[Python-Dev] RE: [Patches] selfnanny.py: checking for "self" inevery method

[Moshe Zadka]

On Sun, 5 Mar 2000, Tim Peters wrote:

> [Tim]
> >> [make Nanny a base class]
> 
> [Moshe Zadka]
> > Why?
> 
> Because it's an obvious application for OO design.  A common base class
> formalizes the interface and can provide useful utilities for subclasses.

The interface is just one function. You're welcome to have a do-nothing
nanny that people *can* derive from: I see no point in making them derive
from a base class.

> > As a note, selfnanny uses the parser module AST.
> 
> Understood, but selfnanny has a relatively trivial task.

That it does, and it was painful.

> >> [parser doesn't give source lines]
> 
> > The parser module has source lines.
> 
> No, it does not (it only returns terminals, as isolated strings). 

Sorry, misunderstanding: it seemed obvious to me you wanted line numbers.
For lines, use the linecache module...

> > You got some pointers?
> 
> Download python2c (http://www.mudlib.org/~rassilon/p2c/) and grab
> transformer.py from the  zip file. 

I'll have a look.
Moshe Zadka <mzadka@geocities.com>. 
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