##// END OF EJS Templates
Fix tox.ini...
Fix tox.ini Prior to this patch, test for Python 3.2 failed. Also, arguments can be passed to iptest via tox command now. e.g.: `tox -- IPython.core`

File last commit:

r7847:30e4a149
r8877:e459eacf
Show More
completer.py
933 lines | 33.8 KiB | text/x-python | PythonLexer
"""Word completion for IPython.
This module is a fork of the rlcompleter module in the Python standard
library. The original enhancements made to rlcompleter have been sent
upstream and were accepted as of Python 2.3, but we need a lot more
functionality specific to IPython, so this module will continue to live as an
IPython-specific utility.
Original rlcompleter documentation:
This requires the latest extension to the readline module (the
completes keywords, built-ins and globals in __main__; when completing
NAME.NAME..., it evaluates (!) the expression up to the last dot and
completes its attributes.
It's very cool to do "import string" type "string.", hit the
completion key (twice), and see the list of names defined by the
string module!
Tip: to use the tab key as the completion key, call
readline.parse_and_bind("tab: complete")
Notes:
- Exceptions raised by the completer function are *ignored* (and
generally cause the completion to fail). This is a feature -- since
readline sets the tty device in raw (or cbreak) mode, printing a
traceback wouldn't work well without some complicated hoopla to save,
reset and restore the tty state.
- The evaluation of the NAME.NAME... form may cause arbitrary
application defined code to be executed if an object with a
__getattr__ hook is found. Since it is the responsibility of the
application (or the user) to enable this feature, I consider this an
acceptable risk. More complicated expressions (e.g. function calls or
indexing operations) are *not* evaluated.
- GNU readline is also used by the built-in functions input() and
raw_input(), and thus these also benefit/suffer from the completer
features. Clearly an interactive application can benefit by
specifying its own completer function and using raw_input() for all
its input.
- When the original stdin is not a tty device, GNU readline is never
used, and this module (and the readline module) are silently inactive.
"""
#*****************************************************************************
#
# Since this file is essentially a minimally modified copy of the rlcompleter
# module which is part of the standard Python distribution, I assume that the
# proper procedure is to maintain its copyright as belonging to the Python
# Software Foundation (in addition to my own, for all new code).
#
# Copyright (C) 2008 IPython Development Team
# Copyright (C) 2001 Fernando Perez. <fperez@colorado.edu>
# Copyright (C) 2001 Python Software Foundation, www.python.org
#
# Distributed under the terms of the BSD License. The full license is in
# the file COPYING, distributed as part of this software.
#
#*****************************************************************************
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Imports
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
import __builtin__
import __main__
import glob
import inspect
import itertools
import keyword
import os
import re
import shlex
import sys
from IPython.config.configurable import Configurable
from IPython.core.error import TryNext
from IPython.core.inputsplitter import ESC_MAGIC
from IPython.utils import generics
from IPython.utils import io
from IPython.utils.dir2 import dir2
from IPython.utils.process import arg_split
from IPython.utils.traitlets import CBool, Enum
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Globals
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Public API
__all__ = ['Completer','IPCompleter']
if sys.platform == 'win32':
PROTECTABLES = ' '
else:
PROTECTABLES = ' ()[]{}?=\\|;:\'#*"^&'
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Main functions and classes
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
def has_open_quotes(s):
"""Return whether a string has open quotes.
This simply counts whether the number of quote characters of either type in
the string is odd.
Returns
-------
If there is an open quote, the quote character is returned. Else, return
False.
"""
# We check " first, then ', so complex cases with nested quotes will get
# the " to take precedence.
if s.count('"') % 2:
return '"'
elif s.count("'") % 2:
return "'"
else:
return False
def protect_filename(s):
"""Escape a string to protect certain characters."""
return "".join([(ch in PROTECTABLES and '\\' + ch or ch)
for ch in s])
def expand_user(path):
"""Expand '~'-style usernames in strings.
This is similar to :func:`os.path.expanduser`, but it computes and returns
extra information that will be useful if the input was being used in
computing completions, and you wish to return the completions with the
original '~' instead of its expanded value.
Parameters
----------
path : str
String to be expanded. If no ~ is present, the output is the same as the
input.
Returns
-------
newpath : str
Result of ~ expansion in the input path.
tilde_expand : bool
Whether any expansion was performed or not.
tilde_val : str
The value that ~ was replaced with.
"""
# Default values
tilde_expand = False
tilde_val = ''
newpath = path
if path.startswith('~'):
tilde_expand = True
rest = len(path)-1
newpath = os.path.expanduser(path)
if rest:
tilde_val = newpath[:-rest]
else:
tilde_val = newpath
return newpath, tilde_expand, tilde_val
def compress_user(path, tilde_expand, tilde_val):
"""Does the opposite of expand_user, with its outputs.
"""
if tilde_expand:
return path.replace(tilde_val, '~')
else:
return path
class Bunch(object): pass
DELIMS = ' \t\n`!@#$^&*()=+[{]}\\|;:\'",<>?'
GREEDY_DELIMS = ' \r\n'
class CompletionSplitter(object):
"""An object to split an input line in a manner similar to readline.
By having our own implementation, we can expose readline-like completion in
a uniform manner to all frontends. This object only needs to be given the
line of text to be split and the cursor position on said line, and it
returns the 'word' to be completed on at the cursor after splitting the
entire line.
What characters are used as splitting delimiters can be controlled by
setting the `delims` attribute (this is a property that internally
automatically builds the necessary regular expression)"""
# Private interface
# A string of delimiter characters. The default value makes sense for
# IPython's most typical usage patterns.
_delims = DELIMS
# The expression (a normal string) to be compiled into a regular expression
# for actual splitting. We store it as an attribute mostly for ease of
# debugging, since this type of code can be so tricky to debug.
_delim_expr = None
# The regular expression that does the actual splitting
_delim_re = None
def __init__(self, delims=None):
delims = CompletionSplitter._delims if delims is None else delims
self.delims = delims
@property
def delims(self):
"""Return the string of delimiter characters."""
return self._delims
@delims.setter
def delims(self, delims):
"""Set the delimiters for line splitting."""
expr = '[' + ''.join('\\'+ c for c in delims) + ']'
self._delim_re = re.compile(expr)
self._delims = delims
self._delim_expr = expr
def split_line(self, line, cursor_pos=None):
"""Split a line of text with a cursor at the given position.
"""
l = line if cursor_pos is None else line[:cursor_pos]
return self._delim_re.split(l)[-1]
class Completer(Configurable):
greedy = CBool(False, config=True,
help="""Activate greedy completion
This will enable completion on elements of lists, results of function calls, etc.,
but can be unsafe because the code is actually evaluated on TAB.
"""
)
def __init__(self, namespace=None, global_namespace=None, config=None, **kwargs):
"""Create a new completer for the command line.
Completer(namespace=ns,global_namespace=ns2) -> completer instance.
If unspecified, the default namespace where completions are performed
is __main__ (technically, __main__.__dict__). Namespaces should be
given as dictionaries.
An optional second namespace can be given. This allows the completer
to handle cases where both the local and global scopes need to be
distinguished.
Completer instances should be used as the completion mechanism of
readline via the set_completer() call:
readline.set_completer(Completer(my_namespace).complete)
"""
# Don't bind to namespace quite yet, but flag whether the user wants a
# specific namespace or to use __main__.__dict__. This will allow us
# to bind to __main__.__dict__ at completion time, not now.
if namespace is None:
self.use_main_ns = 1
else:
self.use_main_ns = 0
self.namespace = namespace
# The global namespace, if given, can be bound directly
if global_namespace is None:
self.global_namespace = {}
else:
self.global_namespace = global_namespace
super(Completer, self).__init__(config=config, **kwargs)
def complete(self, text, state):
"""Return the next possible completion for 'text'.
This is called successively with state == 0, 1, 2, ... until it
returns None. The completion should begin with 'text'.
"""
if self.use_main_ns:
self.namespace = __main__.__dict__
if state == 0:
if "." in text:
self.matches = self.attr_matches(text)
else:
self.matches = self.global_matches(text)
try:
return self.matches[state]
except IndexError:
return None
def global_matches(self, text):
"""Compute matches when text is a simple name.
Return a list of all keywords, built-in functions and names currently
defined in self.namespace or self.global_namespace that match.
"""
#print 'Completer->global_matches, txt=%r' % text # dbg
matches = []
match_append = matches.append
n = len(text)
for lst in [keyword.kwlist,
__builtin__.__dict__.keys(),
self.namespace.keys(),
self.global_namespace.keys()]:
for word in lst:
if word[:n] == text and word != "__builtins__":
match_append(word)
return matches
def attr_matches(self, text):
"""Compute matches when text contains a dot.
Assuming the text is of the form NAME.NAME....[NAME], and is
evaluatable in self.namespace or self.global_namespace, it will be
evaluated and its attributes (as revealed by dir()) are used as
possible completions. (For class instances, class members are are
also considered.)
WARNING: this can still invoke arbitrary C code, if an object
with a __getattr__ hook is evaluated.
"""
#io.rprint('Completer->attr_matches, txt=%r' % text) # dbg
# Another option, seems to work great. Catches things like ''.<tab>
m = re.match(r"(\S+(\.\w+)*)\.(\w*)$", text)
if m:
expr, attr = m.group(1, 3)
elif self.greedy:
m2 = re.match(r"(.+)\.(\w*)$", self.line_buffer)
if not m2:
return []
expr, attr = m2.group(1,2)
else:
return []
try:
obj = eval(expr, self.namespace)
except:
try:
obj = eval(expr, self.global_namespace)
except:
return []
if self.limit_to__all__ and hasattr(obj, '__all__'):
words = get__all__entries(obj)
else:
words = dir2(obj)
try:
words = generics.complete_object(obj, words)
except TryNext:
pass
except Exception:
# Silence errors from completion function
#raise # dbg
pass
# Build match list to return
n = len(attr)
res = ["%s.%s" % (expr, w) for w in words if w[:n] == attr ]
return res
def get__all__entries(obj):
"""returns the strings in the __all__ attribute"""
try:
words = getattr(obj, '__all__')
except:
return []
return [w for w in words if isinstance(w, basestring)]
class IPCompleter(Completer):
"""Extension of the completer class with IPython-specific features"""
def _greedy_changed(self, name, old, new):
"""update the splitter and readline delims when greedy is changed"""
if new:
self.splitter.delims = GREEDY_DELIMS
else:
self.splitter.delims = DELIMS
if self.readline:
self.readline.set_completer_delims(self.splitter.delims)
merge_completions = CBool(True, config=True,
help="""Whether to merge completion results into a single list
If False, only the completion results from the first non-empty
completer will be returned.
"""
)
omit__names = Enum((0,1,2), default_value=2, config=True,
help="""Instruct the completer to omit private method names
Specifically, when completing on ``object.<tab>``.
When 2 [default]: all names that start with '_' will be excluded.
When 1: all 'magic' names (``__foo__``) will be excluded.
When 0: nothing will be excluded.
"""
)
limit_to__all__ = CBool(default_value=False, config=True,
help="""Instruct the completer to use __all__ for the completion
Specifically, when completing on ``object.<tab>``.
When True: only those names in obj.__all__ will be included.
When False [default]: the __all__ attribute is ignored
"""
)
def __init__(self, shell=None, namespace=None, global_namespace=None,
alias_table=None, use_readline=True,
config=None, **kwargs):
"""IPCompleter() -> completer
Return a completer object suitable for use by the readline library
via readline.set_completer().
Inputs:
- shell: a pointer to the ipython shell itself. This is needed
because this completer knows about magic functions, and those can
only be accessed via the ipython instance.
- namespace: an optional dict where completions are performed.
- global_namespace: secondary optional dict for completions, to
handle cases (such as IPython embedded inside functions) where
both Python scopes are visible.
- If alias_table is supplied, it should be a dictionary of aliases
to complete.
use_readline : bool, optional
If true, use the readline library. This completer can still function
without readline, though in that case callers must provide some extra
information on each call about the current line."""
self.magic_escape = ESC_MAGIC
self.splitter = CompletionSplitter()
# Readline configuration, only used by the rlcompleter method.
if use_readline:
# We store the right version of readline so that later code
import IPython.utils.rlineimpl as readline
self.readline = readline
else:
self.readline = None
# _greedy_changed() depends on splitter and readline being defined:
Completer.__init__(self, namespace=namespace, global_namespace=global_namespace,
config=config, **kwargs)
# List where completion matches will be stored
self.matches = []
self.shell = shell
if alias_table is None:
alias_table = {}
self.alias_table = alias_table
# Regexp to split filenames with spaces in them
self.space_name_re = re.compile(r'([^\\] )')
# Hold a local ref. to glob.glob for speed
self.glob = glob.glob
# Determine if we are running on 'dumb' terminals, like (X)Emacs
# buffers, to avoid completion problems.
term = os.environ.get('TERM','xterm')
self.dumb_terminal = term in ['dumb','emacs']
# Special handling of backslashes needed in win32 platforms
if sys.platform == "win32":
self.clean_glob = self._clean_glob_win32
else:
self.clean_glob = self._clean_glob
# All active matcher routines for completion
self.matchers = [self.python_matches,
self.file_matches,
self.magic_matches,
self.alias_matches,
self.python_func_kw_matches,
]
def all_completions(self, text):
"""
Wrapper around the complete method for the benefit of emacs
and pydb.
"""
return self.complete(text)[1]
def _clean_glob(self,text):
return self.glob("%s*" % text)
def _clean_glob_win32(self,text):
return [f.replace("\\","/")
for f in self.glob("%s*" % text)]
def file_matches(self, text):
"""Match filenames, expanding ~USER type strings.
Most of the seemingly convoluted logic in this completer is an
attempt to handle filenames with spaces in them. And yet it's not
quite perfect, because Python's readline doesn't expose all of the
GNU readline details needed for this to be done correctly.
For a filename with a space in it, the printed completions will be
only the parts after what's already been typed (instead of the
full completions, as is normally done). I don't think with the
current (as of Python 2.3) Python readline it's possible to do
better."""
#io.rprint('Completer->file_matches: <%r>' % text) # dbg
# chars that require escaping with backslash - i.e. chars
# that readline treats incorrectly as delimiters, but we
# don't want to treat as delimiters in filename matching
# when escaped with backslash
if text.startswith('!'):
text = text[1:]
text_prefix = '!'
else:
text_prefix = ''
text_until_cursor = self.text_until_cursor
# track strings with open quotes
open_quotes = has_open_quotes(text_until_cursor)
if '(' in text_until_cursor or '[' in text_until_cursor:
lsplit = text
else:
try:
# arg_split ~ shlex.split, but with unicode bugs fixed by us
lsplit = arg_split(text_until_cursor)[-1]
except ValueError:
# typically an unmatched ", or backslash without escaped char.
if open_quotes:
lsplit = text_until_cursor.split(open_quotes)[-1]
else:
return []
except IndexError:
# tab pressed on empty line
lsplit = ""
if not open_quotes and lsplit != protect_filename(lsplit):
# if protectables are found, do matching on the whole escaped name
has_protectables = True
text0,text = text,lsplit
else:
has_protectables = False
text = os.path.expanduser(text)
if text == "":
return [text_prefix + protect_filename(f) for f in self.glob("*")]
# Compute the matches from the filesystem
m0 = self.clean_glob(text.replace('\\',''))
if has_protectables:
# If we had protectables, we need to revert our changes to the
# beginning of filename so that we don't double-write the part
# of the filename we have so far
len_lsplit = len(lsplit)
matches = [text_prefix + text0 +
protect_filename(f[len_lsplit:]) for f in m0]
else:
if open_quotes:
# if we have a string with an open quote, we don't need to
# protect the names at all (and we _shouldn't_, as it
# would cause bugs when the filesystem call is made).
matches = m0
else:
matches = [text_prefix +
protect_filename(f) for f in m0]
#io.rprint('mm', matches) # dbg
# Mark directories in input list by appending '/' to their names.
matches = [x+'/' if os.path.isdir(x) else x for x in matches]
return matches
def magic_matches(self, text):
"""Match magics"""
#print 'Completer->magic_matches:',text,'lb',self.text_until_cursor # dbg
# Get all shell magics now rather than statically, so magics loaded at
# runtime show up too.
lsm = self.shell.magics_manager.lsmagic()
line_magics = lsm['line']
cell_magics = lsm['cell']
pre = self.magic_escape
pre2 = pre+pre
# Completion logic:
# - user gives %%: only do cell magics
# - user gives %: do both line and cell magics
# - no prefix: do both
# In other words, line magics are skipped if the user gives %% explicitly
bare_text = text.lstrip(pre)
comp = [ pre2+m for m in cell_magics if m.startswith(bare_text)]
if not text.startswith(pre2):
comp += [ pre+m for m in line_magics if m.startswith(bare_text)]
return comp
def alias_matches(self, text):
"""Match internal system aliases"""
#print 'Completer->alias_matches:',text,'lb',self.text_until_cursor # dbg
# if we are not in the first 'item', alias matching
# doesn't make sense - unless we are starting with 'sudo' command.
main_text = self.text_until_cursor.lstrip()
if ' ' in main_text and not main_text.startswith('sudo'):
return []
text = os.path.expanduser(text)
aliases = self.alias_table.keys()
if text == '':
return aliases
else:
return [a for a in aliases if a.startswith(text)]
def python_matches(self,text):
"""Match attributes or global python names"""
#io.rprint('Completer->python_matches, txt=%r' % text) # dbg
if "." in text:
try:
matches = self.attr_matches(text)
if text.endswith('.') and self.omit__names:
if self.omit__names == 1:
# true if txt is _not_ a __ name, false otherwise:
no__name = (lambda txt:
re.match(r'.*\.__.*?__',txt) is None)
else:
# true if txt is _not_ a _ name, false otherwise:
no__name = (lambda txt:
re.match(r'.*\._.*?',txt) is None)
matches = filter(no__name, matches)
except NameError:
# catches <undefined attributes>.<tab>
matches = []
else:
matches = self.global_matches(text)
return matches
def _default_arguments(self, obj):
"""Return the list of default arguments of obj if it is callable,
or empty list otherwise."""
if not (inspect.isfunction(obj) or inspect.ismethod(obj)):
# for classes, check for __init__,__new__
if inspect.isclass(obj):
obj = (getattr(obj,'__init__',None) or
getattr(obj,'__new__',None))
# for all others, check if they are __call__able
elif hasattr(obj, '__call__'):
obj = obj.__call__
# XXX: is there a way to handle the builtins ?
try:
args,_,_1,defaults = inspect.getargspec(obj)
if defaults:
return args[-len(defaults):]
except TypeError: pass
return []
def python_func_kw_matches(self,text):
"""Match named parameters (kwargs) of the last open function"""
if "." in text: # a parameter cannot be dotted
return []
try: regexp = self.__funcParamsRegex
except AttributeError:
regexp = self.__funcParamsRegex = re.compile(r'''
'.*?(?<!\\)' | # single quoted strings or
".*?(?<!\\)" | # double quoted strings or
\w+ | # identifier
\S # other characters
''', re.VERBOSE | re.DOTALL)
# 1. find the nearest identifier that comes before an unclosed
# parenthesis before the cursor
# e.g. for "foo (1+bar(x), pa<cursor>,a=1)", the candidate is "foo"
tokens = regexp.findall(self.text_until_cursor)
tokens.reverse()
iterTokens = iter(tokens); openPar = 0
for token in iterTokens:
if token == ')':
openPar -= 1
elif token == '(':
openPar += 1
if openPar > 0:
# found the last unclosed parenthesis
break
else:
return []
# 2. Concatenate dotted names ("foo.bar" for "foo.bar(x, pa" )
ids = []
isId = re.compile(r'\w+$').match
while True:
try:
ids.append(next(iterTokens))
if not isId(ids[-1]):
ids.pop(); break
if not next(iterTokens) == '.':
break
except StopIteration:
break
# lookup the candidate callable matches either using global_matches
# or attr_matches for dotted names
if len(ids) == 1:
callableMatches = self.global_matches(ids[0])
else:
callableMatches = self.attr_matches('.'.join(ids[::-1]))
argMatches = []
for callableMatch in callableMatches:
try:
namedArgs = self._default_arguments(eval(callableMatch,
self.namespace))
except:
continue
for namedArg in namedArgs:
if namedArg.startswith(text):
argMatches.append("%s=" %namedArg)
return argMatches
def dispatch_custom_completer(self, text):
#io.rprint("Custom! '%s' %s" % (text, self.custom_completers)) # dbg
line = self.line_buffer
if not line.strip():
return None
# Create a little structure to pass all the relevant information about
# the current completion to any custom completer.
event = Bunch()
event.line = line
event.symbol = text
cmd = line.split(None,1)[0]
event.command = cmd
event.text_until_cursor = self.text_until_cursor
#print "\ncustom:{%s]\n" % event # dbg
# for foo etc, try also to find completer for %foo
if not cmd.startswith(self.magic_escape):
try_magic = self.custom_completers.s_matches(
self.magic_escape + cmd)
else:
try_magic = []
for c in itertools.chain(self.custom_completers.s_matches(cmd),
try_magic,
self.custom_completers.flat_matches(self.text_until_cursor)):
#print "try",c # dbg
try:
res = c(event)
if res:
# first, try case sensitive match
withcase = [r for r in res if r.startswith(text)]
if withcase:
return withcase
# if none, then case insensitive ones are ok too
text_low = text.lower()
return [r for r in res if r.lower().startswith(text_low)]
except TryNext:
pass
return None
def complete(self, text=None, line_buffer=None, cursor_pos=None):
"""Find completions for the given text and line context.
This is called successively with state == 0, 1, 2, ... until it
returns None. The completion should begin with 'text'.
Note that both the text and the line_buffer are optional, but at least
one of them must be given.
Parameters
----------
text : string, optional
Text to perform the completion on. If not given, the line buffer
is split using the instance's CompletionSplitter object.
line_buffer : string, optional
If not given, the completer attempts to obtain the current line
buffer via readline. This keyword allows clients which are
requesting for text completions in non-readline contexts to inform
the completer of the entire text.
cursor_pos : int, optional
Index of the cursor in the full line buffer. Should be provided by
remote frontends where kernel has no access to frontend state.
Returns
-------
text : str
Text that was actually used in the completion.
matches : list
A list of completion matches.
"""
#io.rprint('\nCOMP1 %r %r %r' % (text, line_buffer, cursor_pos)) # dbg
# if the cursor position isn't given, the only sane assumption we can
# make is that it's at the end of the line (the common case)
if cursor_pos is None:
cursor_pos = len(line_buffer) if text is None else len(text)
# if text is either None or an empty string, rely on the line buffer
if not text:
text = self.splitter.split_line(line_buffer, cursor_pos)
# If no line buffer is given, assume the input text is all there was
if line_buffer is None:
line_buffer = text
self.line_buffer = line_buffer
self.text_until_cursor = self.line_buffer[:cursor_pos]
#io.rprint('COMP2 %r %r %r' % (text, line_buffer, cursor_pos)) # dbg
# Start with a clean slate of completions
self.matches[:] = []
custom_res = self.dispatch_custom_completer(text)
if custom_res is not None:
# did custom completers produce something?
self.matches = custom_res
else:
# Extend the list of completions with the results of each
# matcher, so we return results to the user from all
# namespaces.
if self.merge_completions:
self.matches = []
for matcher in self.matchers:
try:
self.matches.extend(matcher(text))
except:
# Show the ugly traceback if the matcher causes an
# exception, but do NOT crash the kernel!
sys.excepthook(*sys.exc_info())
else:
for matcher in self.matchers:
self.matches = matcher(text)
if self.matches:
break
# FIXME: we should extend our api to return a dict with completions for
# different types of objects. The rlcomplete() method could then
# simply collapse the dict into a list for readline, but we'd have
# richer completion semantics in other evironments.
self.matches = sorted(set(self.matches))
#io.rprint('COMP TEXT, MATCHES: %r, %r' % (text, self.matches)) # dbg
return text, self.matches
def rlcomplete(self, text, state):
"""Return the state-th possible completion for 'text'.
This is called successively with state == 0, 1, 2, ... until it
returns None. The completion should begin with 'text'.
Parameters
----------
text : string
Text to perform the completion on.
state : int
Counter used by readline.
"""
if state==0:
self.line_buffer = line_buffer = self.readline.get_line_buffer()
cursor_pos = self.readline.get_endidx()
#io.rprint("\nRLCOMPLETE: %r %r %r" %
# (text, line_buffer, cursor_pos) ) # dbg
# if there is only a tab on a line with only whitespace, instead of
# the mostly useless 'do you want to see all million completions'
# message, just do the right thing and give the user his tab!
# Incidentally, this enables pasting of tabbed text from an editor
# (as long as autoindent is off).
# It should be noted that at least pyreadline still shows file
# completions - is there a way around it?
# don't apply this on 'dumb' terminals, such as emacs buffers, so
# we don't interfere with their own tab-completion mechanism.
if not (self.dumb_terminal or line_buffer.strip()):
self.readline.insert_text('\t')
sys.stdout.flush()
return None
# Note: debugging exceptions that may occur in completion is very
# tricky, because readline unconditionally silences them. So if
# during development you suspect a bug in the completion code, turn
# this flag on temporarily by uncommenting the second form (don't
# flip the value in the first line, as the '# dbg' marker can be
# automatically detected and is used elsewhere).
DEBUG = False
#DEBUG = True # dbg
if DEBUG:
try:
self.complete(text, line_buffer, cursor_pos)
except:
import traceback; traceback.print_exc()
else:
# The normal production version is here
# This method computes the self.matches array
self.complete(text, line_buffer, cursor_pos)
try:
return self.matches[state]
except IndexError:
return None