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.

Doc/lib/libstring.tex

@@ -4,11 +4,23 @@
 \declaremodule{standard}{string}
 \modulesynopsis{Common string operations.}
 
+The \module{string} package contains a number of useful constants and classes,
+as well as some deprecated legacy functions that are also available as methods
+on strings.  See the module \refmodule{re}\refstmodindex{re} for string
+functions based on regular expressions.
 
-This module defines some constants useful for checking character
-classes and some useful string functions.  See the module
-\refmodule{re}\refstmodindex{re} for string functions based on regular
-expressions.
+In general, all of these objects are exposed directly in the \module{string}
+package so users need only import the \module{string} package to begin using
+these constants, classes, and functions.
+
+\begin{notice}
+Starting with Python 2.4, the traditional \module{string} module was turned
+into a package, however backward compatibility with existing code has been
+retained.  Code using the \module{string} module that worked prior to Python
+2.4 should continue to work unchanged.
+\end{notice}
+
+\subsection{String constants}
 
 The constants defined in this module are:
 
@@ -86,11 +98,113 @@ The constants defined in this module are:
   is undefined.
 \end{datadesc}
 
+\subsection{Template strings}
+
+Templates are Unicode strings that can be used to provide string substitutions
+as described in \pep{292}.  There is a \class{Template} class that is a
+subclass of \class{unicode}, overriding the default \method{__mod__()} method.
+Instead of the normal \samp{\%}-based substitutions, Template strings support
+\samp{\$}-based substitutions, using the following rules:
+
+\begin{itemize}
+\item \samp{\$\$} is an escape; it is replaced with a single \samp{\$}.
+
+\item \samp{\$identifier} names a substitution placeholder matching a mapping
+       key of "identifier".  By default, "identifier" must spell a Python
+       identifier.  The first non-identifier character after the \samp{\$}
+       character terminates this placeholder specification.
+
+\item \samp{\$\{identifier\}} is equivalent to \samp{\$identifier}.  It is
+      required when valid identifier characters follow the placeholder but are
+      not part of the placeholder, e.g. "\$\{noun\}ification".
+\end{itemize}
+
+Any other appearance of \samp{\$} in the string will result in a
+\exception{ValueError} being raised.
+
+Template strings are used just like normal strings, in that the modulus
+operator is used to interpolate a dictionary of values into a Template string,
+e.g.:
+
+\begin{verbatim}
+>>> from string import Template
+>>> s = Template('$who likes $what')
+>>> print s % dict(who='tim', what='kung pao')
+tim likes kung pao
+>>> Template('Give $who $100') % dict(who='tim')
+Traceback (most recent call last):
+[...]
+ValueError: Invalid placeholder at index 10
+\end{verbatim}
+
+There is also a \class{SafeTemplate} class, derived from \class{Template}
+which acts the same as \class{Template}, except that if placeholders are
+missing in the interpolation dictionary, no \exception{KeyError} will be
+raised.  Instead the original placeholder (with or without the braces, as
+appropriate) will be used:
+
+\begin{verbatim}
+>>> from string import SafeTemplate
+>>> s = SafeTemplate('$who likes $what for ${meal}')
+>>> print s % dict(who='tim')
+tim likes $what for ${meal}
+\end{verbatim}
+
+The values in the mapping will automatically be converted to Unicode strings,
+using the built-in \function{unicode()} function, which will be called without
+optional arguments \var{encoding} or \var{errors}.
+
+Advanced usage: you can derive subclasses of \class{Template} or
+\class{SafeTemplate} to use application-specific placeholder rules.  To do
+this, you override the class attribute \member{pattern}; the value must be a
+compiled regular expression object with four named capturing groups.  The
+capturing groups correspond to the rules given above, along with the invalid
+placeholder rule:
+
+\begin{itemize}
+\item \var{escaped} -- This group matches the escape sequence, i.e. \samp{\$\$}
+      in the default pattern.
+\item \var{named} -- This group matches the unbraced placeholder name; it
+      should not include the \samp{\$} in capturing group.
+\item \var{braced} -- This group matches the brace delimited placeholder name;
+      it should not include either the \samp{\$} or braces in the capturing
+      group.
+\item \var{bogus} -- This group matches any other \samp{\$}.  It usually just
+      matches a single \samp{\$} and should appear last.
+\end{itemize}
+
+\subsection{String functions}
+
+The following functions are available to operate on string and Unicode
+objects.  They are not available as string methods.
+
+\begin{funcdesc}{capwords}{s}
+  Split the argument into words using \function{split()}, capitalize
+  each word using \function{capitalize()}, and join the capitalized
+  words using \function{join()}.  Note that this replaces runs of
+  whitespace characters by a single space, and removes leading and
+  trailing whitespace.
+\end{funcdesc}
+
+\begin{funcdesc}{maketrans}{from, to}
+  Return a translation table suitable for passing to
+  \function{translate()} or \function{regex.compile()}, that will map
+  each character in \var{from} into the character at the same position
+  in \var{to}; \var{from} and \var{to} must have the same length.
+
+  \warning{Don't use strings derived from \constant{lowercase}
+  and \constant{uppercase} as arguments; in some locales, these don't have
+  the same length.  For case conversions, always use
+  \function{lower()} and \function{upper()}.}
+\end{funcdesc}
 
-Many of the functions provided by this module are also defined as
-methods of string and Unicode objects; see ``String Methods'' (section
-\ref{string-methods}) for more information on those.
-The functions defined in this module are:
+\subsection{Deprecated string functions}
+
+The following list of functions are also defined as methods of string and
+Unicode objects; see ``String Methods'' (section
+\ref{string-methods}) for more information on those.  You should consider
+these functions as deprecated, although they will not be removed until Python
+3.0.  The functions defined in this module are:
 
 \begin{funcdesc}{atof}{s}
   \deprecated{2.0}{Use the \function{float()} built-in function.}
@@ -138,14 +252,6 @@ The functions defined in this module are:
   Return a copy of \var{word} with only its first character capitalized.
 \end{funcdesc}
 
-\begin{funcdesc}{capwords}{s}
-  Split the argument into words using \function{split()}, capitalize
-  each word using \function{capitalize()}, and join the capitalized
-  words using \function{join()}.  Note that this replaces runs of
-  whitespace characters by a single space, and removes leading and
-  trailing whitespace.
-\end{funcdesc}
-
 \begin{funcdesc}{expandtabs}{s\optional{, tabsize}}
   Expand tabs in a string, i.e.\ replace them by one or more spaces,
   depending on the current column and the given tab size.  The column
@@ -188,18 +294,6 @@ The functions defined in this module are:
   lower case.
 \end{funcdesc}
 
-\begin{funcdesc}{maketrans}{from, to}
-  Return a translation table suitable for passing to
-  \function{translate()} or \function{regex.compile()}, that will map
-  each character in \var{from} into the character at the same position
-  in \var{to}; \var{from} and \var{to} must have the same length.
-
-  \warning{Don't use strings derived from \constant{lowercase}
-  and \constant{uppercase} as arguments; in some locales, these don't have
-  the same length.  For case conversions, always use
-  \function{lower()} and \function{upper()}.}
-\end{funcdesc}
-
 \begin{funcdesc}{split}{s\optional{, sep\optional{, maxsplit}}}
   Return a list of the words of the string \var{s}.  If the optional
   second argument \var{sep} is absent or \code{None}, the words are

Lib/sre.py

@@ -105,9 +105,6 @@ __all__ = [ "match", "search", "sub", "subn", "split", "findall",
 
 __version__ = "2.2.1"
 
-# this module works under 1.5.2 and later.  don't use string methods
-import string
-
 # flags
 I = IGNORECASE = sre_compile.SRE_FLAG_IGNORECASE # ignore case
 L = LOCALE = sre_compile.SRE_FLAG_LOCALE # assume current 8-bit locale
@@ -201,7 +198,7 @@ def escape(pattern):
                 s[i] = "\\000"
             else:
                 s[i] = "\\" + c
-    return _join(s, pattern)
+    return pattern[:0].join(s)
 
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------
 # internals
@@ -213,10 +210,6 @@ _pattern_type = type(sre_compile.compile("", 0))
 
 _MAXCACHE = 100
 
-def _join(seq, sep):
-    # internal: join into string having the same type as sep
-    return string.join(seq, sep[:0])
-
 def _compile(*key):
     # internal: compile pattern
     cachekey = (type(key[0]),) + key

Lib/sre_constants.py

@@ -217,12 +217,11 @@ SRE_INFO_LITERAL = 2 # entire pattern is literal (given by prefix)
 SRE_INFO_CHARSET = 4 # pattern starts with character from given set
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-    import string
     def dump(f, d, prefix):
         items = d.items()
         items.sort(key=lambda a: a[1])
         for k, v in items:
-            f.write("#define %s_%s %s\n" % (prefix, string.upper(k), v))
+            f.write("#define %s_%s %s\n" % (prefix, k.upper(), v))
     f = open("sre_constants.h", "w")
     f.write("""\
 /*

Lib/sre_parse.py

@@ -12,8 +12,7 @@
 
 # XXX: show string offset and offending character for all errors
 
-# this module works under 1.5.2 and later.  don't use string methods
-import string, sys
+import sys
 
 from sre_constants import *
 
@@ -63,13 +62,6 @@ FLAGS = {
     "u": SRE_FLAG_UNICODE,
 }
 
-# figure out best way to convert hex/octal numbers to integers
-try:
-    int("10", 8)
-    atoi = int # 2.0 and later
-except TypeError:
-    atoi = string.atoi # 1.5.2
-
 class Pattern:
     # master pattern object.  keeps track of global attributes
     def __init__(self):
@@ -233,7 +225,7 @@ def isname(name):
 def _group(escape, groups):
     # check if the escape string represents a valid group
     try:
-        gid = atoi(escape[1:])
+        gid = int(escape[1:])
         if gid and gid < groups:
             return gid
     except ValueError:
@@ -256,13 +248,13 @@ def _class_escape(source, escape):
             escape = escape[2:]
             if len(escape) != 2:
                 raise error, "bogus escape: %s" % repr("\\" + escape)
-            return LITERAL, atoi(escape, 16) & 0xff
+            return LITERAL, int(escape, 16) & 0xff
         elif escape[1:2] in OCTDIGITS:
             # octal escape (up to three digits)
             while source.next in OCTDIGITS and len(escape) < 5:
                 escape = escape + source.get()
             escape = escape[1:]
-            return LITERAL, atoi(escape, 8) & 0xff
+            return LITERAL, int(escape, 8) & 0xff
         if len(escape) == 2:
             return LITERAL, ord(escape[1])
     except ValueError:
@@ -284,12 +276,12 @@ def _escape(source, escape, state):
                 escape = escape + source.get()
             if len(escape) != 4:
                 raise ValueError
-            return LITERAL, atoi(escape[2:], 16) & 0xff
+            return LITERAL, int(escape[2:], 16) & 0xff
         elif escape[1:2] == "0":
             # octal escape
             while source.next in OCTDIGITS and len(escape) < 4:
                 escape = escape + source.get()
-            return LITERAL, atoi(escape[1:], 8) & 0xff
+            return LITERAL, int(escape[1:], 8) & 0xff
         elif escape[1:2] in DIGITS:
             # octal escape *or* decimal group reference (sigh)
             if source.next in DIGITS:
@@ -298,7 +290,7 @@ def _escape(source, escape, state):
                     source.next in OCTDIGITS):
                     # got three octal digits; this is an octal escape
                     escape = escape + source.get()
-                    return LITERAL, atoi(escape[1:], 8) & 0xff
+                    return LITERAL, int(escape[1:], 8) & 0xff
             # got at least one decimal digit; this is a group reference
             group = _group(escape, state.groups)
             if group:
@@ -503,9 +495,9 @@ def _parse(source, state):
                     source.seek(here)
                     continue
                 if lo:
-                    min = atoi(lo)
+                    min = int(lo)
                 if hi:
-                    max = atoi(hi)
+                    max = int(hi)
                 if max < min:
                     raise error, "bad repeat interval"
             else:
@@ -617,7 +609,7 @@ def _parse(source, state):
                             raise error, "unknown group name"
                     else:
                         try:
-                            condgroup = atoi(condname)
+                            condgroup = int(condname)
                         except ValueError:
                             raise error, "bad character in group name"
                 else:
@@ -730,7 +722,7 @@ def parse_template(source, pattern):
                 if not name:
                     raise error, "bad group name"
                 try:
-                    index = atoi(name)
+                    index = int(name)
                 except ValueError:
                     if not isname(name):
                         raise error, "bad character in group name"
@@ -754,7 +746,7 @@ def parse_template(source, pattern):
                         break
                 if not code:
                     this = this[1:]
-                    code = LITERAL, makechar(atoi(this[-6:], 8) & 0xff)
+                    code = LITERAL, makechar(int(this[-6:], 8) & 0xff)
                 if code[0] is LITERAL:
                     literal(code[1])
                 else:
@@ -793,4 +785,4 @@ def expand_template(template, match):
                 raise IndexError
     except IndexError:
         raise error, "empty group"
-    return string.join(literals, sep)
+    return sep.join(literals)

Lib/string.py

@@ -35,10 +35,116 @@ printable = digits + letters + punctuation + whitespace
 
 # 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 @@ def capitalize(s):
     """
     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

Lib/test/test_pep292.py

+# Copyright (C) 2004 Python Software Foundation
+# Author: barry@python.org (Barry Warsaw)
+# License: http://www.opensource.org/licenses/PythonSoftFoundation.php
+
+import unittest
+from string import Template, SafeTemplate
+
+class TestTemplate(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    def test_regular_templates(self):
+        s = Template('$who likes to eat a bag of $what worth $$100')
+        self.assertEqual(s % dict(who='tim', what='ham'),
+                         'tim likes to eat a bag of ham worth $100')
+        self.assertRaises(KeyError, lambda s, d: s % d, s, dict(who='tim'))
+
+    def test_regular_templates_with_braces(self):
+        s = Template('$who likes ${what} for ${meal}')
+        self.assertEqual(s % dict(who='tim', what='ham', meal='dinner'),
+                         'tim likes ham for dinner')
+        self.assertRaises(KeyError, lambda s, d: s % d,
+                          s, dict(who='tim', what='ham'))
+
+    def test_escapes(self):
+        eq = self.assertEqual
+        s = Template('$who likes to eat a bag of $$what worth $$100')
+        eq(s % dict(who='tim', what='ham'),
+           'tim likes to eat a bag of $what worth $100')
+        s = Template('$who likes $$')
+        eq(s % dict(who='tim', what='ham'), 'tim likes $')
+
+    def test_percents(self):
+        s = Template('%(foo)s $foo ${foo}')
+        self.assertEqual(s % dict(foo='baz'), '%(foo)s baz baz')
+        s = SafeTemplate('%(foo)s $foo ${foo}')
+        self.assertEqual(s % dict(foo='baz'), '%(foo)s baz baz')
+
+    def test_stringification(self):
+        s = Template('tim has eaten $count bags of ham today')
+        self.assertEqual(s % dict(count=7),
+                         'tim has eaten 7 bags of ham today')
+        s = SafeTemplate('tim has eaten $count bags of ham today')
+        self.assertEqual(s % dict(count=7),
+                         'tim has eaten 7 bags of ham today')
+        s = SafeTemplate('tim has eaten ${count} bags of ham today')
+        self.assertEqual(s % dict(count=7),
+                         'tim has eaten 7 bags of ham today')
+
+    def test_SafeTemplate(self):
+        eq = self.assertEqual
+        s = SafeTemplate('$who likes ${what} for ${meal}')
+        eq(s % dict(who='tim'),
+           'tim likes ${what} for ${meal}')
+        eq(s % dict(what='ham'),
+           '$who likes ham for ${meal}')
+        eq(s % dict(what='ham', meal='dinner'),
+           '$who likes ham for dinner')
+        eq(s % dict(who='tim', what='ham'),
+           'tim likes ham for ${meal}')
+        eq(s % dict(who='tim', what='ham', meal='dinner'),
+           'tim likes ham for dinner')
+
+    def test_invalid_placeholders(self):
+        raises = self.assertRaises
+        s = Template('$who likes $')
+        raises(ValueError, lambda s, d: s % d, s, dict(who='tim'))
+        s = Template('$who likes ${what)')
+        raises(ValueError, lambda s, d: s % d, s, dict(who='tim'))
+        s = Template('$who likes $100')
+        raises(ValueError, lambda s, d: s % d, s, dict(who='tim'))
+
+
+def suite():
+    suite = unittest.TestSuite()
+    suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(TestTemplate))
+    return suite
+
+
+def test_main():
+    from test import test_support
+    test_support.run_suite(suite())
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    unittest.main()

Misc/NEWS

@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ Extension modules
 Library
 -------
 
+- PEP 292 classes Template and SafeTemplate are added to the string module.
+
 - tarfile now generates GNU tar files by default.
 
 - HTTPResponse has now a getheaders method.