[IPython-dev] Auto-calling question

[Dan Milstein]

I understand the CommandChainDispatcher idea, but it looks like the  
hooks get called in iplib._prefilter (l. 2081), like so:

    rewritten = self.hooks.input_prefilter(stripped)
    if rewritten != stripped: # ok, some prefilter did something
        rewritten = pre + rewritten  # add indentation
        return self.handle_normal(rewritten)
    # Rest of _prefilter() continues here -- checking for %magic,  
alias, etc

So that all hook-installed prefilters will play well together, but  
that, if any of those do anything, then self.handle_normal is called  
and nothing else from the core IPython system happens.  Is there  
something I'm missing?

-D

On Feb 26, 2007, at 3:38 PM, Ville M. Vainio wrote:

> On 2/26/07, Dan Milstein <danmil at comcast.net> wrote:
>
>> Actually, since you bring that up, I have a question about
>> input_prefilter:
>>
>> As far as I can tell from the code, if you install an input_prefilter
>> hook, then, for each line:
>>
>>   If your hook changes the line at all, then IPython does no more
>> transformations (no magic, no autocall, etc)
>>
>>   If your hook runs but does *not* change the line, then IPython
>> *does* run it's usual transformations
>>
>>
>> a) Is that right?
>
> No, ipapi.TryNext takes optional args that modify what the next hook
> gets as an arg.
>
> See ipapi.TryNext and hooks.CommandChainDispatcher (all the normal
> hooks end up in CommandChainDispatcher "chains").
>
> Let us know if this is still unclear, with the current lack of example
> use. And thank you for taking initiative in this!
>
> -- 
> Ville M. Vainio - vivainio.googlepages.com
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