"code" — Interpreter base classes
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**Source code:** Lib/code.py

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The "code" module provides facilities to implement read-eval-print
loops in Python.  Two classes and convenience functions are included
which can be used to build applications which provide an interactive
interpreter prompt.

class code.InteractiveInterpreter(locals=None)

   This class deals with parsing and interpreter state (the user’s
   namespace); it does not deal with input buffering or prompting or
   input file naming (the filename is always passed in explicitly).
   The optional *locals* argument specifies a mapping to use as the
   namespace in which code will be executed; it defaults to a newly
   created dictionary with key "'__name__'" set to "'__console__'" and
   key "'__doc__'" set to "None".

   Note that functions and classes objects created under an
   "InteractiveInterpreter" instance will belong to the namespace
   specified by *locals*. They are only pickleable if *locals* is the
   namespace of an existing module.

class code.InteractiveConsole(locals=None, filename='<console>', local_exit=False)

   Closely emulate the behavior of the interactive Python interpreter.
   This class builds on "InteractiveInterpreter" and adds prompting
   using the familiar "sys.ps1" and "sys.ps2", and input buffering. If
   *local_exit* is true, "exit()" and "quit()" in the console will not
   raise "SystemExit", but instead return to the calling code.

   Changed in version 3.13: Added *local_exit* parameter.

code.interact(banner=None, readfunc=None, local=None, exitmsg=None, local_exit=False)

   Convenience function to run a read-eval-print loop.  This creates a
   new instance of "InteractiveConsole" and sets *readfunc* to be used
   as the "InteractiveConsole.raw_input()" method, if provided.  If
   *local* is provided, it is passed to the "InteractiveConsole"
   constructor for use as the default namespace for the interpreter
   loop.  If *local_exit* is provided, it is passed to the
   "InteractiveConsole" constructor.  The "interact()" method of the
   instance is then run with *banner* and *exitmsg* passed as the
   banner and exit message to use, if provided.  The console object is
   discarded after use.

   Changed in version 3.6: Added *exitmsg* parameter.

   Changed in version 3.13: Added *local_exit* parameter.

code.compile_command(source, filename='<input>', symbol='single')

   This function is useful for programs that want to emulate Python’s
   interpreter main loop (a.k.a. the read-eval-print loop).  The
   tricky part is to determine when the user has entered an incomplete
   command that can be completed by entering more text (as opposed to
   a complete command or a syntax error).  This function *almost*
   always makes the same decision as the real interpreter main loop.

   *source* is the source string; *filename* is the optional filename
   from which source was read, defaulting to "'<input>'"; and *symbol*
   is the optional grammar start symbol, which should be "'single'"
   (the default), "'eval'" or "'exec'".

   Returns a code object (the same as "compile(source, filename,
   symbol)") if the command is complete and valid; "None" if the
   command is incomplete; raises "SyntaxError" if the command is
   complete and contains a syntax error, or raises "OverflowError" or
   "ValueError" if the command contains an invalid literal.


Interactive Interpreter Objects
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InteractiveInterpreter.runsource(source, filename='<input>', symbol='single')

   Compile and run some source in the interpreter. Arguments are the
   same as for "compile_command()"; the default for *filename* is
   "'<input>'", and for *symbol* is "'single'".  One of several things
   can happen:

   * The input is incorrect; "compile_command()" raised an exception
     ("SyntaxError" or "OverflowError").  A syntax traceback will be
     printed by calling the "showsyntaxerror()" method.  "runsource()"
     returns "False".

   * The input is incomplete, and more input is required;
     "compile_command()" returned "None". "runsource()" returns
     "True".

   * The input is complete; "compile_command()" returned a code
     object.  The code is executed by calling the "runcode()" (which
     also handles run-time exceptions, except for "SystemExit").
     "runsource()" returns "False".

   The return value can be used to decide whether to use "sys.ps1" or
   "sys.ps2" to prompt the next line.

InteractiveInterpreter.runcode(code)

   Execute a code object. When an exception occurs, "showtraceback()"
   is called to display a traceback.  All exceptions are caught except
   "SystemExit", which is allowed to propagate.

   A note about "KeyboardInterrupt": this exception may occur
   elsewhere in this code, and may not always be caught.  The caller
   should be prepared to deal with it.

InteractiveInterpreter.showsyntaxerror(filename=None)

   Display the syntax error that just occurred.  This does not display
   a stack trace because there isn’t one for syntax errors. If
   *filename* is given, it is stuffed into the exception instead of
   the default filename provided by Python’s parser, because it always
   uses "'<string>'" when reading from a string. The output is written
   by the "write()" method.

InteractiveInterpreter.showtraceback()

   Display the exception that just occurred.  We remove the first
   stack item because it is within the interpreter object
   implementation. The output is written by the "write()" method.

   Changed in version 3.5: The full chained traceback is displayed
   instead of just the primary traceback.

InteractiveInterpreter.write(data)

   Write a string to the standard error stream ("sys.stderr"). Derived
   classes should override this to provide the appropriate output
   handling as needed.


Interactive Console Objects
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The "InteractiveConsole" class is a subclass of
"InteractiveInterpreter", and so offers all the methods of the
interpreter objects as well as the following additions.

InteractiveConsole.interact(banner=None, exitmsg=None)

   Closely emulate the interactive Python console. The optional
   *banner* argument specify the banner to print before the first
   interaction; by default it prints a banner similar to the one
   printed by the standard Python interpreter, followed by the class
   name of the console object in parentheses (so as not to confuse
   this with the real interpreter – since it’s so close!).

   The optional *exitmsg* argument specifies an exit message printed
   when exiting. Pass the empty string to suppress the exit message.
   If *exitmsg* is not given or "None", a default message is printed.

   Changed in version 3.4: To suppress printing any banner, pass an
   empty string.

   Changed in version 3.6: Print an exit message when exiting.

InteractiveConsole.push(line)

   Push a line of source text to the interpreter. The line should not
   have a trailing newline; it may have internal newlines.  The line
   is appended to a buffer and the interpreter’s "runsource()" method
   is called with the concatenated contents of the buffer as source.
   If this indicates that the command was executed or invalid, the
   buffer is reset; otherwise, the command is incomplete, and the
   buffer is left as it was after the line was appended.  The return
   value is "True" if more input is required, "False" if the line was
   dealt with in some way (this is the same as "runsource()").

InteractiveConsole.resetbuffer()

   Remove any unhandled source text from the input buffer.

InteractiveConsole.raw_input(prompt='')

   Write a prompt and read a line.  The returned line does not include
   the trailing newline.  When the user enters the EOF key sequence,
   "EOFError" is raised. The base implementation reads from
   "sys.stdin"; a subclass may replace this with a different
   implementation.
