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Document the code execution semantics much more carefully....
Document the code execution semantics much more carefully. Also renamed user var/expression functions to match the fields in the execute request.

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/ IPython / frontend / qt / base_frontend_mixin.py
""" Defines a convenient mix-in class for implementing Qt frontends.
"""
class BaseFrontendMixin(object):
""" A mix-in class for implementing Qt frontends.
To handle messages of a particular type, frontends need only define an
appropriate handler method. For example, to handle 'stream' messaged, define
a '_handle_stream(msg)' method.
"""
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# 'BaseFrontendMixin' concrete interface
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
def _get_kernel_manager(self):
""" Returns the current kernel manager.
"""
return self._kernel_manager
def _set_kernel_manager(self, kernel_manager):
""" Disconnect from the current kernel manager (if any) and set a new
kernel manager.
"""
# Disconnect the old kernel manager, if necessary.
old_manager = self._kernel_manager
if old_manager is not None:
old_manager.started_channels.disconnect(self._started_channels)
old_manager.stopped_channels.disconnect(self._stopped_channels)
# Disconnect the old kernel manager's channels.
old_manager.sub_channel.message_received.disconnect(self._dispatch)
old_manager.xreq_channel.message_received.disconnect(self._dispatch)
old_manager.rep_channel.message_received.disconnect(self._dispatch)
old_manager.hb_channel.kernel_died.disconnect(
self._handle_kernel_died)
# Handle the case where the old kernel manager is still listening.
if old_manager.channels_running:
self._stopped_channels()
# Set the new kernel manager.
self._kernel_manager = kernel_manager
if kernel_manager is None:
return
# Connect the new kernel manager.
kernel_manager.started_channels.connect(self._started_channels)
kernel_manager.stopped_channels.connect(self._stopped_channels)
# Connect the new kernel manager's channels.
kernel_manager.sub_channel.message_received.connect(self._dispatch)
kernel_manager.xreq_channel.message_received.connect(self._dispatch)
kernel_manager.rep_channel.message_received.connect(self._dispatch)
kernel_manager.hb_channel.kernel_died.connect(self._handle_kernel_died)
# Handle the case where the kernel manager started channels before
# we connected.
if kernel_manager.channels_running:
self._started_channels()
kernel_manager = property(_get_kernel_manager, _set_kernel_manager)
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# 'BaseFrontendMixin' abstract interface
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
def _handle_kernel_died(self, since_last_heartbeat):
""" This is called when the ``kernel_died`` signal is emitted.
This method is called when the kernel heartbeat has not been
active for a certain amount of time. The typical action will be to
give the user the option of restarting the kernel.
Parameters
----------
since_last_heartbeat : float
The time since the heartbeat was last received.
"""
def _started_channels(self):
""" Called when the KernelManager channels have started listening or
when the frontend is assigned an already listening KernelManager.
"""
def _stopped_channels(self):
""" Called when the KernelManager channels have stopped listening or
when a listening KernelManager is removed from the frontend.
"""
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# 'BaseFrontendMixin' protected interface
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
def _dispatch(self, msg):
""" Calls the frontend handler associated with the message type of the
given message.
"""
msg_type = msg['msg_type']
handler = getattr(self, '_handle_' + msg_type, None)
if handler:
handler(msg)
def _is_from_this_session(self, msg):
""" Returns whether a reply from the kernel originated from a request
from this frontend.
"""
session = self._kernel_manager.session.session
return msg['parent_header']['session'] == session