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103 lines
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\section{\module{pyclbr} ---
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Python class browser support}
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\declaremodule{standard}{pyclbr}
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\modulesynopsis{Supports information extraction for a Python class
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browser.}
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\sectionauthor{Fred L. Drake, Jr.}{fdrake@acm.org}
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The \module{pyclbr} can be used to determine some limited information
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about the classes, methods and top-level functions
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defined in a module. The information
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provided is sufficient to implement a traditional three-pane class
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browser. The information is extracted from the source code rather
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than by importing the module, so this module is safe to use with
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untrusted source code. This restriction makes it impossible to use
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this module with modules not implemented in Python, including many
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standard and optional extension modules.
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\begin{funcdesc}{readmodule}{module\optional{, path}}
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% The 'inpackage' parameter appears to be for internal use only....
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Read a module and return a dictionary mapping class names to class
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descriptor objects. The parameter \var{module} should be the name
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of a module as a string; it may be the name of a module within a
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package. The \var{path} parameter should be a sequence, and is used
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to augment the value of \code{sys.path}, which is used to locate
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module source code.
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\end{funcdesc}
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\begin{funcdesc}{readmodule_ex}{module\optional{, path}}
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% The 'inpackage' parameter appears to be for internal use only....
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Like \function{readmodule()}, but the returned dictionary, in addition
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to mapping class names to class descriptor objects, also maps
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top-level function names to function descriptor objects. Moreover, if
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the module being read is a package, the key \code{'__path__'} in the
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returned dictionary has as its value a list which contains the package
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search path.
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\end{funcdesc}
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\subsection{Class Descriptor Objects \label{pyclbr-class-objects}}
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The class descriptor objects used as values in the dictionary returned
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by \function{readmodule()} and \function{readmodule_ex()}
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provide the following data members:
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\begin{memberdesc}[class descriptor]{module}
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The name of the module defining the class described by the class
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descriptor.
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\end{memberdesc}
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\begin{memberdesc}[class descriptor]{name}
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The name of the class.
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\end{memberdesc}
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\begin{memberdesc}[class descriptor]{super}
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A list of class descriptors which describe the immediate base
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classes of the class being described. Classes which are named as
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superclasses but which are not discoverable by
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\function{readmodule()} are listed as a string with the class name
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instead of class descriptors.
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\end{memberdesc}
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\begin{memberdesc}[class descriptor]{methods}
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A dictionary mapping method names to line numbers.
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\end{memberdesc}
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\begin{memberdesc}[class descriptor]{file}
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Name of the file containing the \code(class} statement defining the class.
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\end{memberdesc}
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\begin{memberdesc}[class descriptor]{lineno}
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The line number of the \code{class} statement within the file named by
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\member{file}.
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\end{memberdesc}
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\subsection{Function Descriptor Objects \label{pyclbr-function-objects}}
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The function descriptor objects used as values in the dictionary returned
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by \function{readmodule_ex()} provide the following data members:
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\begin{memberdesc}[function descriptor]{module}
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The name of the module defining the function described by the function
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descriptor.
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\end{memberdesc}
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\begin{memberdesc}[function descriptor]{name}
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The name of the function.
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\end{memberdesc}
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\begin{memberdesc}[function descriptor]{file}
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Name of the file containing the \code{def} statement defining the function.
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\end{memberdesc}
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\begin{memberdesc}[function descriptor]{lineno}
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The line number of the \code{def} statement within the file named by
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\member{file}.
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\end{memberdesc}
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