PythonTidy

[Chuck Rhode]

Thomas Heller wrote this on Fri, Dec 01, 2006 at 10:12:38PM +0100.  My reply is below.

> Chuck Rhode schrieb:

> > o Command-line args: Please give an example of a standard command that
> > I might emulate w.r.t. standard argument use.

> Well, at least it would be nice if I could call
> 'PythonTidy.py mymodule.py' to tidy up the mymodule.py file.

I've uploaded a new version of PythonTidy:

o  http://www.lacusveris.com/PythonTidy/PythonTidy-1.4.python  

It fixes several problems.  Also it allows file names as arguments.

> Here is part of a diff before and after running PythonTidy on it:

> <start>
> -        def comptr_setitem(self, index, value):
> -            # We override the __setitem__ method of the
> -            # POINTER(POINTER(interface)) type, so that the COM
> -            # reference count is managed correctly.
> +        def comptr_setitem(self, index, value):  # We override the __setitem__ method of the
> +                                                 # POINTER(POINTER(interface)) type, so that the COM
> +                                                 # reference count is managed correctly.

> Can this be customized?

This problem has been fixed I think.  No customization should be
required to keep block comments from being rendered as in-line
comments.

Wolfgang Grafen reported that PythonTidy crashed in Python-2.4 because
new Abstract Syntax Tree node types introduced in Python-2.5 weren't
available.  It was trivial to check availability, so PythonTidy should
now run in Python-2.4.  However, this has not been thoroughly tested
and is not guaranteed.

PythonTidy can now recode string literals if required, although this
capability is turned off by default.  See RECODE_STRINGS.

Docstrings will henceforward be enclosed in double quotes when
feasible.

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