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+#! /ufs/guido/bin/sgi/python
+#! /usr/local/bin/python
+
+# Fix Python source files to avoid using 
+#	def method(self, (arg1, ..., argn)):
+# instead of the more rational
+#	def method(self, arg1, ..., argn):
+#
+# Command line arguments are files or directories to be processed.
+# Directories are searched recursively for files whose name looks
+# like a python module.
+# Symbolic links are always ignored (except as explicit directory
+# arguments).  Of course, the original file is kept as a back-up
+# (with a "~" attached to its name).
+# It complains about binaries (files containing null bytes)
+# and about files that are ostensibly not Python files: if the first
+# line starts with '#!' and does not contain the string 'python'.
+#
+# Changes made are reported to stdout in a diff-like format.
+#
+# Undoubtedly you can do this using find and sed or perl, but this is
+# a nice example of Python code that recurses down a directory tree
+# and uses regular expressions.  Also note several subtleties like
+# preserving the file's mode and avoiding to even write a temp file
+# when no changes are needed for a file.
+#
+# NB: by changing only the function fixline() you can turn this
+# into a program for a different change to Python programs...
+
+import sys
+import regex
+import os
+from stat import *
+import string
+
+err = sys.stderr.write
+dbg = err
+rep = sys.stdout.write
+
+def main():
+	bad = 0
+	if not sys.argv[1:]: # No arguments
+		err('usage: ' + argv[0] + ' file-or-directory ...\n')
+		sys.exit(2)
+	for arg in sys.argv[1:]:
+		if os.path.isdir(arg):
+			if recursedown(arg): bad = 1
+		elif os.path.islink(arg):
+			err(arg + ': will not process symbolic links\n')
+			bad = 1
+		else:
+			if fix(arg): bad = 1
+	sys.exit(bad)
+
+ispythonprog = regex.compile('^[a-zA-Z0-9_]+\.py$')
+def ispython(name):
+	return ispythonprog.match(name) >= 0
+
+def recursedown(dirname):
+	dbg('recursedown(' + `dirname` + ')\n')
+	bad = 0
+	try:
+		names = os.listdir(dirname)
+	except os.error, msg:
+		err(dirname + ': cannot list directory: ' + `msg` + '\n')
+		return 1
+	names.sort()
+	subdirs = []
+	for name in names:
+		if name in (os.curdir, os.pardir): continue
+		fullname = os.path.join(dirname, name)
+		if os.path.islink(fullname): pass
+		elif os.path.isdir(fullname):
+			subdirs.append(fullname)
+		elif ispython(name):
+			if fix(fullname): bad = 1
+	for fullname in subdirs:
+		if recursedown(fullname): bad = 1
+	return bad
+
+def fix(filename):
+##	dbg('fix(' + `filename` + ')\n')
+	try:
+		f = open(filename, 'r')
+	except IOError, msg:
+		err(filename + ': cannot open: ' + `msg` + '\n')
+		return 1
+	head, tail = os.path.split(filename)
+	tempname = os.path.join(head, '@' + tail)
+	g = None
+	# If we find a match, we rewind the file and start over but
+	# now copy everything to a temp file.
+	lineno = 0
+	while 1:
+		line = f.readline()
+		if not line: break
+		lineno = lineno + 1
+		if g is None and '\0' in line:
+			# Check for binary files
+			err(filename + ': contains null bytes; not fixed\n')
+			f.close()
+			return 1
+		if lineno == 1 and g is None and line[:2] == '#!':
+			# Check for non-Python scripts
+			words = string.split(line[2:])
+			if words and regex.search('[pP]ython', words[0]) < 0:
+				msg = filename + ': ' + words[0]
+				msg = msg + ' script; not fixed\n'
+				err(msg)
+				f.close()
+				return 1
+		while line[-2:] == '\\\n':
+			nextline = f.readline()
+			if not nextline: break
+			line = line + nextline
+			lineno = lineno + 1
+		newline = fixline(line)
+		if newline != line:
+			if g is None:
+				try:
+					g = open(tempname, 'w')
+				except IOError, msg:
+					f.close()
+					err(tempname+': cannot create: '+\
+					    `msg`+'\n')
+					return 1
+				f.seek(0)
+				lineno = 0
+				rep(filename + ':\n')
+				continue # restart from the beginning
+			rep(`lineno` + '\n')
+			rep('< ' + line)
+			rep('> ' + newline)
+		if g is not None:
+			g.write(newline)
+
+	# End of file
+	f.close()
+	if not g: return 0 # No changes
+	
+	# Finishing touch -- move files
+
+	# First copy the file's mode to the temp file
+	try:
+		statbuf = os.stat(filename)
+		os.chmod(tempname, statbuf[ST_MODE] & 07777)
+	except os.error, msg:
+		err(tempname + ': warning: chmod failed (' + `msg` + ')\n')
+	# Then make a backup of the original file as filename~
+	try:
+		os.rename(filename, filename + '~')
+	except os.error, msg:
+		err(filename + ': warning: backup failed (' + `msg` + ')\n')
+	# Now move the temp file to the original file
+	try:
+		os.rename(tempname, filename)
+	except os.error, msg:
+		err(filename + ': rename failed (' + `msg` + ')\n')
+		return 1
+	# Return succes
+	return 0
+
+
+fixpat = '^[ \t]+def +[a-zA-Z0-9_]+ *( *self *, *\(( *\(.*\) *)\) *) *:'
+fixprog = regex.compile(fixpat)
+
+def fixline(line):
+	if fixprog.match(line) >= 0:
+		(a, b), (c, d) = fixprog.regs[1:3]
+		line = line[:a] + line[c:d] + line[b:]
+	return line
+
+
+main()