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document individual 2to3 fixers
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Doc/library/2to3.rst

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.. _2to3-using:
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Using 2to3
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Comments and exact indentation are preserved throughout the translation process.
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By default, 2to3 runs a set of predefined fixers. The :option:`-l` flag lists
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all available fixers. An explicit set of fixers to run can be given with
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:option:`-f`. Likewise the :option:`-x` explicitly disables a fixer. The
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following example runs only the ``imports`` and ``has_key`` fixers::
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By default, 2to3 runs a set of :ref:`predefined fixers <2to3-fixers>`. The
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:option:`-l` flag lists all available fixers. An explicit set of fixers to run
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can be given with :option:`-f`. Likewise the :option:`-x` explicitly disables a
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fixer. The following example runs only the ``imports`` and ``has_key`` fixers::
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$ 2to3 -f imports -f has_key example.py
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The :option:`-v` option enables output of more information on the translation
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When the :option:`-p` is passed, 2to3 treats ``print`` as a function instead of
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a statement. This is useful when ``from __future__ import print_function`` is
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being used. If this option is not given, the print fixer will surround print
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calls in an extra set of parentheses because it cannot differentiate between the
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print statement with parentheses (such as ``print ("a" + "b" + "c")``) and a
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true function call.
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When the :option:`-p` is passed, the :2to3fixer:`print` fixer ``print`` as a
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function instead of a statement. This is useful when ``from __future__ import
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print_function`` is being used. If this option is not given, the print fixer
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will surround print calls in an extra set of parentheses because it cannot
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differentiate between the print statement with parentheses (such as ``print
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("a" + "b" + "c")``) and a true function call.
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.. _2to3-fixers:
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Fixers
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------
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Each step of tranforming code is encapsulated in a fixer. The command ``2to3
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-l`` lists them. As :ref:`documented above <2to3-using>`, each can be turned on
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and off individually. They are described here in more detail.
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.. 2to3fixer:: apply
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Removes usage of :func:`apply`. For example ``apply(function, *args,
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**kwargs)`` is converted to ``function(*args, **kwargs)``.
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.. 2to3fixer:: basestring
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Converts :class:`basestring` to :class:`str`.
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.. 2to3fixer:: buffer
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Converts :class:`buffer` to :class:`memoryview`. This fixer is optional
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because the :class:`memoryview` API is similar but not exactly the same as
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that of :class:`buffer`.
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.. 2to3fixer:: callable
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Converts ``callable(x)`` to ``hasattr(x, "__call_")``.
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.. 2to3fixer:: dict
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Fixes dictionary iteration methods. :meth:`dict.iteritems` is converted to
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:meth:`dict.items`, :meth:`dict.iterkeys` to :meth:`dict.keys`, and
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:meth:`dict.itervalues` to :meth:`dict.values`. It also wraps existing
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usages of :meth:`dict.items`, :meth:`dict.keys`, and :meth:`dict.values` in a
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call to :class:`list`.
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.. 2to3fixer:: except
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Converts ``except X, T`` to ``except X as T``.
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.. 2to3fixer:: exec
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Converts the :keyword:`exec` statement to the :func:`exec` function.
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.. 2to3fixer:: execfile
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Removes usage of :func:`execfile`. The argument to :func:`execfile` is
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wrapped in calls to :func:`open`, :func:`compile`, and :func:`exec`.
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.. 2to3fixer:: filter
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Wraps :func:`filter` in a :class:`list` call.
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.. 2to3fixer:: funcattrs
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Fixes function attributes that have been renamed. For example,
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``my_function.func_closure`` is converted to ``my_function.__closure__``.
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.. 2to3fixer:: future
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Removes ``from __future__ import new_feature`` statements.
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.. 2to3fixer:: getcwdu
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Renames :func:`os.getcwdu` to :func:`os.getcwd`.
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.. 2to3fixer:: has_key
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Changes ``dict.has_key(key)`` to ``key in dict``.
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.. 2to3fixer:: idioms
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This optional fixer preforms several transformations that make Python code
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more idiomatic. Type comparisions like ``type(x) is SomeClass`` and
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``type(x) == SomeClass`` are converted to ``isinstance(x, SomeClass)``.
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``while 1`` becomes ``while True``. This fixer also tries to make use of
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:func:`sorted` in appropiate places. For example, this block ::
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L = list(some_iterable)
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L.sort()
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is changed to ::
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L = sorted(some_iterable)
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.. 2to3fixer:: import
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Detects sibling imports and converts them to relative imports.
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.. 2to3fixer:: imports
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Handles module renames in the standard library.
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.. 2to3fixer:: imports2
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Handles other modules reanmes in the standard library. It is separate from
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:2to3fixer:`imports` only because of technical limitations.
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.. 2to3fixer:: input
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Converts ``input(prompt)`` to ``eval(input(prompt))``
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.. 2to3fixer:: intern
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Converts :func:`intern` to :func:`sys.itern`.
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.. 2to3fixer:: isinstance
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Fixes duplicate types in the second argument of :func:`isinstance`. For
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example, ``isinstance(x, (int, int))`` is converted to ``isinstance(x,
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(int))``.
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.. 2to3fixer:: itertools_imports
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Removes imports of :func:`itertools.ifilter`, :func:`itertools.izip`, and
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:func:`itertools.imap`. Imports of :func:`itertools.ifilterfalse` are also
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changed to :func:`itertools.filterfalse`.
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.. 2to3fixer:: itertools
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Changes usage of :func:`itertools.ifilter`, :func:`itertools.izip`, and
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:func:`itertools.imap` to their builtin equivalents.
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:func:`itertools.ifilterfalse` is changed to :func:`itertools.filterfalse`.
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.. 2to3fixer:: long
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Strips the ``L`` prefix on numbers and renamed :class:`long` to :class:`int`.
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.. 2to3fixer:: map
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Wraps :func:`map` in a :class:`list` call. It also changes ``map(none, x)``
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to ``list(x)``. Using ``from future_builtins import map`` disables this
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fixer.
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.. 2to3fixer:: metaclass
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Converts the old metaclass syntax (``__metaclass__ = Meta`` in the class
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body) to the new (``class X(metaclass=Meta)``).
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.. 2to3fixer:: methodattrs
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Fixes old method attribute names. For example, ``meth.im_func`` is converted
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.. 2to3fixer:: ne
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Converts the old not-equal syntax, ``<>``, to ``!=``.
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.. 2to3fixer:: next
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Converts the use of iterator's :meth:`next` methods to the :func:`next`
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function. It also renames :meth:`next` methods to :meth:`~object.__next__`.
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.. 2to3fixer:: nonzero
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Renames :meth:`~object.__nonzero__` to :meth:`~object.__bool__`.
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.. 2to3fixer:: paren
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Add extra parenthesis where they are required in list comprehensions. For
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example, ``[x for x in 1, 2]`` to ``[x for x in (1, 2)]``.
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.. 2to3fixer:: print
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Converts the :keyword:`print` statement to the :func:`print` function.
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.. 2to3fixer:: raises
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Converts ``raise E, V`` to ``raise E(V)``, and ``raise E, V, T`` as ``raise
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E(V).with_traceback(T)``. If ``E`` is a tuple, the translation will be
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.. 2to3fixer:: raw_input
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Converts :func:`raw_input` to :func:`input`.
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.. 2to3fixer:: reduce
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Handles the move of :func:`reduce` to :func:`functools.reduce`.
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.. 2to3fixer:: renames
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.. 2to3fixer:: repr
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Replaces backtick repr with the :func:`repr` function.
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.. 2to3fixer:: set_literal
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Replaces use of the :class:`set` constructor with set literals. This fixer
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.. 2to3fixer:: standard_error
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Renames :exc:`StandardError` to :exc:`Exception`.
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Changes the deprecated :data:`sys.exc_value`, :data:`sys.exc_type`,
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:data:`sys.exc_traceback` to use :func:`sys.exc_info`.
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.. 2to3fixer:: throw
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Fixes the API change in generators :meth:`throw` method.
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.. 2to3fixer:: tuple_params
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Removes implicit tuple parameter unpacking. This fixer inserts temporary
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variables.
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.. 2to3fixer:: types
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Fixes code broken from the removal of some members in the :mod:`types`
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module.
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.. 2to3fixer:: unicode
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Renames :class:`unicode` to :class:`str`.
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.. 2to3fixer:: urllib
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.. 2to3fixer:: ws_comma
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Change ``for x in file.xreadlines()`` to ``for x in file``.
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.. 2to3fixer:: zip
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Doc/tools/sphinxext/pyspecific.py

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app.add_description_unit('2to3fixer', '2to3fixer', '%s (2to3 fixer)')

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