t.p.compat : module documentation

Compatibility module to provide backwards compatibility for useful Python features.

This is mainly for use of internal Twisted code. We encourage you to use the latest version of Python directly from your code, if possible.

Variable	unicode	The type of Unicode strings, `unicode` on Python 2 and `str` on Python 3.
Variable	NativeStringIO	An in-memory file-like object that operates on the native string type (bytes in Python 2, unicode in Python 3).
Function	inet_pton	Undocumented
Function	inet_ntop	Undocumented
Function	execfile	Execute a Python script in the given namespaces.
Function	cmp	Compare two objects.
Function	comparable	Class decorator that ensures support for the special `__cmp__` method.
Function	nativeString	Convert `bytes` or `unicode` to the native `str` type, using ASCII encoding if conversion is necessary.
Function	reraise	Undocumented
Function	iterbytes 0	Undocumented
Function	intToBytes 0	Undocumented
Function	lazyByteSlice	Return a copy of the given bytes-like object.
Function	networkString 0	Undocumented
Function	iterbytes	Undocumented
Function	intToBytes	Undocumented
Function	networkString	Undocumented

unicode =

The type of Unicode strings, unicode on Python 2 and str on Python 3.

NativeStringIO =

An in-memory file-like object that operates on the native string type (bytes in Python 2, unicode in Python 3).

def inet_pton(af, addr): (source)

Undocumented

def inet_ntop(af, addr): (source)

Undocumented

def execfile(filename, globals, locals=None): (source)

Execute a Python script in the given namespaces.

Similar to the execfile builtin, but a namespace is mandatory, partly because that's a sensible thing to require, and because otherwise we'd have to do some frame hacking.

This is a compatibility implementation for Python 3 porting, to avoid the use of the deprecated builtin execfile function.

def cmp(a, b): (source)

Compare two objects.

Returns a negative number if a < b, zero if they are equal, and a positive number if a > b.

def comparable(klass): (source)

Class decorator that ensures support for the special __cmp__ method.

On Python 2 this does nothing.

On Python 3, __eq__, __lt__, etc. methods are added to the class, relying on __cmp__ to implement their comparisons.

def nativeString(s): (source)

Convert bytes or unicode to the native str type, using ASCII encoding if conversion is necessary.

Raises	UnicodeError	The input string is not ASCII encodable/decodable.
	TypeError	The input is neither `bytes` nor `unicode`.

def reraise(exception, traceback): (source)

Undocumented

def iterbytes 0(originalBytes): (source)

Undocumented

def intToBytes 0(i): (source)

Undocumented

def lazyByteSlice(object, offset=0, size=None): (source)

Return a copy of the given bytes-like object.

If an offset is given, the copy starts at that offset. If a size is given, the copy will only be of that length.

Parameters	object	`bytes` to be copied.
	offset	`int`, starting index of copy.
	size	Optional, if an `int` is given limit the length of copy to this size.

def networkString 0(s): (source)

Undocumented

def iterbytes(originalBytes): (source)

Undocumented

def intToBytes(i): (source)

Undocumented

def networkString(s): (source)

Undocumented

API Documentation for Twisted, generated by pydoctor at 2013-04-03 11:20:05.