diff -r ffa851df0825 -r 2fb8b9db1c86 symbian-qemu-0.9.1-12/python-2.6.1/Doc/library/pyclbr.rst --- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 +++ b/symbian-qemu-0.9.1-12/python-2.6.1/Doc/library/pyclbr.rst Fri Jul 31 15:01:17 2009 +0100 @@ -0,0 +1,113 @@ + +:mod:`pyclbr` --- Python class browser support +============================================== + +.. module:: pyclbr + :synopsis: Supports information extraction for a Python class browser. +.. sectionauthor:: Fred L. Drake, Jr. + + +The :mod:`pyclbr` module can be used to determine some limited information +about the classes, methods and top-level functions defined in a module. The +information provided is sufficient to implement a traditional three-pane +class browser. The information is extracted from the source code rather +than by importing the module, so this module is safe to use with untrusted +code. This restriction makes it impossible to use this module with modules +not implemented in Python, including all standard and optional extension +modules. + + +.. function:: readmodule(module[, path=None]) + + Read a module and return a dictionary mapping class names to class + descriptor objects. The parameter *module* should be the name of a + module as a string; it may be the name of a module within a package. The + *path* parameter should be a sequence, and is used to augment the value + of ``sys.path``, which is used to locate module source code. + + +.. function:: readmodule_ex(module[, path=None]) + + Like :func:`readmodule`, but the returned dictionary, in addition to + mapping class names to class descriptor objects, also maps top-level + function names to function descriptor objects. Moreover, if the module + being read is a package, the key ``'__path__'`` in the returned + dictionary has as its value a list which contains the package search + path. + + +.. _pyclbr-class-objects: + +Class Objects +------------- + +The :class:`Class` objects used as values in the dictionary returned by +:func:`readmodule` and :func:`readmodule_ex` provide the following data +members: + + +.. attribute:: Class.module + + The name of the module defining the class described by the class descriptor. + + +.. attribute:: Class.name + + The name of the class. + + +.. attribute:: Class.super + + A list of :class:`Class` objects which describe the immediate base + classes of the class being described. Classes which are named as + superclasses but which are not discoverable by :func:`readmodule` are + listed as a string with the class name instead of as :class:`Class` + objects. + + +.. attribute:: Class.methods + + A dictionary mapping method names to line numbers. + + +.. attribute:: Class.file + + Name of the file containing the ``class`` statement defining the class. + + +.. attribute:: Class.lineno + + The line number of the ``class`` statement within the file named by + :attr:`file`. + + +.. _pyclbr-function-objects: + +Function Objects +---------------- + +The :class:`Function` objects used as values in the dictionary returned by +:func:`readmodule_ex` provide the following data members: + + +.. attribute:: Function.module + + The name of the module defining the function described by the function + descriptor. + + +.. attribute:: Function.name + + The name of the function. + + +.. attribute:: Function.file + + Name of the file containing the ``def`` statement defining the function. + + +.. attribute:: Function.lineno + + The line number of the ``def`` statement within the file named by + :attr:`file`. +