KoiLang 0.1.0b1

simple python module for KoiLang parsing

Kola

Simple python module for KoiLang parsing.

Installation

From pip:

pip install KoiLang

From source code:

python setup.py build_ext --inplace
python setup.py install

What is KoiLang

KoiLang is a markup language while is easy to read for people. There is an simple example.

#hello KoiLang
I am glad to meet you!

In KoiLang, file is divided into 'command' part and 'text' part. The formation of command part is like C preprocessor directive, using '#' as starting. And text is surrounding commands.

#command "This is a command"
This is a text.

Each command can have several arguments behind the command name. Valid argument type include integer, float, literal and string.

#arg_int    1 0b101 0x6CF
#arg_float  1.0 2e-2
#arg_literal __name__
#arg_string "A string"

Here "literal" is a valid python variety name containing letter, digit, underline and not starting with digit. Usually it is same as a string.

There is another kind of arguments -- keyword arguments which formation is as this:

#kwargs key(value)

And another format:
#keyargs_list key(item0, item1)

And the third:
#kwargs_dict key(x: 11, y: 45, z: 14)

All the arguments can be put together

#draw Line 2 pos0(x: 0, y: 0) pos1(x: 16, y: 16) \
    thickness(2) color(255, 255, 255)

What can Kola module do

Kola module provides a fast way to translate KoiLang command into a python function call.

Above command #draw will convert to function call below:

draw(
    "Line", 2,
    pos0={"x": 0, "y": 0},
    pos1={"x": 16, "y": 16},
    thickness=2,
    color=[255, 255, 255]
)

Well, Kola do not know the exact implementation of a command, so a command set is needed to provide. Just create a subclass of KoiLang and use decorator @kola_command on the command functions. Here is a fast example script.

import os
from kola import KoiLang, kola_command, kola_text


class MultiFileManager(KoiLang):
    def __init__(self) -> None:
        self._file = None
        super().__init__()
    
    def __del__(self) -> None:
        if self._file:
            self._file.close()
    
    @kola_command
    def file(self, path: str, encoding: str = "utf-8") -> None:
        if self._file:
            self._file.close()
        path_dir = os.path.dirname(path)
        if path_dir:
            os.makedirs(path_dir, exist_ok=True)
        self._file = open(path, "w", encoding=encoding)
    
    @kola_command
    def close(self) -> None:
        if self._file:
            self._file.close()
            self._file = None
    
    @kola_text
    def text(self, text: str) -> None:
        if not self._file:
            raise OSError("write texts before the file open")
        self._file.write(text)

Then make a simple kola file.

#file "hello.txt"
Hello world!

#file "test.txt"
This is a text.
#close

And input this in terminal:

python -m kola kolafile.kola -s script.py

Or directly add in script:

if __name__ = "__main__":
    FMultiFileManager().parse_file("kolafile.kola")

You will see new files in your work dir.