twisted.python.compat : API 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).
Variable	urllib_parse	a URL-parsing module (urlparse on Python 2, urllib.parse on Python 3)
Function	currentframe	In Python 3, `inspect.currentframe` does not take a stack-level argument. Restore that functionality from Python 2 so we don't have to re-implement the `f_back`-walking loop in places where it's called.
Function	inet_pton	Emulator of `socket.inet_pton`.
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	ioType	Determine the type which will be returned from the given file object's read() and accepted by its write() method as an argument.
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
Function	iteritems 0	Undocumented
Function	itervalues 0	Undocumented
Function	items 0	Undocumented
Function	iteritems	Undocumented
Function	itervalues	Undocumented
Function	items	Undocumented
Function	bytesEnviron	Return a `dict` of `os.environ` where all text-strings are encoded into `bytes`.
Function	_shouldEnableNewStyle	No summary
Function	_matchingString	No summary
Function	_keys	Return a list of the keys of `d`.
Function	_constructMethod	Construct a bound method.
Function	_bytesChr	Like `chr` but always works on ASCII, returning `bytes`.
Function	_coercedUnicode	Coerce ASCII-only byte strings into unicode for Python 2.
Function	_bytesRepr	Provide a repr for a byte string that begins with 'b' on both Python 2 and 3.

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).

urllib_parse =

a URL-parsing module (urlparse on Python 2, urllib.parse on Python 3)

def _shouldEnableNewStyle(): (source)

Returns whether or not we should enable the new-style conversion of old-style classes. It inspects the environment for TWISTED_NEWSTYLE, accepting an empty string, no, false, False, and 0 as falsey values and everything else as a truthy value.

Returns (type: bool)

def currentframe(n=0): (source)

In Python 3, inspect.currentframe does not take a stack-level argument. Restore that functionality from Python 2 so we don't have to re-implement the f_back-walking loop in places where it's called.

Parameters	n	The number of stack levels above the caller to walk. (type: `int`)
Returns	a frame, n levels up the stack from the caller. (type: `types.FrameType`)

def inet_pton(af, addr): (source)

Emulator of socket.inet_pton.

Parameters	af	An address family to parse; `socket.AF_INET` or `socket.AF_INET6`. (type: `int`)
	addr	An address. (type: native `str`)
Returns	The binary packed version of the passed address. (type: `bytes`)

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 ioType(fileIshObject, default=unicode): (source)

Determine the type which will be returned from the given file object's read() and accepted by its write() method as an argument.

In other words, determine whether the given file is 'opened in text mode'.

Parameters	fileIshObject	Any object, but ideally one which resembles a file. (type: `object`)
	default	A default value to return when the type of `fileIshObject` cannot be determined. (type: `type`)
Returns	There are 3 possible return values: `unicode`, if the file is unambiguously opened in text mode. `bytes`, if the file is unambiguously opened in binary mode. `basestring`, if we are on python 2 (the `basestring` type does not exist on python 3) and the file is opened in binary mode, but has an encoding and can therefore accept both bytes and text reliably for writing, but will return `bytes` from read methods. The `default` parameter, if the given type is not understood. (type: `type`)

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 _matchingString(constantString, inputString): (source)

Some functions, such as os.path.join, operate on string arguments which may be bytes or text, and wish to return a value of the same type. In those cases you may wish to have a string constant (in the case of os.path.join, that constant would be os.path.sep) involved in the parsing or processing, that must be of a matching type in order to use string operations on it. _matchingString will take a constant string (either bytes or unicode) and convert it to the same type as the input string. constantString should contain only characters from ASCII; to ensure this, it will be encoded or decoded regardless.

Parameters	constantString	A string literal used in processing. (type: `unicode` or `bytes`)
	inputString	A byte string or text string provided by the user. (type: `unicode` or `bytes`)
Returns	`constantString` converted into the same type as `inputString` (type: the type of `inputString`)

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

def iteritems 0(d): (source)

Undocumented

def itervalues 0(d): (source)

Undocumented

def items 0(d): (source)

Undocumented

def iteritems(d): (source)

Undocumented

def itervalues(d): (source)

Undocumented

def items(d): (source)

Undocumented

def _keys(d): (source)

Return a list of the keys of d.

Returns (type: list)

def bytesEnviron(): (source)

Return a dict of os.environ where all text-strings are encoded into bytes.

This function is POSIX only; environment variables are always text strings on Windows.

def _constructMethod(cls, name, self): (source)

Construct a bound method.

Parameters	cls	The class that the method should be bound to. (type: `types.ClassType` or `type`.)
	name	The name of the method. (type: native `str`)
	self	The object that the method is bound to. (type: any object)
Returns	a bound method (type: `types.MethodType`)

def _bytesChr(i): (source)

Like chr but always works on ASCII, returning bytes.

Parameters	i	The ASCII code point to return. (type: `int`)
Returns	(type: `bytes`)

def _coercedUnicode(s): (source)

Coerce ASCII-only byte strings into unicode for Python 2.

In Python 2 unicode(b'bytes') returns a unicode string 'bytes'. In Python 3, the equivalent str(b'bytes') will return "b'bytes'" instead. This function mimics the behavior for Python 2. It will decode the byte string as ASCII. In Python 3 it simply raises a TypeError when passing a byte string. Unicode strings are returned as-is.

Parameters	s	The string to coerce. (type: `bytes` or `unicode`)
Raises	UnicodeError	The input `bytes` is not ASCII decodable.
	TypeError	The input is `bytes` on Python 3.

def _bytesRepr(bytestring): (source)

Provide a repr for a byte string that begins with 'b' on both Python 2 and 3.

Parameters	bytestring	The string to repr. (type: `bytes`)
Returns	The repr with a leading 'b'. (type: `bytes`)
Raises	TypeError	The input is not `bytes`.

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twisted.python.compat module documentation

`twisted.python.compat` module documentation