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1"""distutils.fancy_getopt
2
3Wrapper around the standard getopt module that provides the following
4additional 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"""
10
11import sys, string, re
12import getopt
13from distutils.errors import *
14
15# Much like command_re in distutils.core, this is close to but not quite
16# the same as a Python NAME -- except, in the spirit of most GNU
17# utilities, we use '-' in place of '_'.  (The spirit of LISP lives on!)
18# The similarities to NAME are again not a coincidence...
19longopt_pat = r'[a-zA-Z](?:[a-zA-Z0-9-]*)'
20longopt_re = re.compile(r'^%s$' % longopt_pat)
21
22# For recognizing "negative alias" options, eg. "quiet=!verbose"
23neg_alias_re = re.compile("^(%s)=!(%s)$" % (longopt_pat, longopt_pat))
24
25# This is used to translate long options to legitimate Python identifiers
26# (for use as attributes of some object).
27longopt_xlate = str.maketrans('-', '_')
28
29class FancyGetopt:
30    """Wrapper around the standard 'getopt()' module that provides some
31    handy extra functionality:
32      * short and long options are tied together
33      * options have help strings, and help text can be assembled
34        from them
35      * options set attributes of a passed-in object
36      * boolean options can have "negative aliases" -- eg. if
37        --quiet is the "negative alias" of --verbose, then "--quiet"
38        on the command line sets 'verbose' to false
39    """
40
41    def __init__(self, option_table=None):
42        # The option table is (currently) a list of tuples.  The
43        # tuples may have 3 or four values:
44        #   (long_option, short_option, help_string [, repeatable])
45        # if an option takes an argument, its long_option should have '='
46        # appended; short_option should just be a single character, no ':'
47        # in any case.  If a long_option doesn't have a corresponding
48        # short_option, short_option should be None.  All option tuples
49        # must have long options.
50        self.option_table = option_table
51
52        # 'option_index' maps long option names to entries in the option
53        # table (ie. those 3-tuples).
54        self.option_index = {}
55        if self.option_table:
56            self._build_index()
57
58        # 'alias' records (duh) alias options; {'foo': 'bar'} means
59        # --foo is an alias for --bar
60        self.alias = {}
61
62        # 'negative_alias' keeps track of options that are the boolean
63        # opposite of some other option
64        self.negative_alias = {}
65
66        # These keep track of the information in the option table.  We
67        # don't actually populate these structures until we're ready to
68        # parse the command-line, since the 'option_table' passed in here
69        # isn't necessarily the final word.
70        self.short_opts = []
71        self.long_opts = []
72        self.short2long = {}
73        self.attr_name = {}
74        self.takes_arg = {}
75
76        # And 'option_order' is filled up in 'getopt()'; it records the
77        # original order of options (and their values) on the command-line,
78        # but expands short options, converts aliases, etc.
79        self.option_order = []
80
81    def _build_index(self):
82        self.option_index.clear()
83        for option in self.option_table:
84            self.option_index[option[0]] = option
85
86    def set_option_table(self, option_table):
87        self.option_table = option_table
88        self._build_index()
89
90    def add_option(self, long_option, short_option=None, help_string=None):
91        if long_option in self.option_index:
92            raise DistutilsGetoptError(
93                  "option conflict: already an option '%s'" % long_option)
94        else:
95            option = (long_option, short_option, help_string)
96            self.option_table.append(option)
97            self.option_index[long_option] = option
98
99    def has_option(self, long_option):
100        """Return true if the option table for this parser has an
101        option with long name 'long_option'."""
102        return long_option in self.option_index
103
104    def get_attr_name(self, long_option):
105        """Translate long option name 'long_option' to the form it
106        has as an attribute of some object: ie., translate hyphens
107        to underscores."""
108        return long_option.translate(longopt_xlate)
109
110    def _check_alias_dict(self, aliases, what):
111        assert isinstance(aliases, dict)
112        for (alias, opt) in aliases.items():
113            if alias not in self.option_index:
114                raise DistutilsGetoptError(("invalid %s '%s': "
115                       "option '%s' not defined") % (what, alias, alias))
116            if opt not in self.option_index:
117                raise DistutilsGetoptError(("invalid %s '%s': "
118                       "aliased option '%s' not defined") % (what, alias, opt))
119
120    def set_aliases(self, alias):
121        """Set the aliases for this option parser."""
122        self._check_alias_dict(alias, "alias")
123        self.alias = alias
124
125    def set_negative_aliases(self, negative_alias):
126        """Set the negative aliases for this option parser.
127        'negative_alias' should be a dictionary mapping option names to
128        option names, both the key and value must already be defined
129        in the option table."""
130        self._check_alias_dict(negative_alias, "negative alias")
131        self.negative_alias = negative_alias
132
133    def _grok_option_table(self):
134        """Populate the various data structures that keep tabs on the
135        option table.  Called by 'getopt()' before it can do anything
136        worthwhile.
137        """
138        self.long_opts = []
139        self.short_opts = []
140        self.short2long.clear()
141        self.repeat = {}
142
143        for option in self.option_table:
144            if len(option) == 3:
145                long, short, help = option
146                repeat = 0
147            elif len(option) == 4:
148                long, short, help, repeat = option
149            else:
150                # the option table is part of the code, so simply
151                # assert that it is correct
152                raise ValueError("invalid option tuple: %r" % (option,))
153
154            # Type- and value-check the option names
155            if not isinstance(long, str) or len(long) < 2:
156                raise DistutilsGetoptError(("invalid long option '%s': "
157                       "must be a string of length >= 2") % long)
158
159            if (not ((short is None) or
160                     (isinstance(short, str) and len(short) == 1))):
161                raise DistutilsGetoptError("invalid short option '%s': "
162                       "must a single character or None" % short)
163
164            self.repeat[long] = repeat
165            self.long_opts.append(long)
166
167            if long[-1] == '=':             # option takes an argument?
168                if short: short = short + ':'
169                long = long[0:-1]
170                self.takes_arg[long] = 1
171            else:
172                # Is option is a "negative alias" for some other option (eg.
173                # "quiet" == "!verbose")?
174                alias_to = self.negative_alias.get(long)
175                if alias_to is not None:
176                    if self.takes_arg[alias_to]:
177                        raise DistutilsGetoptError(
178                              "invalid negative alias '%s': "
179                              "aliased option '%s' takes a value"
180                              % (long, alias_to))
181
182                    self.long_opts[-1] = long # XXX redundant?!
183                self.takes_arg[long] = 0
184
185            # If this is an alias option, make sure its "takes arg" flag is
186            # the same as the option it's aliased to.
187            alias_to = self.alias.get(long)
188            if alias_to is not None:
189                if self.takes_arg[long] != self.takes_arg[alias_to]:
190                    raise DistutilsGetoptError(
191                          "invalid alias '%s': inconsistent with "
192                          "aliased option '%s' (one of them takes a value, "
193                          "the other doesn't"
194                          % (long, alias_to))
195
196            # Now enforce some bondage on the long option name, so we can
197            # later translate it to an attribute name on some object.  Have
198            # to do this a bit late to make sure we've removed any trailing
199            # '='.
200            if not longopt_re.match(long):
201                raise DistutilsGetoptError(
202                       "invalid long option name '%s' "
203                       "(must be letters, numbers, hyphens only" % long)
204
205            self.attr_name[long] = self.get_attr_name(long)
206            if short:
207                self.short_opts.append(short)
208                self.short2long[short[0]] = long
209
210    def getopt(self, args=None, object=None):
211        """Parse command-line options in args. Store as attributes on object.
212
213        If 'args' is None or not supplied, uses 'sys.argv[1:]'.  If
214        'object' is None or not supplied, creates a new OptionDummy
215        object, stores option values there, and returns a tuple (args,
216        object).  If 'object' is supplied, it is modified in place and
217        'getopt()' just returns 'args'; in both cases, the returned
218        'args' is a modified copy of the passed-in 'args' list, which
219        is left untouched.
220        """
221        if args is None:
222            args = sys.argv[1:]
223        if object is None:
224            object = OptionDummy()
225            created_object = True
226        else:
227            created_object = False
228
229        self._grok_option_table()
230
231        short_opts = ' '.join(self.short_opts)
232        try:
233            opts, args = getopt.getopt(args, short_opts, self.long_opts)
234        except getopt.error as msg:
235            raise DistutilsArgError(msg)
236
237        for opt, val in opts:
238            if len(opt) == 2 and opt[0] == '-': # it's a short option
239                opt = self.short2long[opt[1]]
240            else:
241                assert len(opt) > 2 and opt[:2] == '--'
242                opt = opt[2:]
243
244            alias = self.alias.get(opt)
245            if alias:
246                opt = alias
247
248            if not self.takes_arg[opt]:     # boolean option?
249                assert val == '', "boolean option can't have value"
250                alias = self.negative_alias.get(opt)
251                if alias:
252                    opt = alias
253                    val = 0
254                else:
255                    val = 1
256
257            attr = self.attr_name[opt]
258            # The only repeating option at the moment is 'verbose'.
259            # It has a negative option -q quiet, which should set verbose = 0.
260            if val and self.repeat.get(attr) is not None:
261                val = getattr(object, attr, 0) + 1
262            setattr(object, attr, val)
263            self.option_order.append((opt, val))
264
265        # for opts
266        if created_object:
267            return args, object
268        else:
269            return args
270
271    def get_option_order(self):
272        """Returns the list of (option, value) tuples processed by the
273        previous run of 'getopt()'.  Raises RuntimeError if
274        'getopt()' hasn't been called yet.
275        """
276        if self.option_order is None:
277            raise RuntimeError("'getopt()' hasn't been called yet")
278        else:
279            return self.option_order
280
281    def generate_help(self, header=None):
282        """Generate help text (a list of strings, one per suggested line of
283        output) from the option table for this FancyGetopt object.
284        """
285        # Blithely assume the option table is good: probably wouldn't call
286        # 'generate_help()' unless you've already called 'getopt()'.
287
288        # First pass: determine maximum length of long option names
289        max_opt = 0
290        for option in self.option_table:
291            long = option[0]
292            short = option[1]
293            l = len(long)
294            if long[-1] == '=':
295                l = l - 1
296            if short is not None:
297                l = l + 5                   # " (-x)" where short == 'x'
298            if l > max_opt:
299                max_opt = l
300
301        opt_width = max_opt + 2 + 2 + 2     # room for indent + dashes + gutter
302
303        # Typical help block looks like this:
304        #   --foo       controls foonabulation
305        # Help block for longest option looks like this:
306        #   --flimflam  set the flim-flam level
307        # and with wrapped text:
308        #   --flimflam  set the flim-flam level (must be between
309        #               0 and 100, except on Tuesdays)
310        # Options with short names will have the short name shown (but
311        # it doesn't contribute to max_opt):
312        #   --foo (-f)  controls foonabulation
313        # If adding the short option would make the left column too wide,
314        # we push the explanation off to the next line
315        #   --flimflam (-l)
316        #               set the flim-flam level
317        # Important parameters:
318        #   - 2 spaces before option block start lines
319        #   - 2 dashes for each long option name
320        #   - min. 2 spaces between option and explanation (gutter)
321        #   - 5 characters (incl. space) for short option name
322
323        # Now generate lines of help text.  (If 80 columns were good enough
324        # for Jesus, then 78 columns are good enough for me!)
325        line_width = 78
326        text_width = line_width - opt_width
327        big_indent = ' ' * opt_width
328        if header:
329            lines = [header]
330        else:
331            lines = ['Option summary:']
332
333        for option in self.option_table:
334            long, short, help = option[:3]
335            text = wrap_text(help, text_width)
336            if long[-1] == '=':
337                long = long[0:-1]
338
339            # Case 1: no short option at all (makes life easy)
340            if short is None:
341                if text:
342                    lines.append("  --%-*s  %s" % (max_opt, long, text[0]))
343                else:
344                    lines.append("  --%-*s  " % (max_opt, long))
345
346            # Case 2: we have a short option, so we have to include it
347            # just after the long option
348            else:
349                opt_names = "%s (-%s)" % (long, short)
350                if text:
351                    lines.append("  --%-*s  %s" %
352                                 (max_opt, opt_names, text[0]))
353                else:
354                    lines.append("  --%-*s" % opt_names)
355
356            for l in text[1:]:
357                lines.append(big_indent + l)
358        return lines
359
360    def print_help(self, header=None, file=None):
361        if file is None:
362            file = sys.stdout
363        for line in self.generate_help(header):
364            file.write(line + "\n")
365
366
367def fancy_getopt(options, negative_opt, object, args):
368    parser = FancyGetopt(options)
369    parser.set_negative_aliases(negative_opt)
370    return parser.getopt(args, object)
371
372
373WS_TRANS = {ord(_wschar) : ' ' for _wschar in string.whitespace}
374
375def wrap_text(text, width):
376    """wrap_text(text : string, width : int) -> [string]
377
378    Split 'text' into multiple lines of no more than 'width' characters
379    each, and return the list of strings that results.
380    """
381    if text is None:
382        return []
383    if len(text) <= width:
384        return [text]
385
386    text = text.expandtabs()
387    text = text.translate(WS_TRANS)
388    chunks = re.split(r'( +|-+)', text)
389    chunks = [ch for ch in chunks if ch] # ' - ' results in empty strings
390    lines = []
391
392    while chunks:
393        cur_line = []                   # list of chunks (to-be-joined)
394        cur_len = 0                     # length of current line
395
396        while chunks:
397            l = len(chunks[0])
398            if cur_len + l <= width:    # can squeeze (at least) this chunk in
399                cur_line.append(chunks[0])
400                del chunks[0]
401                cur_len = cur_len + l
402            else:                       # this line is full
403                # drop last chunk if all space
404                if cur_line and cur_line[-1][0] == ' ':
405                    del cur_line[-1]
406                break
407
408        if chunks:                      # any chunks left to process?
409            # if the current line is still empty, then we had a single
410            # chunk that's too big too fit on a line -- so we break
411            # down and break it up at the line width
412            if cur_len == 0:
413                cur_line.append(chunks[0][0:width])
414                chunks[0] = chunks[0][width:]
415
416            # all-whitespace chunks at the end of a line can be discarded
417            # (and we know from the re.split above that if a chunk has
418            # *any* whitespace, it is *all* whitespace)
419            if chunks[0][0] == ' ':
420                del chunks[0]
421
422        # and store this line in the list-of-all-lines -- as a single
423        # string, of course!
424        lines.append(''.join(cur_line))
425
426    return lines
427
428
429def translate_longopt(opt):
430    """Convert a long option name to a valid Python identifier by
431    changing "-" to "_".
432    """
433    return opt.translate(longopt_xlate)
434
435
436class OptionDummy:
437    """Dummy class just used as a place to hold command-line option
438    values as instance attributes."""
439
440    def __init__(self, options=[]):
441        """Create a new OptionDummy instance.  The attributes listed in
442        'options' will be initialized to None."""
443        for opt in options:
444            setattr(self, opt, None)
445
446
447if __name__ == "__main__":
448    text = """\
449Tra-la-la, supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.
450How *do* you spell that odd word, anyways?
451(Someone ask Mary -- she'll know [or she'll
452say, "How should I know?"].)"""
453
454    for w in (10, 20, 30, 40):
455        print("width: %d" % w)
456        print("\n".join(wrap_text(text, w)))
457        print()
458