1:mod:`pyclbr` --- Python module browser support 2=============================================== 3 4.. module:: pyclbr 5 :synopsis: Supports information extraction for a Python module browser. 6 7.. sectionauthor:: Fred L. Drake, Jr. <fdrake@acm.org> 8 9**Source code:** :source:`Lib/pyclbr.py` 10 11-------------- 12 13The :mod:`pyclbr` module provides limited information about the 14functions, classes, and methods defined in a Python-coded module. The 15information is sufficient to implement a module browser. The 16information is extracted from the Python source code rather than by 17importing the module, so this module is safe to use with untrusted code. 18This restriction makes it impossible to use this module with modules not 19implemented in Python, including all standard and optional extension 20modules. 21 22 23.. function:: readmodule(module, path=None) 24 25 Return a dictionary mapping module-level class names to class 26 descriptors. If possible, descriptors for imported base classes are 27 included. Parameter *module* is a string with the name of the module 28 to read; it may be the name of a module within a package. If given, 29 *path* is a sequence of directory paths prepended to ``sys.path``, 30 which is used to locate the module source code. 31 32 This function is the original interface and is only kept for back 33 compatibility. It returns a filtered version of the following. 34 35 36.. function:: readmodule_ex(module, path=None) 37 38 Return a dictionary-based tree containing a function or class 39 descriptors for each function and class defined in the module with a 40 ``def`` or ``class`` statement. The returned dictionary maps 41 module-level function and class names to their descriptors. Nested 42 objects are entered into the children dictionary of their parent. As 43 with readmodule, *module* names the module to be read and *path* is 44 prepended to sys.path. If the module being read is a package, the 45 returned dictionary has a key ``'__path__'`` whose value is a list 46 containing the package search path. 47 48.. versionadded:: 3.7 49 Descriptors for nested definitions. They are accessed through the 50 new children attribute. Each has a new parent attribute. 51 52The descriptors returned by these functions are instances of 53Function and Class classes. Users are not expected to create instances 54of these classes. 55 56 57.. _pyclbr-function-objects: 58 59Function Objects 60---------------- 61Class :class:`Function` instances describe functions defined by def 62statements. They have the following attributes: 63 64 65.. attribute:: Function.file 66 67 Name of the file in which the function is defined. 68 69 70.. attribute:: Function.module 71 72 The name of the module defining the function described. 73 74 75.. attribute:: Function.name 76 77 The name of the function. 78 79 80.. attribute:: Function.lineno 81 82 The line number in the file where the definition starts. 83 84 85.. attribute:: Function.parent 86 87 For top-level functions, None. For nested functions, the parent. 88 89 .. versionadded:: 3.7 90 91 92.. attribute:: Function.children 93 94 A dictionary mapping names to descriptors for nested functions and 95 classes. 96 97 .. versionadded:: 3.7 98 99 100.. _pyclbr-class-objects: 101 102Class Objects 103------------- 104Class :class:`Class` instances describe classes defined by class 105statements. They have the same attributes as Functions and two more. 106 107 108.. attribute:: Class.file 109 110 Name of the file in which the class is defined. 111 112 113.. attribute:: Class.module 114 115 The name of the module defining the class described. 116 117 118.. attribute:: Class.name 119 120 The name of the class. 121 122 123.. attribute:: Class.lineno 124 125 The line number in the file where the definition starts. 126 127 128.. attribute:: Class.parent 129 130 For top-level classes, None. For nested classes, the parent. 131 132 .. versionadded:: 3.7 133 134 135.. attribute:: Class.children 136 137 A dictionary mapping names to descriptors for nested functions and 138 classes. 139 140 .. versionadded:: 3.7 141 142 143.. attribute:: Class.super 144 145 A list of :class:`Class` objects which describe the immediate base 146 classes of the class being described. Classes which are named as 147 superclasses but which are not discoverable by :func:`readmodule_ex` 148 are listed as a string with the class name instead of as 149 :class:`Class` objects. 150 151 152.. attribute:: Class.methods 153 154 A dictionary mapping method names to line numbers. This can be 155 derived from the newer children dictionary, but remains for 156 back-compatibility. 157