''' Utilities to allow inserting docstring fragments for common parameters into function and method docstrings''' import sys __all__ = ['docformat', 'inherit_docstring_from', 'indentcount_lines', 'filldoc', 'unindent_dict', 'unindent_string', 'doc_replace'] def docformat(docstring, docdict=None): ''' Fill a function docstring from variables in dictionary Adapt the indent of the inserted docs Parameters ---------- docstring : string docstring from function, possibly with dict formatting strings docdict : dict, optional dictionary with keys that match the dict formatting strings and values that are docstring fragments to be inserted. The indentation of the inserted docstrings is set to match the minimum indentation of the ``docstring`` by adding this indentation to all lines of the inserted string, except the first. Returns ------- outstring : string string with requested ``docdict`` strings inserted Examples -------- >>> docformat(' Test string with %(value)s', {'value':'inserted value'}) ' Test string with inserted value' >>> docstring = 'First line\\n Second line\\n %(value)s' >>> inserted_string = "indented\\nstring" >>> docdict = {'value': inserted_string} >>> docformat(docstring, docdict) 'First line\\n Second line\\n indented\\n string' ''' if not docstring: return docstring if docdict is None: docdict = {} if not docdict: return docstring lines = docstring.expandtabs().splitlines() # Find the minimum indent of the main docstring, after first line if len(lines) < 2: icount = 0 else: icount = indentcount_lines(lines[1:]) indent = ' ' * icount # Insert this indent to dictionary docstrings indented = {} for name, dstr in docdict.items(): lines = dstr.expandtabs().splitlines() try: newlines = [lines[0]] for line in lines[1:]: newlines.append(indent+line) indented[name] = '\n'.join(newlines) except IndexError: indented[name] = dstr return docstring % indented def inherit_docstring_from(cls): """ This decorator modifies the decorated function's docstring by replacing occurrences of '%(super)s' with the docstring of the method of the same name from the class `cls`. If the decorated method has no docstring, it is simply given the docstring of `cls`s method. Parameters ---------- cls : Python class or instance A class with a method with the same name as the decorated method. The docstring of the method in this class replaces '%(super)s' in the docstring of the decorated method. Returns ------- f : function The decorator function that modifies the __doc__ attribute of its argument. Examples -------- In the following, the docstring for Bar.func created using the docstring of `Foo.func`. >>> class Foo(object): ... def func(self): ... '''Do something useful.''' ... return ... >>> class Bar(Foo): ... @inherit_docstring_from(Foo) ... def func(self): ... '''%(super)s ... Do it fast. ... ''' ... return ... >>> b = Bar() >>> b.func.__doc__ 'Do something useful.\n Do it fast.\n ' """ def _doc(func): cls_docstring = getattr(cls, func.__name__).__doc__ func_docstring = func.__doc__ if func_docstring is None: func.__doc__ = cls_docstring else: new_docstring = func_docstring % dict(super=cls_docstring) func.__doc__ = new_docstring return func return _doc def extend_notes_in_docstring(cls, notes): """ This decorator replaces the decorated function's docstring with the docstring from corresponding method in `cls`. It extends the 'Notes' section of that docstring to include the given `notes`. """ def _doc(func): cls_docstring = getattr(cls, func.__name__).__doc__ # If python is called with -OO option, # there is no docstring if cls_docstring is None: return func end_of_notes = cls_docstring.find(' References\n') if end_of_notes == -1: end_of_notes = cls_docstring.find(' Examples\n') if end_of_notes == -1: end_of_notes = len(cls_docstring) func.__doc__ = (cls_docstring[:end_of_notes] + notes + cls_docstring[end_of_notes:]) return func return _doc def replace_notes_in_docstring(cls, notes): """ This decorator replaces the decorated function's docstring with the docstring from corresponding method in `cls`. It replaces the 'Notes' section of that docstring with the given `notes`. """ def _doc(func): cls_docstring = getattr(cls, func.__name__).__doc__ notes_header = ' Notes\n -----\n' # If python is called with -OO option, # there is no docstring if cls_docstring is None: return func start_of_notes = cls_docstring.find(notes_header) end_of_notes = cls_docstring.find(' References\n') if end_of_notes == -1: end_of_notes = cls_docstring.find(' Examples\n') if end_of_notes == -1: end_of_notes = len(cls_docstring) func.__doc__ = (cls_docstring[:start_of_notes + len(notes_header)] + notes + cls_docstring[end_of_notes:]) return func return _doc def indentcount_lines(lines): ''' Minimum indent for all lines in line list >>> lines = [' one', ' two', ' three'] >>> indentcount_lines(lines) 1 >>> lines = [] >>> indentcount_lines(lines) 0 >>> lines = [' one'] >>> indentcount_lines(lines) 1 >>> indentcount_lines([' ']) 0 ''' indentno = sys.maxsize for line in lines: stripped = line.lstrip() if stripped: indentno = min(indentno, len(line) - len(stripped)) if indentno == sys.maxsize: return 0 return indentno def filldoc(docdict, unindent_params=True): ''' Return docstring decorator using docdict variable dictionary Parameters ---------- docdict : dictionary dictionary containing name, docstring fragment pairs unindent_params : {False, True}, boolean, optional If True, strip common indentation from all parameters in docdict Returns ------- decfunc : function decorator that applies dictionary to input function docstring ''' if unindent_params: docdict = unindent_dict(docdict) def decorate(f): f.__doc__ = docformat(f.__doc__, docdict) return f return decorate def unindent_dict(docdict): ''' Unindent all strings in a docdict ''' can_dict = {} for name, dstr in docdict.items(): can_dict[name] = unindent_string(dstr) return can_dict def unindent_string(docstring): ''' Set docstring to minimum indent for all lines, including first >>> unindent_string(' two') 'two' >>> unindent_string(' two\\n three') 'two\\n three' ''' lines = docstring.expandtabs().splitlines() icount = indentcount_lines(lines) if icount == 0: return docstring return '\n'.join([line[icount:] for line in lines]) def doc_replace(obj, oldval, newval): """Decorator to take the docstring from obj, with oldval replaced by newval Equivalent to ``func.__doc__ = obj.__doc__.replace(oldval, newval)`` Parameters ---------- obj: object The object to take the docstring from. oldval: string The string to replace from the original docstring. newval: string The string to replace ``oldval`` with. """ # __doc__ may be None for optimized Python (-OO) doc = (obj.__doc__ or '').replace(oldval, newval) def inner(func): func.__doc__ = doc return func return inner