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     2 :mod:`code` --- Interpreter base classes
       
     3 ========================================
       
     4 
       
     5 .. module:: code
       
     6    :synopsis: Facilities to implement read-eval-print loops.
       
     7 
       
     8 
       
     9 
       
    10 The ``code`` module provides facilities to implement read-eval-print loops in
       
    11 Python.  Two classes and convenience functions are included which can be used to
       
    12 build applications which provide an interactive interpreter prompt.
       
    13 
       
    14 
       
    15 .. class:: InteractiveInterpreter([locals])
       
    16 
       
    17    This class deals with parsing and interpreter state (the user's namespace); it
       
    18    does not deal with input buffering or prompting or input file naming (the
       
    19    filename is always passed in explicitly). The optional *locals* argument
       
    20    specifies the dictionary in which code will be executed; it defaults to a newly
       
    21    created dictionary with key ``'__name__'`` set to ``'__console__'`` and key
       
    22    ``'__doc__'`` set to ``None``.
       
    23 
       
    24 
       
    25 .. class:: InteractiveConsole([locals[, filename]])
       
    26 
       
    27    Closely emulate the behavior of the interactive Python interpreter. This class
       
    28    builds on :class:`InteractiveInterpreter` and adds prompting using the familiar
       
    29    ``sys.ps1`` and ``sys.ps2``, and input buffering.
       
    30 
       
    31 
       
    32 .. function:: interact([banner[, readfunc[, local]]])
       
    33 
       
    34    Convenience function to run a read-eval-print loop.  This creates a new instance
       
    35    of :class:`InteractiveConsole` and sets *readfunc* to be used as the
       
    36    :meth:`raw_input` method, if provided.  If *local* is provided, it is passed to
       
    37    the :class:`InteractiveConsole` constructor for use as the default namespace for
       
    38    the interpreter loop.  The :meth:`interact` method of the instance is then run
       
    39    with *banner* passed as the banner to use, if provided.  The console object is
       
    40    discarded after use.
       
    41 
       
    42 
       
    43 .. function:: compile_command(source[, filename[, symbol]])
       
    44 
       
    45    This function is useful for programs that want to emulate Python's interpreter
       
    46    main loop (a.k.a. the read-eval-print loop).  The tricky part is to determine
       
    47    when the user has entered an incomplete command that can be completed by
       
    48    entering more text (as opposed to a complete command or a syntax error).  This
       
    49    function *almost* always makes the same decision as the real interpreter main
       
    50    loop.
       
    51 
       
    52    *source* is the source string; *filename* is the optional filename from which
       
    53    source was read, defaulting to ``'<input>'``; and *symbol* is the optional
       
    54    grammar start symbol, which should be either ``'single'`` (the default) or
       
    55    ``'eval'``.
       
    56 
       
    57    Returns a code object (the same as ``compile(source, filename, symbol)``) if the
       
    58    command is complete and valid; ``None`` if the command is incomplete; raises
       
    59    :exc:`SyntaxError` if the command is complete and contains a syntax error, or
       
    60    raises :exc:`OverflowError` or :exc:`ValueError` if the command contains an
       
    61    invalid literal.
       
    62 
       
    63 
       
    64 .. _interpreter-objects:
       
    65 
       
    66 Interactive Interpreter Objects
       
    67 -------------------------------
       
    68 
       
    69 
       
    70 .. method:: InteractiveInterpreter.runsource(source[, filename[, symbol]])
       
    71 
       
    72    Compile and run some source in the interpreter. Arguments are the same as for
       
    73    :func:`compile_command`; the default for *filename* is ``'<input>'``, and for
       
    74    *symbol* is ``'single'``.  One several things can happen:
       
    75 
       
    76    * The input is incorrect; :func:`compile_command` raised an exception
       
    77      (:exc:`SyntaxError` or :exc:`OverflowError`).  A syntax traceback will be
       
    78      printed by calling the :meth:`showsyntaxerror` method.  :meth:`runsource`
       
    79      returns ``False``.
       
    80 
       
    81    * The input is incomplete, and more input is required; :func:`compile_command`
       
    82      returned ``None``. :meth:`runsource` returns ``True``.
       
    83 
       
    84    * The input is complete; :func:`compile_command` returned a code object.  The
       
    85      code is executed by calling the :meth:`runcode` (which also handles run-time
       
    86      exceptions, except for :exc:`SystemExit`). :meth:`runsource` returns ``False``.
       
    87 
       
    88    The return value can be used to decide whether to use ``sys.ps1`` or ``sys.ps2``
       
    89    to prompt the next line.
       
    90 
       
    91 
       
    92 .. method:: InteractiveInterpreter.runcode(code)
       
    93 
       
    94    Execute a code object. When an exception occurs, :meth:`showtraceback` is called
       
    95    to display a traceback.  All exceptions are caught except :exc:`SystemExit`,
       
    96    which is allowed to propagate.
       
    97 
       
    98    A note about :exc:`KeyboardInterrupt`: this exception may occur elsewhere in
       
    99    this code, and may not always be caught.  The caller should be prepared to deal
       
   100    with it.
       
   101 
       
   102 
       
   103 .. method:: InteractiveInterpreter.showsyntaxerror([filename])
       
   104 
       
   105    Display the syntax error that just occurred.  This does not display a stack
       
   106    trace because there isn't one for syntax errors. If *filename* is given, it is
       
   107    stuffed into the exception instead of the default filename provided by Python's
       
   108    parser, because it always uses ``'<string>'`` when reading from a string. The
       
   109    output is written by the :meth:`write` method.
       
   110 
       
   111 
       
   112 .. method:: InteractiveInterpreter.showtraceback()
       
   113 
       
   114    Display the exception that just occurred.  We remove the first stack item
       
   115    because it is within the interpreter object implementation. The output is
       
   116    written by the :meth:`write` method.
       
   117 
       
   118 
       
   119 .. method:: InteractiveInterpreter.write(data)
       
   120 
       
   121    Write a string to the standard error stream (``sys.stderr``). Derived classes
       
   122    should override this to provide the appropriate output handling as needed.
       
   123 
       
   124 
       
   125 .. _console-objects:
       
   126 
       
   127 Interactive Console Objects
       
   128 ---------------------------
       
   129 
       
   130 The :class:`InteractiveConsole` class is a subclass of
       
   131 :class:`InteractiveInterpreter`, and so offers all the methods of the
       
   132 interpreter objects as well as the following additions.
       
   133 
       
   134 
       
   135 .. method:: InteractiveConsole.interact([banner])
       
   136 
       
   137    Closely emulate the interactive Python console. The optional banner argument
       
   138    specify the banner to print before the first interaction; by default it prints a
       
   139    banner similar to the one printed by the standard Python interpreter, followed
       
   140    by the class name of the console object in parentheses (so as not to confuse
       
   141    this with the real interpreter -- since it's so close!).
       
   142 
       
   143 
       
   144 .. method:: InteractiveConsole.push(line)
       
   145 
       
   146    Push a line of source text to the interpreter. The line should not have a
       
   147    trailing newline; it may have internal newlines.  The line is appended to a
       
   148    buffer and the interpreter's :meth:`runsource` method is called with the
       
   149    concatenated contents of the buffer as source.  If this indicates that the
       
   150    command was executed or invalid, the buffer is reset; otherwise, the command is
       
   151    incomplete, and the buffer is left as it was after the line was appended.  The
       
   152    return value is ``True`` if more input is required, ``False`` if the line was
       
   153    dealt with in some way (this is the same as :meth:`runsource`).
       
   154 
       
   155 
       
   156 .. method:: InteractiveConsole.resetbuffer()
       
   157 
       
   158    Remove any unhandled source text from the input buffer.
       
   159 
       
   160 
       
   161 .. method:: InteractiveConsole.raw_input([prompt])
       
   162 
       
   163    Write a prompt and read a line.  The returned line does not include the trailing
       
   164    newline.  When the user enters the EOF key sequence, :exc:`EOFError` is raised.
       
   165    The base implementation uses the built-in function :func:`raw_input`; a subclass
       
   166    may replace this with a different implementation.
       
   167