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+:mod:`pyclbr` --- Python class browser support
+==============================================
+
+.. module:: pyclbr
+ :synopsis: Supports information extraction for a Python class browser.
+.. sectionauthor:: Fred L. Drake, Jr. <fdrake@acm.org>
+
+
+The :mod:`pyclbr` can be used to determine some limited information about the
+classes, methods and top-level functions defined in a module. The information
+provided is sufficient to implement a traditional three-pane class browser. The
+information is extracted from the source code rather than by importing the
+module, so this module is safe to use with untrusted source code. This
+restriction makes it impossible to use this module with modules not implemented
+in Python, including many standard and optional extension modules.
+
+
+.. function:: readmodule(module[, path])
+
+ Read a module and return a dictionary mapping class names to class descriptor
+ objects. The parameter *module* should be the name of a module as a string; it
+ may be the name of a module within a package. The *path* parameter should be a
+ sequence, and is used to augment the value of ``sys.path``, which is used to
+ locate module source code.
+
+ .. % The 'inpackage' parameter appears to be for internal use only....
+
+
+.. function:: readmodule_ex(module[, path])
+
+ Like :func:`readmodule`, but the returned dictionary, in addition to mapping
+ class names to class descriptor objects, also maps top-level function names to
+ function descriptor objects. Moreover, if the module being read is a package,
+ the key ``'__path__'`` in the returned dictionary has as its value a list which
+ contains the package search path.
+
+ .. % The 'inpackage' parameter appears to be for internal use only....
+
+
+.. _pyclbr-class-objects:
+
+Class Descriptor Objects
+------------------------
+
+The class descriptor objects used as values in the dictionary returned by
+:func:`readmodule` and :func:`readmodule_ex` provide the following data members:
+
+
+.. attribute:: class_descriptor.module
+
+ The name of the module defining the class described by the class descriptor.
+
+
+.. attribute:: class_descriptor.name
+
+ The name of the class.
+
+
+.. attribute:: class_descriptor.super
+
+ A list of class descriptors which describe the immediate base classes of the
+ class being described. Classes which are named as superclasses but which are
+ not discoverable by :func:`readmodule` are listed as a string with the class
+ name instead of class descriptors.
+
+
+.. attribute:: class_descriptor.methods
+
+ A dictionary mapping method names to line numbers.
+
+
+.. attribute:: class_descriptor.file
+
+ Name of the file containing the ``class`` statement defining the class.
+
+
+.. attribute:: class_descriptor.lineno
+
+ The line number of the ``class`` statement within the file named by
+ :attr:`file`.
+
+
+.. _pyclbr-function-objects:
+
+Function Descriptor Objects
+---------------------------
+
+The function descriptor objects used as values in the dictionary returned by
+:func:`readmodule_ex` provide the following data members:
+
+
+.. attribute:: function_descriptor.module
+
+ The name of the module defining the function described by the function
+ descriptor.
+
+
+.. attribute:: function_descriptor.name
+
+ The name of the function.
+
+
+.. attribute:: function_descriptor.file
+
+ Name of the file containing the ``def`` statement defining the function.
+
+
+.. attribute:: function_descriptor.lineno
+
+ The line number of the ``def`` statement within the file named by :attr:`file`.
+