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1 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
2 """
3 ast
4 ~~~
6 The `ast` module helps Python applications to process trees of the Python
7 abstract syntax grammar. The abstract syntax itself might change with
8 each Python release; this module helps to find out programmatically what
9 the current grammar looks like and allows modifications of it.
11 An abstract syntax tree can be generated by passing `ast.PyCF_ONLY_AST` as
12 a flag to the `compile()` builtin function or by using the `parse()`
13 function from this module. The result will be a tree of objects whose
14 classes all inherit from `ast.AST`.
16 A modified abstract syntax tree can be compiled into a Python code object
17 using the built-in `compile()` function.
19 Additionally various helper functions are provided that make working with
20 the trees simpler. The main intention of the helper functions and this
21 module in general is to provide an easy to use interface for libraries
22 that work tightly with the python syntax (template engines for example).
25 :copyright: Copyright 2008 by Armin Ronacher.
26 :license: Python License.
27 """
28 from _ast import *
29 from _ast import __version__
32 def parse(expr, filename='<unknown>', mode='exec'):
33 """
34 Parse an expression into an AST node.
35 Equivalent to compile(expr, filename, mode, PyCF_ONLY_AST).
36 """
37 return compile(expr, filename, mode, PyCF_ONLY_AST)
40 def literal_eval(node_or_string):
41 """
42 Safely evaluate an expression node or a string containing a Python
43 expression. The string or node provided may only consist of the following
44 Python literal structures: strings, numbers, tuples, lists, dicts, booleans,
45 and None.
46 """
47 _safe_names = {'None': None, 'True': True, 'False': False}
48 if isinstance(node_or_string, basestring):
49 node_or_string = parse(node_or_string, mode='eval')
50 if isinstance(node_or_string, Expression):
51 node_or_string = node_or_string.body
52 def _convert(node):
53 if isinstance(node, Str):
54 return node.s
55 elif isinstance(node, Num):
56 return node.n
57 elif isinstance(node, Tuple):
58 return tuple(map(_convert, node.elts))
59 elif isinstance(node, List):
60 return list(map(_convert, node.elts))
61 elif isinstance(node, Dict):
62 return dict((_convert(k), _convert(v)) for k, v
63 in zip(node.keys, node.values))
64 elif isinstance(node, Name):
65 if node.id in _safe_names:
66 return _safe_names[node.id]
67 elif isinstance(node, BinOp) and \
68 isinstance(node.op, (Add, Sub)) and \
69 isinstance(node.right, Num) and \
70 isinstance(node.right.n, complex) and \
71 isinstance(node.left, Num) and \
72 isinstance(node.left.n, (int, long, float)):
73 left = node.left.n
74 right = node.right.n
75 if isinstance(node.op, Add):
76 return left + right
77 else:
78 return left - right
79 raise ValueError('malformed string')
80 return _convert(node_or_string)
83 def dump(node, annotate_fields=True, include_attributes=False):
84 """
85 Return a formatted dump of the tree in *node*. This is mainly useful for
86 debugging purposes. The returned string will show the names and the values
87 for fields. This makes the code impossible to evaluate, so if evaluation is
88 wanted *annotate_fields* must be set to False. Attributes such as line
89 numbers and column offsets are not dumped by default. If this is wanted,
90 *include_attributes* can be set to True.
91 """
92 def _format(node):
93 if isinstance(node, AST):
94 fields = [(a, _format(b)) for a, b in iter_fields(node)]
95 rv = '%s(%s' % (node.__class__.__name__, ', '.join(
96 ('%s=%s' % field for field in fields)
97 if annotate_fields else
98 (b for a, b in fields)
100 if include_attributes and node._attributes:
101 rv += fields and ', ' or ' '
102 rv += ', '.join('%s=%s' % (a, _format(getattr(node, a)))
103 for a in node._attributes)
104 return rv + ')'
105 elif isinstance(node, list):
106 return '[%s]' % ', '.join(_format(x) for x in node)
107 return repr(node)
108 if not isinstance(node, AST):
109 raise TypeError('expected AST, got %r' % node.__class__.__name__)
110 return _format(node)
113 def copy_location(new_node, old_node):
115 Copy source location (`lineno` and `col_offset` attributes) from
116 *old_node* to *new_node* if possible, and return *new_node*.
118 for attr in 'lineno', 'col_offset':
119 if attr in old_node._attributes and attr in new_node._attributes \
120 and hasattr(old_node, attr):
121 setattr(new_node, attr, getattr(old_node, attr))
122 return new_node
125 def fix_missing_locations(node):
127 When you compile a node tree with compile(), the compiler expects lineno and
128 col_offset attributes for every node that supports them. This is rather
129 tedious to fill in for generated nodes, so this helper adds these attributes
130 recursively where not already set, by setting them to the values of the
131 parent node. It works recursively starting at *node*.
133 def _fix(node, lineno, col_offset):
134 if 'lineno' in node._attributes:
135 if not hasattr(node, 'lineno'):
136 node.lineno = lineno
137 else:
138 lineno = node.lineno
139 if 'col_offset' in node._attributes:
140 if not hasattr(node, 'col_offset'):
141 node.col_offset = col_offset
142 else:
143 col_offset = node.col_offset
144 for child in iter_child_nodes(node):
145 _fix(child, lineno, col_offset)
146 _fix(node, 1, 0)
147 return node
150 def increment_lineno(node, n=1):
152 Increment the line number of each node in the tree starting at *node* by *n*.
153 This is useful to "move code" to a different location in a file.
155 if 'lineno' in node._attributes:
156 node.lineno = getattr(node, 'lineno', 0) + n
157 for child in walk(node):
158 if 'lineno' in child._attributes:
159 child.lineno = getattr(child, 'lineno', 0) + n
160 return node
163 def iter_fields(node):
165 Yield a tuple of ``(fieldname, value)`` for each field in ``node._fields``
166 that is present on *node*.
168 for field in node._fields:
169 try:
170 yield field, getattr(node, field)
171 except AttributeError:
172 pass
175 def iter_child_nodes(node):
177 Yield all direct child nodes of *node*, that is, all fields that are nodes
178 and all items of fields that are lists of nodes.
180 for name, field in iter_fields(node):
181 if isinstance(field, AST):
182 yield field
183 elif isinstance(field, list):
184 for item in field:
185 if isinstance(item, AST):
186 yield item
189 def get_docstring(node, clean=True):
191 Return the docstring for the given node or None if no docstring can
192 be found. If the node provided does not have docstrings a TypeError
193 will be raised.
195 if not isinstance(node, (FunctionDef, ClassDef, Module)):
196 raise TypeError("%r can't have docstrings" % node.__class__.__name__)
197 if node.body and isinstance(node.body[0], Expr) and \
198 isinstance(node.body[0].value, Str):
199 if clean:
200 import inspect
201 return inspect.cleandoc(node.body[0].value.s)
202 return node.body[0].value.s
205 def walk(node):
207 Recursively yield all child nodes of *node*, in no specified order. This is
208 useful if you only want to modify nodes in place and don't care about the
209 context.
211 from collections import deque
212 todo = deque([node])
213 while todo:
214 node = todo.popleft()
215 todo.extend(iter_child_nodes(node))
216 yield node
219 class NodeVisitor(object):
221 A node visitor base class that walks the abstract syntax tree and calls a
222 visitor function for every node found. This function may return a value
223 which is forwarded by the `visit` method.
225 This class is meant to be subclassed, with the subclass adding visitor
226 methods.
228 Per default the visitor functions for the nodes are ``'visit_'`` +
229 class name of the node. So a `TryFinally` node visit function would
230 be `visit_TryFinally`. This behavior can be changed by overriding
231 the `visit` method. If no visitor function exists for a node
232 (return value `None`) the `generic_visit` visitor is used instead.
234 Don't use the `NodeVisitor` if you want to apply changes to nodes during
235 traversing. For this a special visitor exists (`NodeTransformer`) that
236 allows modifications.
239 def visit(self, node):
240 """Visit a node."""
241 method = 'visit_' + node.__class__.__name__
242 visitor = getattr(self, method, self.generic_visit)
243 return visitor(node)
245 def generic_visit(self, node):
246 """Called if no explicit visitor function exists for a node."""
247 for field, value in iter_fields(node):
248 if isinstance(value, list):
249 for item in value:
250 if isinstance(item, AST):
251 self.visit(item)
252 elif isinstance(value, AST):
253 self.visit(value)
256 class NodeTransformer(NodeVisitor):
258 A :class:`NodeVisitor` subclass that walks the abstract syntax tree and
259 allows modification of nodes.
261 The `NodeTransformer` will walk the AST and use the return value of the
262 visitor methods to replace or remove the old node. If the return value of
263 the visitor method is ``None``, the node will be removed from its location,
264 otherwise it is replaced with the return value. The return value may be the
265 original node in which case no replacement takes place.
267 Here is an example transformer that rewrites all occurrences of name lookups
268 (``foo``) to ``data['foo']``::
270 class RewriteName(NodeTransformer):
272 def visit_Name(self, node):
273 return copy_location(Subscript(
274 value=Name(id='data', ctx=Load()),
275 slice=Index(value=Str(s=node.id)),
276 ctx=node.ctx
277 ), node)
279 Keep in mind that if the node you're operating on has child nodes you must
280 either transform the child nodes yourself or call the :meth:`generic_visit`
281 method for the node first.
283 For nodes that were part of a collection of statements (that applies to all
284 statement nodes), the visitor may also return a list of nodes rather than
285 just a single node.
287 Usually you use the transformer like this::
289 node = YourTransformer().visit(node)
292 def generic_visit(self, node):
293 for field, old_value in iter_fields(node):
294 old_value = getattr(node, field, None)
295 if isinstance(old_value, list):
296 new_values = []
297 for value in old_value:
298 if isinstance(value, AST):
299 value = self.visit(value)
300 if value is None:
301 continue
302 elif not isinstance(value, AST):
303 new_values.extend(value)
304 continue
305 new_values.append(value)
306 old_value[:] = new_values
307 elif isinstance(old_value, AST):
308 new_node = self.visit(old_value)
309 if new_node is None:
310 delattr(node, field)
311 else:
312 setattr(node, field, new_node)
313 return node