# Copyright class Completer (object): def __init__(self, options): self.options = options def __call__(self, bugdir, fragment=None): return [fragment] def complete_status(bugdir, fragment=None): return [fragment] def complete_severity(bugdir, fragment=None): return [fragment] def complete_assigned(bugdir, fragment=None): return [fragment] def complete_extra_strings(bugdir, fragment=None): return [fragment] def select_values(string, possible_values, name="unkown"): """ This function allows the user to select values from a list of possible values. The default is to select all the values: >>> select_values(None, ['abc', 'def', 'hij']) ['abc', 'def', 'hij'] The user selects values with a comma-separated limit_string. Prepending a minus sign to such a list denotes blacklist mode: >>> select_values('-abc,hij', ['abc', 'def', 'hij']) ['def'] Without the leading -, the selection is in whitelist mode: >>> select_values('abc,hij', ['abc', 'def', 'hij']) ['abc', 'hij'] In either case, appropriate errors are raised if on of the user-values is not in the list of possible values. The name parameter lets you make the error message more clear: >>> select_values('-xyz,hij', ['abc', 'def', 'hij'], name="foobar") Traceback (most recent call last): ... UserError: Invalid foobar xyz ['abc', 'def', 'hij'] >>> select_values('xyz,hij', ['abc', 'def', 'hij'], name="foobar") Traceback (most recent call last): ... UserError: Invalid foobar xyz ['abc', 'def', 'hij'] """ possible_values = list(possible_values) # don't alter the original if string == None: pass elif string.startswith('-'): blacklisted_values = set(string[1:].split(',')) for value in blacklisted_values: if value not in possible_values: raise UserError('Invalid %s %s\n %s' % (name, value, possible_values)) possible_values.remove(value) else: whitelisted_values = string.split(',') for value in whitelisted_values: if value not in possible_values: raise UserError('Invalid %s %s\n %s' % (name, value, possible_values)) possible_values = whitelisted_values return possible_values