[Python-checkins] cpython (3.2): Issue 12510: Expand 2 bare excepts. Improve comments. Change deceptive name

[terry.reedy]

http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/f927a5c6e4be
changeset:   77316:f927a5c6e4be
branch:      3.2
parent:      77310:4f3d4ce8ac9f
user:        Terry Jan Reedy <tjreedy at udel.edu>
date:        Sun Jun 03 00:27:54 2012 -0400
summary:
  Issue 12510: Expand 2 bare excepts. Improve comments. Change deceptive name
'name' to 'expression' as the latter is what the string actually represents.
The bug in this issue was only catching NameError and AttributeError when
evaluating an expression that was not necessarily a name.

files:
  Lib/idlelib/CallTips.py |  32 +++++++++++++++-------------
  1 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)


diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/CallTips.py b/Lib/idlelib/CallTips.py
--- a/Lib/idlelib/CallTips.py
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/CallTips.py
@@ -67,18 +67,18 @@
         if not sur_paren:
             return
         hp.set_index(sur_paren[0])
-        name = hp.get_expression()
-        if not name:
+        expression  = hp.get_expression()
+        if not expression:
             return
-        if not evalfuncs and (name.find('(') != -1):
+        if not evalfuncs and (expression.find('(') != -1):
             return
-        argspec = self.fetch_tip(name)
+        argspec = self.fetch_tip(expression)
         if not argspec:
             return
         self.active_calltip = self._calltip_window()
         self.active_calltip.showtip(argspec, sur_paren[0], sur_paren[1])
 
-    def fetch_tip(self, name):
+    def fetch_tip(self, expression):
         """Return the argument list and docstring of a function or class.
 
         If there is a Python subprocess, get the calltip there.  Otherwise,
@@ -94,25 +94,27 @@
         """
         try:
             rpcclt = self.editwin.flist.pyshell.interp.rpcclt
-        except:
+        except AttributeError:
             rpcclt = None
         if rpcclt:
             return rpcclt.remotecall("exec", "get_the_calltip",
-                                     (name,), {})
+                                     (expression,), {})
         else:
-            entity = self.get_entity(name)
+            entity = self.get_entity(expression)
             return get_argspec(entity)
 
-    def get_entity(self, name):
-        "Lookup name in a namespace spanning sys.modules and __main.dict__."
-        if name:
+    def get_entity(self, expression):
+        """Return the object corresponding to expression evaluated
+        in a namespace spanning sys.modules and __main.dict__.
+        """
+        if expression:
             namespace = sys.modules.copy()
             namespace.update(__main__.__dict__)
             try:
-                return eval(name, namespace)
-                # any exception is possible if evalfuncs True in open_calltip
-                # at least Syntax, Name, Attribute, Index, and Key E. if not
-            except:
+                return eval(expression, namespace)
+            except BaseException:
+                # An uncaught exception closes idle, and eval can raise any
+                # exception, especially if user classes are involved.
                 return None
 
 def _find_constructor(class_ob):

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Repository URL: http://hg.python.org/cpython