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<h1>eric5.DebugClients.Python.FlexCompleter</h1>
<p>
Word completion for the eric5 shell.
</p><p>
<h4>NOTE for eric5 variant</h4>
</p><p>
    This version is a re-implementation of FlexCompleter
    as found in the PyQwt package. It is modified to work with the eric5 debug
    clients.
</p><p>

</p><p>
<h4>NOTE for the PyQwt variant</h4>
</p><p>
    This version is a re-implementation of FlexCompleter
    with readline support for PyQt&sip-3.6 and earlier.
</p><p>
    Full readline support is present in PyQt&sip-snapshot-20030531 and later.
</p><p>

</p><p>
<h4>NOTE for FlexCompleter</h4>
</p><p>
    This version is a re-implementation of rlcompleter with
    selectable namespace.
</p><p>
    The problem with rlcompleter is that it's hardwired to work with
    __main__.__dict__, and in some cases one may have 'sandboxed' namespaces.
    So this class is a ripoff of rlcompleter, with the namespace to work in as
    an optional parameter.
</p><p>
    This class can be used just like rlcompleter, but the Completer class now
    has a constructor with the optional 'namespace' parameter.
</p><p>
    A patch has been submitted to Python@sourceforge for these changes to go in
    the standard Python distribution.
</p><p>

</p><p>
<h4>Original rlcompleter documentation</h4>
</p><p>
    This requires the latest extension to the readline module (the
    completes keywords, built-ins and globals in __main__; when completing
    NAME.NAME..., it evaluates (!) the expression up to the last dot and
    completes its attributes.
</p><p>
    It's very cool to do "import string" type "string.", hit the
    completion key (twice), and see the list of names defined by the
    string module!
</p><p>
    Tip: to use the tab key as the completion key, call
</p><p>
    'readline.parse_and_bind("tab: complete")'
</p><p>
    <b>Notes</b>:
    <ul>
    <li>
    Exceptions raised by the completer function are *ignored* (and
    generally cause the completion to fail).  This is a feature -- since
    readline sets the tty device in raw (or cbreak) mode, printing a
    traceback wouldn't work well without some complicated hoopla to save,
    reset and restore the tty state.
    </li>
    <li>
    The evaluation of the NAME.NAME... form may cause arbitrary
    application defined code to be executed if an object with a
    __getattr__ hook is found.  Since it is the responsibility of the
    application (or the user) to enable this feature, I consider this an
    acceptable risk.  More complicated expressions (e.g. function calls or
    indexing operations) are *not* evaluated.
    </li>
    <li>
    GNU readline is also used by the built-in functions input() and
    raw_input(), and thus these also benefit/suffer from the completer
    features.  Clearly an interactive application can benefit by
    specifying its own completer function and using raw_input() for all
    its input.
    </li>
    <li>
    When the original stdin is not a tty device, GNU readline is never
    used, and this module (and the readline module) are silently inactive.
    </li>
    </ul>
</p>
<h3>Global Attributes</h3>
<table>
<tr><td>__all__</td></tr>
</table>
<h3>Classes</h3>
<table>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Completer">Completer</a></td>
<td>Class implementing the command line completer object.</td>
</tr>
</table>
<h3>Functions</h3>
<table>
<tr>
<td><a href="#get_class_members">get_class_members</a></td>
<td>Module function to retrieve the class members.</td>
</tr>
</table>
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<a NAME="Completer" ID="Completer"></a>
<h2>Completer</h2>
<p>
    Class implementing the command line completer object.
</p>
<h3>Derived from</h3>
object
<h3>Class Attributes</h3>
<table>
<tr><td>None</td></tr>
</table>
<h3>Class Methods</h3>
<table>
<tr><td>None</td></tr>
</table>
<h3>Methods</h3>
<table>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Completer.__init__">Completer</a></td>
<td>Constructor</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#Completer.attr_matches">attr_matches</a></td>
<td>Public method to compute matches when text contains a dot.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#Completer.complete">complete</a></td>
<td>Public method to return the next possible completion for 'text'.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#Completer.global_matches">global_matches</a></td>
<td>Public method to compute matches when text is a simple name.</td>
</tr>
</table>
<h3>Static Methods</h3>
<table>
<tr><td>None</td></tr>
</table>
<a NAME="Completer.__init__" ID="Completer.__init__"></a>
<h4>Completer (Constructor)</h4>
<b>Completer</b>(<i>namespace=None</i>)
<p>
        Constructor
</p><p>
        Completer([namespace]) -> completer instance.
</p><p>
        If unspecified, the default namespace where completions are performed
        is __main__ (technically, __main__.__dict__). Namespaces should be
        given as dictionaries.
</p><p>
        Completer instances should be used as the completion mechanism of
        readline via the set_completer() call:
</p><p>
        readline.set_completer(Completer(my_namespace).complete)
</p><dl>
<dt><i>namespace</i></dt>
<dd>
namespace for the completer
</dd>
</dl><dl>
<dt>Raises <b>TypeError</b>:</dt>
<dd>
raised to indicate a wrong namespace structure
</dd>
</dl><a NAME="Completer.attr_matches" ID="Completer.attr_matches"></a>
<h4>Completer.attr_matches</h4>
<b>attr_matches</b>(<i>text</i>)
<p>
        Public method to compute matches when text contains a dot.
</p><p>
        Assuming the text is of the form NAME.NAME....[NAME], and is
        evaluatable in self.namespace, it will be evaluated and its attributes
        (as revealed by dir()) are used as possible completions.  (For class
        instances, class members are are also considered.)
</p><p>
        <b>WARNING</b>: this can still invoke arbitrary C code, if an object
        with a __getattr__ hook is evaluated.
</p><dl>
<dt><i>text</i></dt>
<dd>
The text to be completed. (string)
</dd>
</dl><dl>
<dt>Returns:</dt>
<dd>
A list of all matches.
</dd>
</dl><a NAME="Completer.complete" ID="Completer.complete"></a>
<h4>Completer.complete</h4>
<b>complete</b>(<i>text, state</i>)
<p>
        Public method to return the next possible completion for 'text'.
</p><p>
        This is called successively with state == 0, 1, 2, ... until it
        returns None.  The completion should begin with 'text'.
</p><dl>
<dt><i>text</i></dt>
<dd>
The text to be completed. (string)
</dd><dt><i>state</i></dt>
<dd>
The state of the completion. (integer)
</dd>
</dl><dl>
<dt>Returns:</dt>
<dd>
The possible completions as a list of strings.
</dd>
</dl><a NAME="Completer.global_matches" ID="Completer.global_matches"></a>
<h4>Completer.global_matches</h4>
<b>global_matches</b>(<i>text</i>)
<p>
        Public method to compute matches when text is a simple name.
</p><dl>
<dt><i>text</i></dt>
<dd>
The text to be completed. (string)
</dd>
</dl><dl>
<dt>Returns:</dt>
<dd>
A list of all keywords, built-in functions and names currently
        defined in self.namespace that match.
</dd>
</dl>
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<a NAME="get_class_members" ID="get_class_members"></a>
<h2>get_class_members</h2>
<b>get_class_members</b>(<i>klass</i>)
<p>
    Module function to retrieve the class members.
</p><dl>
<dt><i>klass</i></dt>
<dd>
The class object to be analysed.
</dd>
</dl><dl>
<dt>Returns:</dt>
<dd>
A list of all names defined in the class.
</dd>
</dl>
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