# -*- coding: utf-8 -*- """Tools for inspecting Python objects. Uses syntax highlighting for presenting the various information elements. Similar in spirit to the inspect module, but all calls take a name argument to reference the name under which an object is being read. $Id: OInspect.py 1016 2006-01-14 00:54:23Z vivainio $ """ #***************************************************************************** # Copyright (C) 2001-2004 Fernando Perez # # Distributed under the terms of the BSD License. The full license is in # the file COPYING, distributed as part of this software. #***************************************************************************** from IPython import Release __author__ = '%s <%s>' % Release.authors['Fernando'] __license__ = Release.license __all__ = ['Inspector','InspectColors'] # stdlib modules import __builtin__ import inspect import linecache import string import StringIO import types # IPython's own from IPython import PyColorize from IPython.genutils import page,indent,Term,mkdict from IPython.Itpl import itpl from IPython.wildcard import list_namespace from IPython.ColorANSI import * #**************************************************************************** # Builtin color schemes Colors = TermColors # just a shorthand # Build a few color schemes NoColor = ColorScheme( 'NoColor',{ 'header' : Colors.NoColor, 'normal' : Colors.NoColor # color off (usu. Colors.Normal) } ) LinuxColors = ColorScheme( 'Linux',{ 'header' : Colors.LightRed, 'normal' : Colors.Normal # color off (usu. Colors.Normal) } ) LightBGColors = ColorScheme( 'LightBG',{ 'header' : Colors.Red, 'normal' : Colors.Normal # color off (usu. Colors.Normal) } ) # Build table of color schemes (needed by the parser) InspectColors = ColorSchemeTable([NoColor,LinuxColors,LightBGColors], 'Linux') #**************************************************************************** # Auxiliary functions def getdoc(obj): """Stable wrapper around inspect.getdoc. This can't crash because of attribute problems. It also attempts to call a getdoc() method on the given object. This allows objects which provide their docstrings via non-standard mechanisms (like Pyro proxies) to still be inspected by ipython's ? system.""" ds = None # default return value try: ds = inspect.getdoc(obj) except: # Harden against an inspect failure, which can occur with # SWIG-wrapped extensions. pass # Allow objects to offer customized documentation via a getdoc method: try: ds2 = obj.getdoc() except: pass else: # if we get extra info, we add it to the normal docstring. if ds is None: ds = ds2 else: ds = '%s\n%s' % (ds,ds2) return ds #**************************************************************************** # Class definitions class myStringIO(StringIO.StringIO): """Adds a writeln method to normal StringIO.""" def writeln(self,*arg,**kw): """Does a write() and then a write('\n')""" self.write(*arg,**kw) self.write('\n') class Inspector: def __init__(self,color_table,code_color_table,scheme): self.color_table = color_table self.parser = PyColorize.Parser(code_color_table,out='str') self.format = self.parser.format self.set_active_scheme(scheme) def __getargspec(self,obj): """Get the names and default values of a function's arguments. A tuple of four things is returned: (args, varargs, varkw, defaults). 'args' is a list of the argument names (it may contain nested lists). 'varargs' and 'varkw' are the names of the * and ** arguments or None. 'defaults' is an n-tuple of the default values of the last n arguments. Modified version of inspect.getargspec from the Python Standard Library.""" if inspect.isfunction(obj): func_obj = obj elif inspect.ismethod(obj): func_obj = obj.im_func else: raise TypeError, 'arg is not a Python function' args, varargs, varkw = inspect.getargs(func_obj.func_code) return args, varargs, varkw, func_obj.func_defaults def __getdef(self,obj,oname=''): """Return the definition header for any callable object. If any exception is generated, None is returned instead and the exception is suppressed.""" try: return oname + inspect.formatargspec(*self.__getargspec(obj)) except: return None def __head(self,h): """Return a header string with proper colors.""" return '%s%s%s' % (self.color_table.active_colors.header,h, self.color_table.active_colors.normal) def set_active_scheme(self,scheme): self.color_table.set_active_scheme(scheme) self.parser.color_table.set_active_scheme(scheme) def noinfo(self,msg,oname): """Generic message when no information is found.""" print 'No %s found' % msg, if oname: print 'for %s' % oname else: print def pdef(self,obj,oname=''): """Print the definition header for any callable object. If the object is a class, print the constructor information.""" if not callable(obj): print 'Object is not callable.' return header = '' if type(obj) is types.ClassType: header = self.__head('Class constructor information:\n') obj = obj.__init__ elif type(obj) is types.InstanceType: obj = obj.__call__ output = self.__getdef(obj,oname) if output is None: self.noinfo('definition header',oname) else: print >>Term.cout, header,self.format(output), def pdoc(self,obj,oname='',formatter = None): """Print the docstring for any object. Optional: -formatter: a function to run the docstring through for specially formatted docstrings.""" head = self.__head # so that itpl can find it even if private ds = getdoc(obj) if formatter: ds = formatter(ds) if type(obj) is types.ClassType: init_ds = getdoc(obj.__init__) output = itpl('$head("Class Docstring:")\n' '$indent(ds)\n' '$head("Constructor Docstring"):\n' '$indent(init_ds)') elif type(obj) is types.InstanceType and hasattr(obj,'__call__'): call_ds = getdoc(obj.__call__) if call_ds: output = itpl('$head("Class Docstring:")\n$indent(ds)\n' '$head("Calling Docstring:")\n$indent(call_ds)') else: output = ds else: output = ds if output is None: self.noinfo('documentation',oname) return page(output) def psource(self,obj,oname=''): """Print the source code for an object.""" # Flush the source cache because inspect can return out-of-date source linecache.checkcache() try: src = inspect.getsource(obj) except: self.noinfo('source',oname) else: page(self.format(src)) def pfile(self,obj,oname=''): """Show the whole file where an object was defined.""" try: sourcelines,lineno = inspect.getsourcelines(obj) except: self.noinfo('file',oname) else: # run contents of file through pager starting at line # where the object is defined page(self.format(open(inspect.getabsfile(obj)).read()),lineno) def pinfo(self,obj,oname='',formatter=None,info=None,detail_level=0): """Show detailed information about an object. Optional arguments: - oname: name of the variable pointing to the object. - formatter: special formatter for docstrings (see pdoc) - info: a structure with some information fields which may have been precomputed already. - detail_level: if set to 1, more information is given. """ obj_type = type(obj) header = self.__head if info is None: ismagic = 0 isalias = 0 ospace = '' else: ismagic = info.ismagic isalias = info.isalias ospace = info.namespace # Get docstring, special-casing aliases: if isalias: ds = "Alias to the system command:\n %s" % obj[1] else: ds = getdoc(obj) if ds is None: ds = '' if formatter is not None: ds = formatter(ds) # store output in a list which gets joined with \n at the end. out = myStringIO() string_max = 200 # max size of strings to show (snipped if longer) shalf = int((string_max -5)/2) if ismagic: obj_type_name = 'Magic function' elif isalias: obj_type_name = 'System alias' else: obj_type_name = obj_type.__name__ out.writeln(header('Type:\t\t')+obj_type_name) try: bclass = obj.__class__ out.writeln(header('Base Class:\t')+str(bclass)) except: pass # String form, but snip if too long in ? form (full in ??) try: ostr = str(obj) str_head = 'String Form:' if not detail_level and len(ostr)>string_max: ostr = ostr[:shalf] + ' <...> ' + ostr[-shalf:] ostr = ("\n" + " " * len(str_head.expandtabs())).\ join(map(string.strip,ostr.split("\n"))) if ostr.find('\n') > -1: # Print multi-line strings starting at the next line. str_sep = '\n' else: str_sep = '\t' out.writeln("%s%s%s" % (header(str_head),str_sep,ostr)) except: pass if ospace: out.writeln(header('Namespace:\t')+ospace) # Length (for strings and lists) try: length = str(len(obj)) out.writeln(header('Length:\t\t')+length) except: pass # Filename where object was defined try: file = inspect.getabsfile(obj) if file.endswith(''): file = 'Dynamically generated function. No source code available.' out.writeln(header('File:\t\t')+file) except: pass # reconstruct the function definition and print it: defln = self.__getdef(obj,oname) if defln: out.write(header('Definition:\t')+self.format(defln)) # Docstrings only in detail 0 mode, since source contains them (we # avoid repetitions). If source fails, we add them back, see below. if ds and detail_level == 0: out.writeln(header('Docstring:\n') + indent(ds)) # Original source code for any callable if detail_level: # Flush the source cache because inspect can return out-of-date source linecache.checkcache() try: source = self.format(inspect.getsource(obj)) out.write(header('Source:\n')+source.rstrip()) except: if ds: out.writeln(header('Docstring:\n') + indent(ds)) # Constructor docstring for classes if obj_type is types.ClassType: # reconstruct the function definition and print it: try: obj_init = obj.__init__ except AttributeError: init_def = init_ds = None else: init_def = self.__getdef(obj_init,oname) init_ds = getdoc(obj_init) if init_def or init_ds: out.writeln(header('\nConstructor information:')) if init_def: out.write(header('Definition:\t')+ self.format(init_def)) if init_ds: out.writeln(header('Docstring:\n') + indent(init_ds)) # and class docstring for instances: elif obj_type is types.InstanceType: # First, check whether the instance docstring is identical to the # class one, and print it separately if they don't coincide. In # most cases they will, but it's nice to print all the info for # objects which use instance-customized docstrings. if ds: class_ds = getdoc(obj.__class__) if class_ds and ds != class_ds: out.writeln(header('Class Docstring:\n') + indent(class_ds)) # Next, try to show constructor docstrings try: init_ds = getdoc(obj.__init__) except AttributeError: init_ds = None if init_ds: out.writeln(header('Constructor Docstring:\n') + indent(init_ds)) # Call form docstring for callable instances if hasattr(obj,'__call__'): out.writeln(header('Callable:\t')+'Yes') call_def = self.__getdef(obj.__call__,oname) if call_def is None: out.write(header('Call def:\t')+ 'Calling definition not available.') else: out.write(header('Call def:\t')+self.format(call_def)) call_ds = getdoc(obj.__call__) if call_ds: out.writeln(header('Call docstring:\n') + indent(call_ds)) # Finally send to printer/pager output = out.getvalue() if output: page(output) # end pinfo def psearch(self,pattern,ns_table,ns_search=[], ignore_case=False,show_all=False): """Search namespaces with wildcards for objects. Arguments: - pattern: string containing shell-like wildcards to use in namespace searches and optionally a type specification to narrow the search to objects of that type. - ns_table: dict of name->namespaces for search. Optional arguments: - ns_search: list of namespace names to include in search. - ignore_case(False): make the search case-insensitive. - show_all(False): show all names, including those starting with underscores. """ # defaults type_pattern = 'all' filter = '' cmds = pattern.split() len_cmds = len(cmds) if len_cmds == 1: # Only filter pattern given filter = cmds[0] elif len_cmds == 2: # Both filter and type specified filter,type_pattern = cmds else: raise ValueError('invalid argument string for psearch: <%s>' % pattern) # filter search namespaces for name in ns_search: if name not in ns_table: raise ValueError('invalid namespace <%s>. Valid names: %s' % (name,ns_table.keys())) #print 'type_pattern:',type_pattern # dbg search_result = [] for ns_name in ns_search: ns = ns_table[ns_name] tmp_res = list(list_namespace(ns,type_pattern,filter, ignore_case=ignore_case, show_all=show_all)) search_result.extend(tmp_res) search_result.sort() page('\n'.join(search_result))