: ``data_pub``::
 
     content = {
         # the keys of the data dict, after it has been unserialized
         keys = ['a', 'b']
     }
     # the namespace dict will be serialized in the message buffers,
     # which will have a length of at least one
     buffers = ['pdict', ...]
 
 
 The interpretation of a sequence of data_pub messages for a given parent request should be
 to update a single namespace with subsequent results.
 
 .. note::
 
     No frontends directly handle data_pub messages at this time.
     It is currently only used by the client/engines in :mod:`IPython.parallel`,
     where engines may publish *data* to the Client,
     of which the Client can then publish *representations* via ``display_data``
     to various frontends.
 
 Python inputs
 -------------
 
 These messages are the re-broadcast of the ``execute_request``.
 
 Message type: ``pyin``::
 
     content = {
         'code' : str,  # Source code to be executed, one or more lines
 
         # The counter for this execution is also provided so that clients can
         # display it, since IPython automatically creates variables called _iN
         # (for input prompt In[N]).
         'execution_count' : int
     }
 
 Python outputs
 --------------
 
 When Python produces output from code that has been compiled in with the
 'single' flag to :func:`compile`, any expression that produces a value (such as
 ``1+1``) is passed to ``sys.displayhook``, which is a callable that can do with
 this value whatever it wants.  The default behavior of ``sys.displayhook`` in
 the Python interactive prompt is to print to ``sys.stdout`` the :func:`repr` of
 the value as long as it is not ``None`` (which isn't printed at all).  In our
 case, the kernel instantiates as ``sys.displayhook`` an object which has
 similar behavior, but which instead of printing to stdout, broadcasts these
 values as ``pyout`` messages for clients to display appropriately.
 
 IPython's displayhook can handle multiple simultaneous formats depending on its
 configuration. The default pretty-printed repr text is always given with the
 ``data`` entry in this message. Any other formats are provided in the
 ``extra_formats`` list. Frontends are free to display any or all of these
 according to its capabilities. ``extra_formats`` list contains 3-tuples of an ID
 string, a type string, and the data. The ID is unique to the formatter
 implementation that created the data. Frontends will typically ignore the ID
 unless if it has requested a particular formatter. The type string tells the
 frontend how to interpret the data. It is often, but not always a MIME type.
 Frontends should ignore types that it does not understand. The data itself is
 any JSON object and depends on the format. It is often, but not always a string.
 
 Message type: ``pyout``::
 
     content = {
 
         # The counter for this execution is also provided so that clients can
         # display it, since IPython automatically creates variables called _N
         # (for prompt N).
         'execution_count' : int,
         
         # The data dict contains key/value pairs, where the kids are MIME
         # types and the values are the raw data of the representation in that
         # format. The data dict must minimally contain the ``text/plain``
         # MIME type which is used as a backup representation.
         'data' : dict,
 
     }
     
 Python errors
 -------------
 
 When an error occurs during code execution
 
 Message type: ``pyerr``::
 
     content = {
        # Similar content to the execute_reply messages for the 'error' case,
        # except the 'status' field is omitted.
     }
 
 Kernel status
 -------------
 
 This message type is used by frontends to monitor the status of the kernel.
 
 Message type: ``status``::
 
     content = {
         # When the kernel starts to execute code, it will enter the 'busy'
         # state and when it finishes, it will enter the 'idle' state.
         execution_state : ('busy', 'idle')
     }
 
 Kernel crashes
 --------------
 
 When the kernel has an unexpected exception, caught by the last-resort
 sys.excepthook, we should broadcast the crash handler's output before exiting.
 This will allow clients to notice that a kernel died, inform the user and
 propose further actions.
 
 Message type: ``crash``::
 
     content = {
        # Similarly to the 'error' case for execute_reply messages, this will
        # contain ename, etype and traceback fields.
 
        # An additional field with supplementary information such as where to
        # send the crash message
        'info' : str,
     }
 
 
 Future ideas
 ------------
     
 Other potential message types, currently unimplemented, listed below as ideas.
     
 Message type: ``file``::
 
     content = {
     'path' : 'cool.jpg',
     'mimetype' : str,
     'data' : str,
     }
 
 
 Messages on the stdin ROUTER/DEALER sockets
 ===========================================
 
 This is a socket where the request/reply pattern goes in the opposite direction:
 from the kernel to a *single* frontend, and its purpose is to allow
 ``raw_input`` and similar operations that read from ``sys.stdin`` on the kernel
 to be fulfilled by the client. The request should be made to the frontend that
 made the execution request that prompted ``raw_input`` to be called. For now we
 will keep these messages as simple as possible, since they only mean to convey
 the ``raw_input(prompt)`` call.
 
 Message type: ``input_request``::
 
     content = { 'prompt' : str }
 
 Message type: ``input_reply``::
 
     content = { 'value' : str }
     
 .. Note::
 
    We do not explicitly try to forward the raw ``sys.stdin`` object, because in
    practice the kernel should behave like an interactive program.  When a
    program is opened on the console, the keyboard effectively takes over the
    ``stdin`` file descriptor, and it can't be used for raw reading anymore.
    Since the IPython kernel effectively behaves like a console program (albeit
    one whose "keyboard" is actually living in a separate process and
    transported over the zmq connection), raw ``stdin`` isn't expected to be
    available.
 
    
 Heartbeat for kernels
 =====================
 
 Initially we had considered using messages like those above over ZMQ for a
 kernel 'heartbeat' (a way to detect quickly and reliably whether a kernel is
 alive at all, even if it may be busy executing user code).  But this has the
 problem that if the kernel is locked inside extension code, it wouldn't execute
 the python heartbeat code.  But it turns out that we can implement a basic
 heartbeat with pure ZMQ, without using any Python messaging at all.
 
 The monitor sends out a single zmq message (right now, it is a str of the
 monitor's lifetime in seconds), and gets the same message right back, prefixed
 with the zmq identity of the DEALER socket in the heartbeat process. This can be
 a uuid, or even a full message, but there doesn't seem to be a need for packing
 up a message when the sender and receiver are the exact same Python object.
 
 The model is this::
 
     monitor.send(str(self.lifetime)) # '1.2345678910'
 
 and the monitor receives some number of messages of the form::
 
     ['uuid-abcd-dead-beef', '1.2345678910']
 
 where the first part is the zmq.IDENTITY of the heart's DEALER on the engine, and
 the rest is the message sent by the monitor.  No Python code ever has any
 access to the message between the monitor's send, and the monitor's recv.
 
 
 ToDo
 ====
 
 Missing things include:
 
 * Important: finish thinking through the payload concept and API.
 
 * Important: ensure that we have a good solution for magics like %edit.  It's
   likely that with the payload concept we can build a full solution, but not
   100% clear yet.
 
 * Finishing the details of the heartbeat protocol.
 
 * Signal handling: specify what kind of information kernel should broadcast (or
   not) when it receives signals.
 
 .. include:: ../links.rst