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href="#module-code" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h1>220<p><strong>Source code:</strong> <a class="extlink-source reference external" href="https://github.com/python/cpython/tree/main/Lib/code.py">Lib/code.py</a></p>221<hr class="docutils" />222<p>The <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">code</span></code> module provides facilities to implement read-eval-print loops in223Python. Two classes and convenience functions are included which can be used to224build applications which provide an interactive interpreter prompt.</p>225<dl class="py class">226<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="code.InteractiveInterpreter">227<em class="property"><span class="k"><span class="pre">class</span></span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">code.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">InteractiveInterpreter</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">locals</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#code.InteractiveInterpreter" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>228<dd><p>This class deals with parsing and interpreter state (the user’s namespace); it229does not deal with input buffering or prompting or input file naming (the230filename is always passed in explicitly). The optional <em>locals</em> argument231specifies a mapping to use as the namespace in which code will be executed;232it defaults to a newly created dictionary with key <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">'__name__'</span></code> set to233<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">'__console__'</span></code> and key <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">'__doc__'</span></code> set to <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">None</span></code>.</p>234<p>Note that functions and classes objects created under an235<code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">InteractiveInterpreter</span></code> instance will belong to the namespace236specified by <em>locals</em>.237They are only pickleable if <em>locals</em> is the namespace of an existing238module.</p>239</dd></dl>240 241<dl class="py class">242<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="code.InteractiveConsole">243<em class="property"><span class="k"><span class="pre">class</span></span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">code.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">InteractiveConsole</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">locals</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">filename</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">'<console>'</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="keyword-only-separator o"><abbr title="Keyword-only parameters separator (PEP 3102)"><span class="pre">*</span></abbr></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">local_exit</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">False</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#code.InteractiveConsole" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>244<dd><p>Closely emulate the behavior of the interactive Python interpreter. This class245builds on <a class="reference internal" href="#code.InteractiveInterpreter" title="code.InteractiveInterpreter"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">InteractiveInterpreter</span></code></a> and adds prompting using the familiar246<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">sys.ps1</span></code> and <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">sys.ps2</span></code>, and input buffering. If <em>local_exit</em> is true,247<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">exit()</span></code> and <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">quit()</span></code> in the console will not raise <a class="reference internal" href="exceptions.html#SystemExit" title="SystemExit"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">SystemExit</span></code></a>, but248instead return to the calling code.</p>249<div class="versionchanged">250<p><span class="versionmodified changed">Changed in version 3.13: </span>Added <em>local_exit</em> parameter.</p>251</div>252</dd></dl>253 254<dl class="py function">255<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="code.interact">256<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">code.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">interact</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">banner</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">readfunc</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">local</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">exitmsg</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">local_exit</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">False</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#code.interact" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>257<dd><p>Convenience function to run a read-eval-print loop. This creates a new258instance of <a class="reference internal" href="#code.InteractiveConsole" title="code.InteractiveConsole"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">InteractiveConsole</span></code></a> and sets <em>readfunc</em> to be used as259the <a class="reference internal" href="#code.InteractiveConsole.raw_input" title="code.InteractiveConsole.raw_input"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">InteractiveConsole.raw_input()</span></code></a> method, if provided. If <em>local</em> is260provided, it is passed to the <code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">InteractiveConsole</span></code> constructor for261use as the default namespace for the interpreter loop. If <em>local_exit</em> is provided,262it is passed to the <code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">InteractiveConsole</span></code> constructor. The <a class="reference internal" href="#code.InteractiveConsole.interact" title="code.InteractiveConsole.interact"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">interact()</span></code></a>263method of the instance is then run with <em>banner</em> and <em>exitmsg</em> passed as the264banner and exit message to use, if provided. The console object is discarded265after use.</p>266<div class="versionchanged">267<p><span class="versionmodified changed">Changed in version 3.6: </span>Added <em>exitmsg</em> parameter.</p>268</div>269<div class="versionchanged">270<p><span class="versionmodified changed">Changed in version 3.13: </span>Added <em>local_exit</em> parameter.</p>271</div>272</dd></dl>273 274<dl class="py function">275<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="code.compile_command">276<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">code.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">compile_command</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">source</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">filename</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">'<input>'</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">symbol</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">'single'</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#code.compile_command" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>277<dd><p>This function is useful for programs that want to emulate Python’s interpreter278main loop (a.k.a. the read-eval-print loop). The tricky part is to determine279when the user has entered an incomplete command that can be completed by280entering more text (as opposed to a complete command or a syntax error). This281function <em>almost</em> always makes the same decision as the real interpreter main282loop.</p>283<p><em>source</em> is the source string; <em>filename</em> is the optional filename from which284source was read, defaulting to <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">'<input>'</span></code>; and <em>symbol</em> is the optional285grammar start symbol, which should be <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">'single'</span></code> (the default), <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">'eval'</span></code>286or <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">'exec'</span></code>.</p>287<p>Returns a code object (the same as <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">compile(source,</span> <span class="pre">filename,</span> <span class="pre">symbol)</span></code>) if the288command is complete and valid; <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">None</span></code> if the command is incomplete; raises289<a class="reference internal" href="exceptions.html#SyntaxError" title="SyntaxError"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">SyntaxError</span></code></a> if the command is complete and contains a syntax error, or290raises <a class="reference internal" href="exceptions.html#OverflowError" title="OverflowError"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">OverflowError</span></code></a> or <a class="reference internal" href="exceptions.html#ValueError" title="ValueError"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ValueError</span></code></a> if the command contains an291invalid literal.</p>292</dd></dl>293 294<section id="interactive-interpreter-objects">295<span id="interpreter-objects"></span><h2>Interactive Interpreter Objects<a class="headerlink" href="#interactive-interpreter-objects" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h2>296<dl class="py method">297<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="code.InteractiveInterpreter.runsource">298<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">InteractiveInterpreter.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">runsource</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">source</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">filename</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">'<input>'</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">symbol</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">'single'</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#code.InteractiveInterpreter.runsource" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>299<dd><p>Compile and run some source in the interpreter. Arguments are the same as for300<a class="reference internal" href="#code.compile_command" title="code.compile_command"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">compile_command()</span></code></a>; the default for <em>filename</em> is <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">'<input>'</span></code>, and for301<em>symbol</em> is <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">'single'</span></code>. One of several things can happen:</p>302<ul class="simple">303<li><p>The input is incorrect; <a class="reference internal" href="#code.compile_command" title="code.compile_command"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">compile_command()</span></code></a> raised an exception304(<a class="reference internal" href="exceptions.html#SyntaxError" title="SyntaxError"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">SyntaxError</span></code></a> or <a class="reference internal" href="exceptions.html#OverflowError" title="OverflowError"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">OverflowError</span></code></a>). A syntax traceback will be305printed by calling the <a class="reference internal" href="#code.InteractiveInterpreter.showsyntaxerror" title="code.InteractiveInterpreter.showsyntaxerror"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">showsyntaxerror()</span></code></a> method. <code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">runsource()</span></code>306returns <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">False</span></code>.</p></li>307<li><p>The input is incomplete, and more input is required; <a class="reference internal" href="#code.compile_command" title="code.compile_command"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">compile_command()</span></code></a>308returned <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">None</span></code>. <code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">runsource()</span></code> returns <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">True</span></code>.</p></li>309<li><p>The input is complete; <a class="reference internal" href="#code.compile_command" title="code.compile_command"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">compile_command()</span></code></a> returned a code object. The310code is executed by calling the <a class="reference internal" href="#code.InteractiveInterpreter.runcode" title="code.InteractiveInterpreter.runcode"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">runcode()</span></code></a> (which also handles run-time311exceptions, except for <a class="reference internal" href="exceptions.html#SystemExit" title="SystemExit"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">SystemExit</span></code></a>). <code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">runsource()</span></code> returns <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">False</span></code>.</p></li>312</ul>313<p>The return value can be used to decide whether to use <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">sys.ps1</span></code> or <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">sys.ps2</span></code>314to prompt the next line.</p>315</dd></dl>316 317<dl class="py method">318<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="code.InteractiveInterpreter.runcode">319<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">InteractiveInterpreter.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">runcode</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">code</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#code.InteractiveInterpreter.runcode" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>320<dd><p>Execute a code object. When an exception occurs, <a class="reference internal" href="#code.InteractiveInterpreter.showtraceback" title="code.InteractiveInterpreter.showtraceback"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">showtraceback()</span></code></a> is called321to display a traceback. All exceptions are caught except <a class="reference internal" href="exceptions.html#SystemExit" title="SystemExit"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">SystemExit</span></code></a>,322which is allowed to propagate.</p>323<p>A note about <a class="reference internal" href="exceptions.html#KeyboardInterrupt" title="KeyboardInterrupt"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">KeyboardInterrupt</span></code></a>: this exception may occur elsewhere in324this code, and may not always be caught. The caller should be prepared to deal325with it.</p>326</dd></dl>327 328<dl class="py method">329<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="code.InteractiveInterpreter.showsyntaxerror">330<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">InteractiveInterpreter.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">showsyntaxerror</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">filename</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#code.InteractiveInterpreter.showsyntaxerror" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>331<dd><p>Display the syntax error that just occurred. This does not display a stack332trace because there isn’t one for syntax errors. If <em>filename</em> is given, it is333stuffed into the exception instead of the default filename provided by Python’s334parser, because it always uses <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">'<string>'</span></code> when reading from a string. The335output is written by the <a class="reference internal" href="#code.InteractiveInterpreter.write" title="code.InteractiveInterpreter.write"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">write()</span></code></a> method.</p>336</dd></dl>337 338<dl class="py method">339<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="code.InteractiveInterpreter.showtraceback">340<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">InteractiveInterpreter.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">showtraceback</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#code.InteractiveInterpreter.showtraceback" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>341<dd><p>Display the exception that just occurred. We remove the first stack item342because it is within the interpreter object implementation. The output is343written by the <a class="reference internal" href="#code.InteractiveInterpreter.write" title="code.InteractiveInterpreter.write"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">write()</span></code></a> method.</p>344<div class="versionchanged">345<p><span class="versionmodified changed">Changed in version 3.5: </span>The full chained traceback is displayed instead346of just the primary traceback.</p>347</div>348</dd></dl>349 350<dl class="py method">351<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="code.InteractiveInterpreter.write">352<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">InteractiveInterpreter.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">write</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">data</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#code.InteractiveInterpreter.write" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>353<dd><p>Write a string to the standard error stream (<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">sys.stderr</span></code>). Derived classes354should override this to provide the appropriate output handling as needed.</p>355</dd></dl>356 357</section>358<section id="interactive-console-objects">359<span id="console-objects"></span><h2>Interactive Console Objects<a class="headerlink" href="#interactive-console-objects" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h2>360<p>The <a class="reference internal" href="#code.InteractiveConsole" title="code.InteractiveConsole"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">InteractiveConsole</span></code></a> class is a subclass of361<a class="reference internal" href="#code.InteractiveInterpreter" title="code.InteractiveInterpreter"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">InteractiveInterpreter</span></code></a>, and so offers all the methods of the362interpreter objects as well as the following additions.</p>363<dl class="py method">364<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="code.InteractiveConsole.interact">365<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">InteractiveConsole.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">interact</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">banner</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">exitmsg</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#code.InteractiveConsole.interact" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>366<dd><p>Closely emulate the interactive Python console. The optional <em>banner</em> argument367specify the banner to print before the first interaction; by default it prints a368banner similar to the one printed by the standard Python interpreter, followed369by the class name of the console object in parentheses (so as not to confuse370this with the real interpreter – since it’s so close!).</p>371<p>The optional <em>exitmsg</em> argument specifies an exit message printed when exiting.372Pass the empty string to suppress the exit message. If <em>exitmsg</em> is not given or373<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">None</span></code>, a default message is printed.</p>374<div class="versionchanged">375<p><span class="versionmodified changed">Changed in version 3.4: </span>To suppress printing any banner, pass an empty string.</p>376</div>377<div class="versionchanged">378<p><span class="versionmodified changed">Changed in version 3.6: </span>Print an exit message when exiting.</p>379</div>380</dd></dl>381 382<dl class="py method">383<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="code.InteractiveConsole.push">384<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">InteractiveConsole.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">push</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">line</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#code.InteractiveConsole.push" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>385<dd><p>Push a line of source text to the interpreter. The line should not have a386trailing newline; it may have internal newlines. The line is appended to a387buffer and the interpreter’s <a class="reference internal" href="#code.InteractiveInterpreter.runsource" title="code.InteractiveInterpreter.runsource"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">runsource()</span></code></a> method is called with the388concatenated contents of the buffer as source. If this indicates that the389command was executed or invalid, the buffer is reset; otherwise, the command is390incomplete, and the buffer is left as it was after the line was appended. The391return value is <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">True</span></code> if more input is required, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">False</span></code> if the line was392dealt with in some way (this is the same as <code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">runsource()</span></code>).</p>393</dd></dl>394 395<dl class="py method">396<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="code.InteractiveConsole.resetbuffer">397<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">InteractiveConsole.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">resetbuffer</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#code.InteractiveConsole.resetbuffer" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>398<dd><p>Remove any unhandled source text from the input buffer.</p>399</dd></dl>400 401<dl class="py method">402<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="code.InteractiveConsole.raw_input">403<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">InteractiveConsole.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">raw_input</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">prompt</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">''</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#code.InteractiveConsole.raw_input" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>404<dd><p>Write a prompt and read a line. The returned line does not include the trailing405newline. 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