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author | Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> | 1997-07-18 21:08:07 (GMT) |
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committer | Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> | 1997-07-18 21:08:07 (GMT) |
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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libcode.tex b/Doc/lib/libcode.tex new file mode 100644 index 0000000..5fa9717 --- /dev/null +++ b/Doc/lib/libcode.tex @@ -0,0 +1,35 @@ +% Template for a library manual section. + +\section{Standard module \sectcode{code}} +\label{module-code} +\stmodindex{code} + +The \code{code} module defines operations pertaining to Python code +objects. + +The \code{code} module defines the following functions: + +\renewcommand{\indexsubitem}{(in module code)} + +\begin{funcdesc}{compile_command}{source\, +\optional{filename\optional{\, symbol}}} +This function is useful for programs that want to emulate Python's +interpreter main loop (a.k.a. the read-eval-print loop). The tricky +part is to determine when the user has entered an incomplete command +that can be completed by entering more text (as opposed to a complete +command or a syntax error). This function \emph{almost} always makes +the same decision as the real interpreter main loop. + +Arguments: \var{source} is the source string; \var{filename} is the +optional filename from which source was read, defaulting to +\code{"<input>"}; and \var{symbol} is the optional grammar start +symbol, which should be either \code{"single"} (the default) or +\code{"eval"}. + +Return a code object (the same as \code{compile(\var{source}, +\var{filename}, \var{symbol})}) if the command is complete and valid; +return \code{None} if the command is incomplete; raise +\code{SyntaxError} if the command is a syntax error. + + +\end{funcdesc} |