generallibrary 2.4.1

Random useful code categorized into modules.

Package: generallibrary

Random useful code categorized into modules.

Installation

pip install generallibrary

Attributes of module generallibrary

Module	Name	Type	Attributes	Explanation
code	CodeGen	class	4	Tool to help with printing code line by line.
code	args_to_attrs	function		Print code for a dunder init method to store all arguments as attributes.
code	attributes_to_readme	function		Convert attributes of a given obj to a readme string recursively.
code	clipboard_copy	function		Copy a string to clipboard.
code	clipboard_get	function		Get clipboard string.
code	debug	function		Easily call eval() on an arbitrary amount of evaluation strings.
code	print_link	function		Print a link in PyCharm to a line in file.
code	print_link_to_obj	function		Print a link in PyCharm to a module, function, class, method or property.
diagram	TreeDiagram	class	18	Saveable tree diagram with optional storage.
functions	EmptyContext	class		Class for an empty context manager.
functions	Operators	class	2	Automatic operator definitions for classes.
functions	SigInfo	class	21	Handles a callable along with it's parameters.
functions	calculate	function		Automatically fills variables of a formula in a string then evaluates it.
functions	classproperty	class		Just like @property but for a class method.
functions	deco_cache	function		Enable caching for a method or function.
functions	deco_cast_parameters	function		Decorator to make sure path parameter is a Path.
functions	deco_default_self_args	function		As an alternative to setting each and every parameter's default value to None for a method.
functions	defaults	function		Set default values of a given dictionary, option to overwrite None values.
iterables	SortedList	class	2	Controls a sorted list in ascending order.
iterables	addToDictInDict	function		Add a key-value argument to a dict inside a dict, automatically creates dict.
iterables	addToListInDict	function		Add a value to a list inside a dictionary, automatically creates list.
iterables	combine	function		Create a list of dicts containing every unique combination from given object (Can be tuples).
iterables	depth	function		Get depth of an object by recursively checking the first value.
iterables	dictFirstValue	function		Get first 'random' value of a dictionary or None.
iterables	exclusive	function		Returns a new dictionary without keys.
iterables	getFreeIndex	function		Get the first free integer index of dictionary starting at 0.
iterables	getIterable	function		Returns the iterable values of a tuple, list or dict. Otherwise False.
iterables	getRows	function		Get rows as lists in list from a tuple, list or dict (where it discards keys).
iterables	inclusive	function		Returns a new dictionary without keys not in keys.
iterables	isIterable	function		See if an obj is a tuple, list or dict.
iterables	iterFirstValue	function		Get first 'random' value of an iterable or None.
iterables	joinWithStr	function		Like str.join() but it casts the values to strings first, also takes dict.
iterables	remove_duplicates	function		Remove all duplicates in a list.
iterables	uniqueObjInList	function		Controls whether a unique object should be present in a list.
object	attributes	function		Get attributes from a Module or Class with a lot of optional flags for filtering.
object	getsize	function		Get a sum of sizes from an object and it's members in bytes.
object	initBases	function		Decorator function for class to automatically initalize all inherited classes.
time	Timer	class	3	Callable class to easily time things and print.
time	sleep	function		Normal sleep function from time package.
types	HierarchyStorer	class	1	A metaclass that automatically stores references to all inheriters.
types	getBaseClassNames	function		Get all base classes from an object's class.
types	getBaseClasses	function		Get all base classes from an object's class.
types	hasMethod	function		Return whether an object has a specific callabale attribute.
types	strToDynamicType	function		Try to convert a string to bool, None, int or float.
types	typeChecker	function		Check type(s) of an object.
values	clamp	function		Return clamped value between minimum and maximum.
values	confineTo	function		Confine this value, but unlike clamp it subtracts diff * n to create an 'infinite' effect.
values	doubleRectify	function		Return 0 if it's between min and max, otherwise it returns difference from edge of range.
values	inrange	function		Return whether value is between minimum and maximum.
values	rectify	function		Return 0 if it's below threshold, otherwise difference.
values	sign	function		Get sign value based on threshold that defaults to 0.
versions	VerInfo	class	23	Get version info regarding current Python, OS and conditional functionalities.
versions	get_installed_packages	function		Get a list of all installed packages as strings.
versions	package_is_installed	function		Returns whether a package is installed.

Attributes of class CodeGen

Module	Name	Type	Explanation
	indent	variable	Variable of type 'str'.
code	add	method	Add a new line.
code	generate	method	Generate a list of formatted code lines by iterating stored _Line instances.
code	print	method	Generate and print copyable code.

Attributes of class HierarchyStorer

Module	Name	Type	Explanation
	mro	variable	Variable of type 'method_descriptor'.

Attributes of class Operators

Module	Name	Type	Explanation
	comparisons	variable	Variable of type 'dict'.
functions	deco_define_comparisons	method	Define all comparision operators for this class.

Attributes of class SigInfo

Module	Name	Type	Explanation
functions	callableObject	property	Propertize to protect but still have public.
functions	class_from_callable	method	Return class that owns given method, or given callable from initiating SigInfo.
functions	defaults	property	Get dict of default values.
functions	getIndexFromName	method	Get index from name if name exists, else None.
functions	leadingArgNames	property	Get names leading args that don't have default value.
functions	names	property	Get list of parameter names.
functions	namesRequired	property	Get list of parameter that have to be defined, i.e. non-packed without default value.
functions	namesWithoutDefaults	property	Get list of parameter names except those ones that have a default value.
functions	namesWithoutPacked	property	Get list of parameter names except *args or **kwargs.
functions	packedArgs	property	Return a list of values in packed args parameter, empty list if there are no packed args.
functions	packedArgsName	property	Get name of packed *args or None.
functions	packedKwargs	property	Return a dict of values in packed kwargs parameter, empty dict if there are no packed kwargs.
functions	packedKwargsName	property	Get name of packed *kwargs or None.
functions	parameters	property	Get list of inspect parameter objects.
functions	positionalArgNames	property	Get list of parameter names that CAN take a positional argument.
functions	positionalOnlyArgNames	property	Get list of parameter names that can ONLY take a positional argument.
functions	positionalOnlyOppositeArgNames	property	Get list of parameter names that CAN take a keyword argument.
functions	positionalOppositeArgNames	property	Get list of parameter names that can ONLY take a keyword argument.
functions	positional_extra	property	Get a list of the positional parameter names, including self or cls.
functions	unpackedArgs	property	Extract a list of all positional ONLY parameters for callable.
functions	unpackedKwargs	property	Extract a dict of key words that callable can take.

Attributes of class SortedList

Module	Name	Type	Explanation
iterables	add	method	Add objects to sorted list.
iterables	remove	method	Remove objects from sorted list.

Attributes of class Timer

Module	Name	Type	Explanation
time	print	method	Print seconds passed.
time	reset	method	Reset and start timer.
time	seconds	method	Get seconds passed since timer started or was reset.

Attributes of class TreeDiagram

Module	Name	Type	Explanation
	data_keys	variable	Variable of type 'list'.
diagram	all_parents	method	Get a list of all parents recursively.
diagram	copy_to	method	Copy this Node along with it's children by using save and load.
diagram	data_keys_add	method	Define what attributes to keep track of automatically in setattr.
diagram	get_children	method	Get a list of all children this Node has.
diagram	get_parent	method	Get this Node's parent.
diagram	hook_add_child	method	New child hook.
diagram	hook_create_post	method	Post-creation hook.
diagram	hook_create_pre	method	Pre-creation hook.
diagram	hook_lose_child	method	Lost child hook.
diagram	hook_lose_parent	method	Lost parent hook.
diagram	hook_new_parent	method	New parent hook.
diagram	hook_remove	method	Remove hook.
diagram	hook_set_attribute	method	Attribute set hook.
diagram	load	method	Create a new Tree from a dictionary save.
diagram	remove	method	Remove this Node.
diagram	save	method	Recursively save by returning a new dictionary.
diagram	set_parent	method	Set a new parent for this Node.

Attributes of class VerInfo

Module	Name	Type	Explanation
versions	caseSensitive	property	Get whether current OS is case sensitive.
versions	java	property	Get whether running on Java.
versions	linux	property	Get whether running on Linux.
versions	mac	property	Get whether running on Mac.
versions	os	property	Return name of running operating system.
versions	pathDelimiter	property	Get current OS's path delimiter.
versions	pathRootHasColon	property	Get whether current OS defines path root with a colon in the first part.
versions	pathRootIsDelimiter	property	Get whether current OS defines path root as a starting delimiter.
versions	positionalArgument	property	Get whether current python version supports positional arguments.
versions	pythonAlpha	property	Return whether release level is 'alpha'.
versions	pythonBeta	property	Return whether release level is 'beta'.
versions	pythonCandidate	property	Return whether release level is 'candidate'.
versions	pythonFinal	property	Return whether release level is 'final'.
versions	pythonMajor	property	Return first digit of python version.
versions	pythonMicro	property	Return third digit of python version.
versions	pythonMinor	property	Return second digit of python version.
versions	pythonReleaseKeyword	property	Return keyword for release level such as 'a', 'b', 'rc' or '' for final.
versions	pythonReleaseLevel	property	Return release level of python version.
versions	pythonSerial	property	Return serial number of python version. I think it's only used for non-final release levels.
versions	pythonSerialString	property	Return serial number of python version as a string, should be empty if it's 0.
versions	pythonString	property	Return python version as '3.8.5' or '3.8.5a4' if alpha release 4.
versions	pythonVersion	property	Returns a PythonVersion object that can be used to compare directly to an int, float or str.
versions	windows	property	Get whether running on Windows.

Usage example

from generallibrary import clamp
print(clamp(-3.2, -1, 1))
# >>> -1

Releases

generallibrary 2.1

• Added properties to VerInfo() for conditional functionalities
  • caseSensitive
  • positionalArgument
  • pathDelimiter
  • pathRootIsDelimiter
  • pathRootHasColon

generallibrary 2.0

• Put all features inside __init__.py to make importing easier
• Added Operators
• Added VerInfo
• Added SigInfo
• Changed addToListInDict to allow *args and returns entire dict
• Added addToDictInDict
• Added initCaller decorator
• Added includeObject parameter to getBaseClasses
• Added includeDefaulted parameter to getSignatureNames
• Added combine
• Added uniqueObjInList

Todo

• Redo iterables.py, namely getIterable() and isIterable(), it's a mess
• Handle local and pre-releases for versions.VerInfo
• Make SigInfo's callableObject changeable and store all variables when setting them
• DuckTyping class for versions.py
• PackageVersion class for versions.py
• Change getLocalFeaturesAsMD to allow cls or even obj and also *args.

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