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1 """distutils.fancy_getopt
3 Wrapper around the standard getopt module that provides the following
4 additional features:
5 * short and long options are tied together
6 * options have help strings, so fancy_getopt could potentially
7 create a complete usage summary
8 * options set attributes of a passed-in object
9 """
11 # This module should be kept compatible with Python 2.1.
13 __revision__ = "$Id$"
15 import sys, string, re
16 from types import *
17 import getopt
18 from distutils.errors import *
20 # Much like command_re in distutils.core, this is close to but not quite
21 # the same as a Python NAME -- except, in the spirit of most GNU
22 # utilities, we use '-' in place of '_'. (The spirit of LISP lives on!)
23 # The similarities to NAME are again not a coincidence...
24 longopt_pat = r'[a-zA-Z](?:[a-zA-Z0-9-]*)'
25 longopt_re = re.compile(r'^%s$' % longopt_pat)
27 # For recognizing "negative alias" options, eg. "quiet=!verbose"
28 neg_alias_re = re.compile("^(%s)=!(%s)$" % (longopt_pat, longopt_pat))
30 # This is used to translate long options to legitimate Python identifiers
31 # (for use as attributes of some object).
32 longopt_xlate = string.maketrans('-', '_')
34 class FancyGetopt:
35 """Wrapper around the standard 'getopt()' module that provides some
36 handy extra functionality:
37 * short and long options are tied together
38 * options have help strings, and help text can be assembled
39 from them
40 * options set attributes of a passed-in object
41 * boolean options can have "negative aliases" -- eg. if
42 --quiet is the "negative alias" of --verbose, then "--quiet"
43 on the command line sets 'verbose' to false
44 """
46 def __init__ (self, option_table=None):
48 # The option table is (currently) a list of tuples. The
49 # tuples may have 3 or four values:
50 # (long_option, short_option, help_string [, repeatable])
51 # if an option takes an argument, its long_option should have '='
52 # appended; short_option should just be a single character, no ':'
53 # in any case. If a long_option doesn't have a corresponding
54 # short_option, short_option should be None. All option tuples
55 # must have long options.
56 self.option_table = option_table
58 # 'option_index' maps long option names to entries in the option
59 # table (ie. those 3-tuples).
60 self.option_index = {}
61 if self.option_table:
62 self._build_index()
64 # 'alias' records (duh) alias options; {'foo': 'bar'} means
65 # --foo is an alias for --bar
66 self.alias = {}
68 # 'negative_alias' keeps track of options that are the boolean
69 # opposite of some other option
70 self.negative_alias = {}
72 # These keep track of the information in the option table. We
73 # don't actually populate these structures until we're ready to
74 # parse the command-line, since the 'option_table' passed in here
75 # isn't necessarily the final word.
76 self.short_opts = []
77 self.long_opts = []
78 self.short2long = {}
79 self.attr_name = {}
80 self.takes_arg = {}
82 # And 'option_order' is filled up in 'getopt()'; it records the
83 # original order of options (and their values) on the command-line,
84 # but expands short options, converts aliases, etc.
85 self.option_order = []
87 # __init__ ()
90 def _build_index (self):
91 self.option_index.clear()
92 for option in self.option_table:
93 self.option_index[option[0]] = option
95 def set_option_table (self, option_table):
96 self.option_table = option_table
97 self._build_index()
99 def add_option (self, long_option, short_option=None, help_string=None):
100 if self.option_index.has_key(long_option):
101 raise DistutilsGetoptError, \
102 "option conflict: already an option '%s'" % long_option
103 else:
104 option = (long_option, short_option, help_string)
105 self.option_table.append(option)
106 self.option_index[long_option] = option
109 def has_option (self, long_option):
110 """Return true if the option table for this parser has an
111 option with long name 'long_option'."""
112 return self.option_index.has_key(long_option)
114 def get_attr_name (self, long_option):
115 """Translate long option name 'long_option' to the form it
116 has as an attribute of some object: ie., translate hyphens
117 to underscores."""
118 return string.translate(long_option, longopt_xlate)
121 def _check_alias_dict (self, aliases, what):
122 assert type(aliases) is DictionaryType
123 for (alias, opt) in aliases.items():
124 if not self.option_index.has_key(alias):
125 raise DistutilsGetoptError, \
126 ("invalid %s '%s': "
127 "option '%s' not defined") % (what, alias, alias)
128 if not self.option_index.has_key(opt):
129 raise DistutilsGetoptError, \
130 ("invalid %s '%s': "
131 "aliased option '%s' not defined") % (what, alias, opt)
133 def set_aliases (self, alias):
134 """Set the aliases for this option parser."""
135 self._check_alias_dict(alias, "alias")
136 self.alias = alias
138 def set_negative_aliases (self, negative_alias):
139 """Set the negative aliases for this option parser.
140 'negative_alias' should be a dictionary mapping option names to
141 option names, both the key and value must already be defined
142 in the option table."""
143 self._check_alias_dict(negative_alias, "negative alias")
144 self.negative_alias = negative_alias
147 def _grok_option_table (self):
148 """Populate the various data structures that keep tabs on the
149 option table. Called by 'getopt()' before it can do anything
150 worthwhile.
152 self.long_opts = []
153 self.short_opts = []
154 self.short2long.clear()
155 self.repeat = {}
157 for option in self.option_table:
158 if len(option) == 3:
159 long, short, help = option
160 repeat = 0
161 elif len(option) == 4:
162 long, short, help, repeat = option
163 else:
164 # the option table is part of the code, so simply
165 # assert that it is correct
166 raise ValueError, "invalid option tuple: %r" % (option,)
168 # Type- and value-check the option names
169 if type(long) is not StringType or len(long) < 2:
170 raise DistutilsGetoptError, \
171 ("invalid long option '%s': "
172 "must be a string of length >= 2") % long
174 if (not ((short is None) or
175 (type(short) is StringType and len(short) == 1))):
176 raise DistutilsGetoptError, \
177 ("invalid short option '%s': "
178 "must a single character or None") % short
180 self.repeat[long] = repeat
181 self.long_opts.append(long)
183 if long[-1] == '=': # option takes an argument?
184 if short: short = short + ':'
185 long = long[0:-1]
186 self.takes_arg[long] = 1
187 else:
189 # Is option is a "negative alias" for some other option (eg.
190 # "quiet" == "!verbose")?
191 alias_to = self.negative_alias.get(long)
192 if alias_to is not None:
193 if self.takes_arg[alias_to]:
194 raise DistutilsGetoptError, \
195 ("invalid negative alias '%s': "
196 "aliased option '%s' takes a value") % \
197 (long, alias_to)
199 self.long_opts[-1] = long # XXX redundant?!
200 self.takes_arg[long] = 0
202 else:
203 self.takes_arg[long] = 0
205 # If this is an alias option, make sure its "takes arg" flag is
206 # the same as the option it's aliased to.
207 alias_to = self.alias.get(long)
208 if alias_to is not None:
209 if self.takes_arg[long] != self.takes_arg[alias_to]:
210 raise DistutilsGetoptError, \
211 ("invalid alias '%s': inconsistent with "
212 "aliased option '%s' (one of them takes a value, "
213 "the other doesn't") % (long, alias_to)
216 # Now enforce some bondage on the long option name, so we can
217 # later translate it to an attribute name on some object. Have
218 # to do this a bit late to make sure we've removed any trailing
219 # '='.
220 if not longopt_re.match(long):
221 raise DistutilsGetoptError, \
222 ("invalid long option name '%s' " +
223 "(must be letters, numbers, hyphens only") % long
225 self.attr_name[long] = self.get_attr_name(long)
226 if short:
227 self.short_opts.append(short)
228 self.short2long[short[0]] = long
230 # for option_table
232 # _grok_option_table()
235 def getopt (self, args=None, object=None):
236 """Parse command-line options in args. Store as attributes on object.
238 If 'args' is None or not supplied, uses 'sys.argv[1:]'. If
239 'object' is None or not supplied, creates a new OptionDummy
240 object, stores option values there, and returns a tuple (args,
241 object). If 'object' is supplied, it is modified in place and
242 'getopt()' just returns 'args'; in both cases, the returned
243 'args' is a modified copy of the passed-in 'args' list, which
244 is left untouched.
246 if args is None:
247 args = sys.argv[1:]
248 if object is None:
249 object = OptionDummy()
250 created_object = 1
251 else:
252 created_object = 0
254 self._grok_option_table()
256 short_opts = string.join(self.short_opts)
257 try:
258 opts, args = getopt.getopt(args, short_opts, self.long_opts)
259 except getopt.error, msg:
260 raise DistutilsArgError, msg
262 for opt, val in opts:
263 if len(opt) == 2 and opt[0] == '-': # it's a short option
264 opt = self.short2long[opt[1]]
265 else:
266 assert len(opt) > 2 and opt[:2] == '--'
267 opt = opt[2:]
269 alias = self.alias.get(opt)
270 if alias:
271 opt = alias
273 if not self.takes_arg[opt]: # boolean option?
274 assert val == '', "boolean option can't have value"
275 alias = self.negative_alias.get(opt)
276 if alias:
277 opt = alias
278 val = 0
279 else:
280 val = 1
282 attr = self.attr_name[opt]
283 # The only repeating option at the moment is 'verbose'.
284 # It has a negative option -q quiet, which should set verbose = 0.
285 if val and self.repeat.get(attr) is not None:
286 val = getattr(object, attr, 0) + 1
287 setattr(object, attr, val)
288 self.option_order.append((opt, val))
290 # for opts
291 if created_object:
292 return args, object
293 else:
294 return args
296 # getopt()
299 def get_option_order (self):
300 """Returns the list of (option, value) tuples processed by the
301 previous run of 'getopt()'. Raises RuntimeError if
302 'getopt()' hasn't been called yet.
304 if self.option_order is None:
305 raise RuntimeError, "'getopt()' hasn't been called yet"
306 else:
307 return self.option_order
310 def generate_help (self, header=None):
311 """Generate help text (a list of strings, one per suggested line of
312 output) from the option table for this FancyGetopt object.
314 # Blithely assume the option table is good: probably wouldn't call
315 # 'generate_help()' unless you've already called 'getopt()'.
317 # First pass: determine maximum length of long option names
318 max_opt = 0
319 for option in self.option_table:
320 long = option[0]
321 short = option[1]
322 l = len(long)
323 if long[-1] == '=':
324 l = l - 1
325 if short is not None:
326 l = l + 5 # " (-x)" where short == 'x'
327 if l > max_opt:
328 max_opt = l
330 opt_width = max_opt + 2 + 2 + 2 # room for indent + dashes + gutter
332 # Typical help block looks like this:
333 # --foo controls foonabulation
334 # Help block for longest option looks like this:
335 # --flimflam set the flim-flam level
336 # and with wrapped text:
337 # --flimflam set the flim-flam level (must be between
338 # 0 and 100, except on Tuesdays)
339 # Options with short names will have the short name shown (but
340 # it doesn't contribute to max_opt):
341 # --foo (-f) controls foonabulation
342 # If adding the short option would make the left column too wide,
343 # we push the explanation off to the next line
344 # --flimflam (-l)
345 # set the flim-flam level
346 # Important parameters:
347 # - 2 spaces before option block start lines
348 # - 2 dashes for each long option name
349 # - min. 2 spaces between option and explanation (gutter)
350 # - 5 characters (incl. space) for short option name
352 # Now generate lines of help text. (If 80 columns were good enough
353 # for Jesus, then 78 columns are good enough for me!)
354 line_width = 78
355 text_width = line_width - opt_width
356 big_indent = ' ' * opt_width
357 if header:
358 lines = [header]
359 else:
360 lines = ['Option summary:']
362 for option in self.option_table:
363 long, short, help = option[:3]
364 text = wrap_text(help, text_width)
365 if long[-1] == '=':
366 long = long[0:-1]
368 # Case 1: no short option at all (makes life easy)
369 if short is None:
370 if text:
371 lines.append(" --%-*s %s" % (max_opt, long, text[0]))
372 else:
373 lines.append(" --%-*s " % (max_opt, long))
375 # Case 2: we have a short option, so we have to include it
376 # just after the long option
377 else:
378 opt_names = "%s (-%s)" % (long, short)
379 if text:
380 lines.append(" --%-*s %s" %
381 (max_opt, opt_names, text[0]))
382 else:
383 lines.append(" --%-*s" % opt_names)
385 for l in text[1:]:
386 lines.append(big_indent + l)
388 # for self.option_table
390 return lines
392 # generate_help ()
394 def print_help (self, header=None, file=None):
395 if file is None:
396 file = sys.stdout
397 for line in self.generate_help(header):
398 file.write(line + "\n")
400 # class FancyGetopt
403 def fancy_getopt (options, negative_opt, object, args):
404 parser = FancyGetopt(options)
405 parser.set_negative_aliases(negative_opt)
406 return parser.getopt(args, object)
409 WS_TRANS = string.maketrans(string.whitespace, ' ' * len(string.whitespace))
411 def wrap_text (text, width):
412 """wrap_text(text : string, width : int) -> [string]
414 Split 'text' into multiple lines of no more than 'width' characters
415 each, and return the list of strings that results.
418 if text is None:
419 return []
420 if len(text) <= width:
421 return [text]
423 text = string.expandtabs(text)
424 text = string.translate(text, WS_TRANS)
425 chunks = re.split(r'( +|-+)', text)
426 chunks = filter(None, chunks) # ' - ' results in empty strings
427 lines = []
429 while chunks:
431 cur_line = [] # list of chunks (to-be-joined)
432 cur_len = 0 # length of current line
434 while chunks:
435 l = len(chunks[0])
436 if cur_len + l <= width: # can squeeze (at least) this chunk in
437 cur_line.append(chunks[0])
438 del chunks[0]
439 cur_len = cur_len + l
440 else: # this line is full
441 # drop last chunk if all space
442 if cur_line and cur_line[-1][0] == ' ':
443 del cur_line[-1]
444 break
446 if chunks: # any chunks left to process?
448 # if the current line is still empty, then we had a single
449 # chunk that's too big too fit on a line -- so we break
450 # down and break it up at the line width
451 if cur_len == 0:
452 cur_line.append(chunks[0][0:width])
453 chunks[0] = chunks[0][width:]
455 # all-whitespace chunks at the end of a line can be discarded
456 # (and we know from the re.split above that if a chunk has
457 # *any* whitespace, it is *all* whitespace)
458 if chunks[0][0] == ' ':
459 del chunks[0]
461 # and store this line in the list-of-all-lines -- as a single
462 # string, of course!
463 lines.append(string.join(cur_line, ''))
465 # while chunks
467 return lines
469 # wrap_text ()
472 def translate_longopt (opt):
473 """Convert a long option name to a valid Python identifier by
474 changing "-" to "_".
476 return string.translate(opt, longopt_xlate)
479 class OptionDummy:
480 """Dummy class just used as a place to hold command-line option
481 values as instance attributes."""
483 def __init__ (self, options=[]):
484 """Create a new OptionDummy instance. The attributes listed in
485 'options' will be initialized to None."""
486 for opt in options:
487 setattr(self, opt, None)
489 # class OptionDummy
492 if __name__ == "__main__":
493 text = """\
494 Tra-la-la, supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.
495 How *do* you spell that odd word, anyways?
496 (Someone ask Mary -- she'll know [or she'll
497 say, "How should I know?"].)"""
499 for w in (10, 20, 30, 40):
500 print "width: %d" % w
501 print string.join(wrap_text(text, w), "\n")
502 print