PEP 292 classes Template and SafeTemplate are added to the string module.
This patch includes test cases and documentation updates, as well as NEWS file
updates.
This patch also updates the sre modules so that they don't import the string
module, breaking direct circular imports.
diff --git a/Lib/string.py b/Lib/string.py
index bc10c20..d166f38 100644
--- a/Lib/string.py
+++ b/Lib/string.py
@@ -35,10 +35,116 @@
# Case conversion helpers
# Use str to convert Unicode literal in case of -U
+# Note that Cookie.py bogusly uses _idmap :(
l = map(chr, xrange(256))
_idmap = str('').join(l)
del l
+# Functions which aren't available as string methods.
+
+# Capitalize the words in a string, e.g. " aBc dEf " -> "Abc Def".
+# See also regsub.capwords().
+def capwords(s, sep=None):
+ """capwords(s, [sep]) -> string
+
+ Split the argument into words using split, capitalize each
+ word using capitalize, and join the capitalized words using
+ join. Note that this replaces runs of whitespace characters by
+ a single space.
+
+ """
+ return (sep or ' ').join([x.capitalize() for x in s.split(sep)])
+
+
+# Construct a translation string
+_idmapL = None
+def maketrans(fromstr, tostr):
+ """maketrans(frm, to) -> string
+
+ Return a translation table (a string of 256 bytes long)
+ suitable for use in string.translate. The strings frm and to
+ must be of the same length.
+
+ """
+ if len(fromstr) != len(tostr):
+ raise ValueError, "maketrans arguments must have same length"
+ global _idmapL
+ if not _idmapL:
+ _idmapL = map(None, _idmap)
+ L = _idmapL[:]
+ fromstr = map(ord, fromstr)
+ for i in range(len(fromstr)):
+ L[fromstr[i]] = tostr[i]
+ return ''.join(L)
+
+
+
+import re as _re
+
+class Template(unicode):
+ """A string class for supporting $-substitutions."""
+ __slots__ = []
+
+ # Search for $$, $identifier, ${identifier}, and any bare $'s
+ pattern = _re.compile(r"""
+# Match exactly two $'s -- this is the escape sequence
+(?P<escaped>\${2})|
+# Match a $ followed by a Python identifier
+\$(?P<named>[_a-z][_a-z0-9]*)|
+# Match a $ followed by a brace delimited identifier
+\${(?P<braced>[_a-z][_a-z0-9]*)}|
+# Match any other $'s
+(?P<bogus>\$)
+""", _re.IGNORECASE | _re.VERBOSE)
+
+ def __mod__(self, mapping):
+ def convert(mo):
+ groups = mo.groupdict()
+ if groups.get('escaped') is not None:
+ return '$'
+ if groups.get('bogus') is not None:
+ raise ValueError('Invalid placeholder at index %d' %
+ mo.start('bogus'))
+ val = mapping[groups.get('named') or groups.get('braced')]
+ return unicode(val)
+ return self.pattern.sub(convert, self)
+
+
+class SafeTemplate(Template):
+ """A string class for supporting $-substitutions.
+
+ This class is 'safe' in the sense that you will never get KeyErrors if
+ there are placeholders missing from the interpolation dictionary. In that
+ case, you will get the original placeholder in the value string.
+ """
+ __slots__ = []
+
+ def __mod__(self, mapping):
+ def convert(mo):
+ groups = mo.groupdict()
+ if groups.get('escaped') is not None:
+ return '$'
+ if groups.get('bogus') is not None:
+ raise ValueError('Invalid placeholder at index %d' %
+ mo.start('bogus'))
+ named = groups.get('named')
+ if named is not None:
+ try:
+ return unicode(mapping[named])
+ except KeyError:
+ return '$' + named
+ braced = groups.get('braced')
+ try:
+ return unicode(mapping[braced])
+ except KeyError:
+ return '${' + braced + '}'
+ return self.pattern.sub(convert, self)
+
+
+
+# NOTE: Everything below here is deprecated. Use string methods instead.
+# This stuff will go away in Python 3.0.
+
# Backward compatible names for exceptions
index_error = ValueError
atoi_error = ValueError
@@ -336,40 +442,6 @@
"""
return s.capitalize()
-# Capitalize the words in a string, e.g. " aBc dEf " -> "Abc Def".
-# See also regsub.capwords().
-def capwords(s, sep=None):
- """capwords(s, [sep]) -> string
-
- Split the argument into words using split, capitalize each
- word using capitalize, and join the capitalized words using
- join. Note that this replaces runs of whitespace characters by
- a single space.
-
- """
- return join(map(capitalize, s.split(sep)), sep or ' ')
-
-# Construct a translation string
-_idmapL = None
-def maketrans(fromstr, tostr):
- """maketrans(frm, to) -> string
-
- Return a translation table (a string of 256 bytes long)
- suitable for use in string.translate. The strings frm and to
- must be of the same length.
-
- """
- if len(fromstr) != len(tostr):
- raise ValueError, "maketrans arguments must have same length"
- global _idmapL
- if not _idmapL:
- _idmapL = map(None, _idmap)
- L = _idmapL[:]
- fromstr = map(ord, fromstr)
- for i in range(len(fromstr)):
- L[fromstr[i]] = tostr[i]
- return join(L, "")
-
# Substring replacement (global)
def replace(s, old, new, maxsplit=-1):
"""replace (str, old, new[, maxsplit]) -> string