python-minimizer 1.0.2

Minimizes Python code using Python's lexical scanning tokenize module.

# python-minimizer
Minimizes Python code using Python's lexical scanning tokenize module.
## Command-line usage
Currently python-minimizer supports the following options:
```sh
usage: minimizer.py [-h] [-o OUT_PATH] [-b] [-c] [-d] [-s]
[-w WHITESPACE_CHAR] [-i INDENT_CHAR] [-r] [-v]
in_path

Minimizes Python code using Python's lexical scanning tokenize module.

positional arguments:
in_path The file to minimize

optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-o OUT_PATH, --out-path OUT_PATH
When specified, minimizer will output to the path
instead of stdout
-b, --keep-blank-lines
When set, minimizer will not remove blank lines.
-c, --keep-comments When set, minimizer will not remove comment lines and
inline comments
-d, --keep-docstrings
When set, minimizer will not remove docstrings
-s, --keep-whitespace
When set, minimizer will not remove extraneous
whitespace
-w WHITESPACE_CHAR, --whitespace-char WHITESPACE_CHAR
Set the whitespace character to use. Defaults to space
(" ")
-i INDENT_CHAR, --indent-char INDENT_CHAR
Set the indentation character to use. Defaults to tab
("\t")
-r, --recursive Treat the in-path and --out-path as directories to
minimize recursively
-v, --verbose Explain what we are doing as we do it, higher levels
are useful for debugging

By default, the minimizer removes blank lines, comments, docstrings, and
extraneous whitespace. Where needed, it will insert a space (" ") for
whitespace between operators and use a tab ("\t") for indentation. Use the
command line switches to change any of the defaults.
```
## Library usage
Of course, you can also import the minimizer module and use it as follows:
```python
from minimizer import minimize
with open(code_file, 'r') as f:
code = f.read()
minimized_code = minimize(code)
with open(minimized_file, 'w') as f:
f.write(minimized_code)
```
By default, the ```minimize``` function will remove blank lines, comments, docstrings, and whitespace between operators and uses a space (" ") for the whitespace character and a tab ("\t") for the indent character, but accepts keyword arguments to change these options.