[Python-checkins] r80004 - in python/trunk: Doc/library/difflib.rst Lib/difflib.py Lib/test/test_difflib.py Misc/ACKS Misc/NEWS

r.david.murray python-checkins at python.org
Mon Apr 12 18:35:19 CEST 2010


Author: r.david.murray
Date: Mon Apr 12 18:35:19 2010
New Revision: 80004

Log:
Issue #7585: use tab between components in unified and context diff headers.

Instead of spaces between the filename and date (or whatever the string
is that follows the filename, if any) use tabs.  This is what the unix
'diff' command does, for example, and difflib was intended to follow
the 'standard' way of doing diffs.  This improves compatibility with
patch tools.  The docs and examples are also changed to recommended that
the date format used be the ISO 8601 format, which is what modern diff
tools emit by default.

Patch by Anatoly Techtonik.



Modified:
   python/trunk/Doc/library/difflib.rst
   python/trunk/Lib/difflib.py
   python/trunk/Lib/test/test_difflib.py
   python/trunk/Misc/ACKS
   python/trunk/Misc/NEWS

Modified: python/trunk/Doc/library/difflib.rst
==============================================================================
--- python/trunk/Doc/library/difflib.rst	(original)
+++ python/trunk/Doc/library/difflib.rst	Mon Apr 12 18:35:19 2010
@@ -146,8 +146,8 @@
 
    The context diff format normally has a header for filenames and modification
    times.  Any or all of these may be specified using strings for *fromfile*,
-   *tofile*, *fromfiledate*, and *tofiledate*. The modification times are normally
-   expressed in the format returned by :func:`time.ctime`.  If not specified, the
+   *tofile*, *fromfiledate*, and *tofiledate*.  The modification times are normally
+   expressed in the ISO 8601 format. If not specified, the
    strings default to blanks.
 
       >>> s1 = ['bacon\n', 'eggs\n', 'ham\n', 'guido\n']
@@ -281,8 +281,8 @@
 
    The context diff format normally has a header for filenames and modification
    times.  Any or all of these may be specified using strings for *fromfile*,
-   *tofile*, *fromfiledate*, and *tofiledate*. The modification times are normally
-   expressed in the format returned by :func:`time.ctime`.  If not specified, the
+   *tofile*, *fromfiledate*, and *tofiledate*.  The modification times are normally
+   expressed in the ISO 8601 format. If not specified, the
    strings default to blanks.
 
       >>> s1 = ['bacon\n', 'eggs\n', 'ham\n', 'guido\n']

Modified: python/trunk/Lib/difflib.py
==============================================================================
--- python/trunk/Lib/difflib.py	(original)
+++ python/trunk/Lib/difflib.py	Mon Apr 12 18:35:19 2010
@@ -1161,18 +1161,18 @@
 
     The unidiff format normally has a header for filenames and modification
     times.  Any or all of these may be specified using strings for
-    'fromfile', 'tofile', 'fromfiledate', and 'tofiledate'.  The modification
-    times are normally expressed in the format returned by time.ctime().
+    'fromfile', 'tofile', 'fromfiledate', and 'tofiledate'.
+    The modification times are normally expressed in the ISO 8601 format.
 
     Example:
 
     >>> for line in unified_diff('one two three four'.split(),
     ...             'zero one tree four'.split(), 'Original', 'Current',
-    ...             'Sat Jan 26 23:30:50 1991', 'Fri Jun 06 10:20:52 2003',
+    ...             '2005-01-26 23:30:50', '2010-04-02 10:20:52',
     ...             lineterm=''):
-    ...     print line
-    --- Original Sat Jan 26 23:30:50 1991
-    +++ Current Fri Jun 06 10:20:52 2003
+    ...     print line                  # doctest: +NORMALIZE_WHITESPACE
+    --- Original        2005-01-26 23:30:50
+    +++ Current         2010-04-02 10:20:52
     @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
     +zero
      one
@@ -1185,8 +1185,10 @@
     started = False
     for group in SequenceMatcher(None,a,b).get_grouped_opcodes(n):
         if not started:
-            yield '--- %s %s%s' % (fromfile, fromfiledate, lineterm)
-            yield '+++ %s %s%s' % (tofile, tofiledate, lineterm)
+            fromdate = '\t%s' % fromfiledate if fromfiledate else ''
+            todate = '\t%s' % tofiledate if tofiledate else ''
+            yield '--- %s%s%s' % (fromfile, fromdate, lineterm)
+            yield '+++ %s%s%s' % (tofile, todate, lineterm)
             started = True
         i1, i2, j1, j2 = group[0][1], group[-1][2], group[0][3], group[-1][4]
         yield "@@ -%d,%d +%d,%d @@%s" % (i1+1, i2-i1, j1+1, j2-j1, lineterm)
@@ -1224,16 +1226,15 @@
     The context diff format normally has a header for filenames and
     modification times.  Any or all of these may be specified using
     strings for 'fromfile', 'tofile', 'fromfiledate', and 'tofiledate'.
-    The modification times are normally expressed in the format returned
-    by time.ctime().  If not specified, the strings default to blanks.
+    The modification times are normally expressed in the ISO 8601 format.
+    If not specified, the strings default to blanks.
 
     Example:
 
     >>> print ''.join(context_diff('one\ntwo\nthree\nfour\n'.splitlines(1),
-    ...       'zero\none\ntree\nfour\n'.splitlines(1), 'Original', 'Current',
-    ...       'Sat Jan 26 23:30:50 1991', 'Fri Jun 06 10:22:46 2003')),
-    *** Original Sat Jan 26 23:30:50 1991
-    --- Current Fri Jun 06 10:22:46 2003
+    ...       'zero\none\ntree\nfour\n'.splitlines(1), 'Original', 'Current')),
+    *** Original
+    --- Current
     ***************
     *** 1,4 ****
       one
@@ -1251,8 +1252,10 @@
     prefixmap = {'insert':'+ ', 'delete':'- ', 'replace':'! ', 'equal':'  '}
     for group in SequenceMatcher(None,a,b).get_grouped_opcodes(n):
         if not started:
-            yield '*** %s %s%s' % (fromfile, fromfiledate, lineterm)
-            yield '--- %s %s%s' % (tofile, tofiledate, lineterm)
+            fromdate = '\t%s' % fromfiledate if fromfiledate else ''
+            todate = '\t%s' % tofiledate if tofiledate else ''
+            yield '*** %s%s%s' % (fromfile, fromdate, lineterm)
+            yield '--- %s%s%s' % (tofile, todate, lineterm)
             started = True
 
         yield '***************%s' % (lineterm,)

Modified: python/trunk/Lib/test/test_difflib.py
==============================================================================
--- python/trunk/Lib/test/test_difflib.py	(original)
+++ python/trunk/Lib/test/test_difflib.py	Mon Apr 12 18:35:19 2010
@@ -159,10 +159,32 @@
         difflib.SequenceMatcher(None, old, new).get_opcodes()
 
 
+class TestOutputFormat(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_tab_delimiter(self):
+        args = ['one', 'two', 'Original', 'Current',
+            '2005-01-26 23:30:50', '2010-04-02 10:20:52']
+        ud = difflib.unified_diff(*args, lineterm='')
+        self.assertEqual(list(ud)[0:2], [
+                           "--- Original\t2005-01-26 23:30:50",
+                           "+++ Current\t2010-04-02 10:20:52"])
+        cd = difflib.context_diff(*args, lineterm='')
+        self.assertEqual(list(cd)[0:2], [
+                           "*** Original\t2005-01-26 23:30:50",
+                           "--- Current\t2010-04-02 10:20:52"])
+
+    def test_no_trailing_tab_on_empty_filedate(self):
+        args = ['one', 'two', 'Original', 'Current']
+        ud = difflib.unified_diff(*args, lineterm='')
+        self.assertEqual(list(ud)[0:2], ["--- Original", "+++ Current"])
+
+        cd = difflib.context_diff(*args, lineterm='')
+        self.assertEqual(list(cd)[0:2], ["*** Original", "--- Current"])
+
+
 def test_main():
     difflib.HtmlDiff._default_prefix = 0
     Doctests = doctest.DocTestSuite(difflib)
-    run_unittest(TestSFpatches, TestSFbugs, Doctests)
+    run_unittest(TestSFpatches, TestSFbugs, TestOutputFormat, Doctests)
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     test_main()

Modified: python/trunk/Misc/ACKS
==============================================================================
--- python/trunk/Misc/ACKS	(original)
+++ python/trunk/Misc/ACKS	Mon Apr 12 18:35:19 2010
@@ -747,6 +747,7 @@
 Steven Taschuk
 Monty Taylor
 Amy Taylor
+Anatoly Techtonik
 Tobias Thelen
 James Thomas
 Robin Thomas

Modified: python/trunk/Misc/NEWS
==============================================================================
--- python/trunk/Misc/NEWS	(original)
+++ python/trunk/Misc/NEWS	Mon Apr 12 18:35:19 2010
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@
 Library
 -------
 
+- Issue #7585: difflib context and unified diffs now place a tab between
+  filename and date, conforming to the 'standards' they were originally
+  designed to follow.  This improves compatibility with patch tools.
+
 - Issue #7472: Fixed typo in email.encoders module; messages using ISO-2022
   character sets will now consistently use a Content-Transfer-Encoding of
   7bit rather than sometimes being marked as 8bit.


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