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authorW. Trevor King <wking@drexel.edu>2010-02-07 17:53:53 -0500
committerW. Trevor King <wking@drexel.edu>2010-02-07 17:53:53 -0500
commit977eff5af10b50ba6e6edb6abc4f40804c418b12 (patch)
tree77bd3dea340130bb1b446d5f7cc8d72000b5fba3 /libbe/storage/util/mapfile.py
parent8ccb71280c24480eb661fc668c31ff06bc7a3148 (diff)
downloadbugseverywhere-977eff5af10b50ba6e6edb6abc4f40804c418b12.tar.gz
Fixed docstrings so only Sphinx errors are "autosummary" and "missing attribute"
Diffstat (limited to 'libbe/storage/util/mapfile.py')
-rw-r--r--libbe/storage/util/mapfile.py28
1 files changed, 22 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/libbe/storage/util/mapfile.py b/libbe/storage/util/mapfile.py
index 0b8af23..55863d7 100644
--- a/libbe/storage/util/mapfile.py
+++ b/libbe/storage/util/mapfile.py
@@ -16,10 +16,10 @@
# with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
# 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
-"""
-Provide a means of saving and loading dictionaries of parameters. The
-saved "mapfiles" should be clear, flat-text files, and allow easy merging of
-independent/conflicting changes.
+"""Serializing and deserializing dictionaries of parameters.
+
+The serialized "mapfiles" should be clear, flat-text strings, and allow
+easy merging of independent/conflicting changes.
"""
import errno
@@ -49,6 +49,10 @@ class InvalidMapfileContents(Exception):
def generate(map):
"""Generate a YAML mapfile content string.
+
+ Examples
+ --------
+
>>> generate({'q':'p'})
'q: p\\n\\n'
>>> generate({'q':u'Fran\u00e7ais'})
@@ -73,6 +77,10 @@ def generate(map):
>>> generate({'q':'p\\n'})
Traceback (most recent call last):
IllegalValue: Illegal value "p\\n"
+
+ See Also
+ --------
+ parse : inverse
"""
keys = map.keys()
keys.sort()
@@ -97,8 +105,11 @@ def generate(map):
return '\n'.join(lines)
def parse(contents):
- """
- Parse a YAML mapfile string.
+ """Parse a YAML mapfile string.
+
+ Examples
+ --------
+
>>> parse('q: p\\n\\n')['q']
'p'
>>> parse('q: \\'p\\'\\n\\n')['q']
@@ -119,6 +130,11 @@ def parse(contents):
Traceback (most recent call last):
...
InvalidMapfileContents: Invalid YAML contents
+
+ See Also
+ --------
+ generate : inverse
+
"""
c = yaml.load(contents)
if type(c) == types.StringType: