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:mod:`pyclbr` --- Python class browser support
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.. module:: pyclbr
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:synopsis: Supports information extraction for a Python class browser.
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.. sectionauthor:: Fred L. Drake, Jr. <fdrake@acm.org>
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The :mod:`pyclbr` module can be used to determine some limited information
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about the classes, methods and top-level functions defined in a module. The
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information provided is sufficient to implement a traditional three-pane
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class 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 untrusted
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code. This restriction makes it impossible to use this module with modules
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not implemented in Python, including all standard and optional extension
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modules.
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.. function:: readmodule(module[, path=None])
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Read a module and return a dictionary mapping class names to class
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descriptor objects. The parameter *module* should be the name of a
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module as a string; it may be the name of a module within a package. The
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*path* parameter should be a sequence, and is used to augment the value
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of ``sys.path``, which is used to locate module source code.
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.. function:: readmodule_ex(module[, path=None])
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Like :func:`readmodule`, but the returned dictionary, in addition to
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mapping class names to class descriptor objects, also maps top-level
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function names to function descriptor objects. Moreover, if the module
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being read is a package, the key ``'__path__'`` in the returned
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dictionary has as its value a list which contains the package search
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path.
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.. _pyclbr-class-objects:
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Class Objects
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-------------
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The :class:`Class` objects used as values in the dictionary returned by
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:func:`readmodule` and :func:`readmodule_ex` provide the following data
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members:
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.. attribute:: Class.module
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The name of the module defining the class described by the class descriptor.
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.. attribute:: Class.name
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The name of the class.
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.. attribute:: Class.super
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A list of :class:`Class` objects 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 :func:`readmodule` are
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listed as a string with the class name instead of as :class:`Class`
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objects.
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.. attribute:: Class.methods
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A dictionary mapping method names to line numbers.
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.. attribute:: Class.file
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Name of the file containing the ``class`` statement defining the class.
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.. attribute:: Class.lineno
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The line number of the ``class`` statement within the file named by
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:attr:`file`.
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.. _pyclbr-function-objects:
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Function Objects
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----------------
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The :class:`Function` objects used as values in the dictionary returned by
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:func:`readmodule_ex` provide the following data members:
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.. attribute:: Function.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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.. attribute:: Function.name
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The name of the function.
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.. attribute:: Function.file
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Name of the file containing the ``def`` statement defining the function.
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.. attribute:: Function.lineno
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The line number of the ``def`` statement within the file named by
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:attr:`file`.
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