[issue12914] Add cram function to textwrap
Éric Araujo mer...@netwok.org added the comment: if the API were to be expanded, perhaps it should be as a part of a focuse[d], thoughtful effort to provide a more generic set of text formatting transformations perhaps modeled on deep experiences with similar modules in other languages. (as opposed to piecemeal additions that weren't designed with a coherent vision). That’s a very strong point. Thanks for the opinions. -- stage: - committed/rejected ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue12914 ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
[issue12914] Add cram function to textwrap
Changes by Raymond Hettinger raymond.hettin...@gmail.com: -- resolution: - rejected status: open - closed ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue12914 ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
[issue12914] Add cram function to textwrap
Terry J. Reedy tjre...@udel.edu added the comment: This pretty well summarizes my vague feelings. I originally used a size 30 in my example, getting 'This sentence...made available' and then realized that it was a complete accident that I got complete words. If anything were made publicly available, I might like a more sophisticated algorithm. I think other things in pydoc are more worth of consideration. So I am now -.5 or more and would not mind closing this one of the four new pydoc exposure issues. -- ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue12914 ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
[issue12914] Add cram function to textwrap
Terry J. Reedy tjre...@udel.edu added the comment:
It is already available:
import pydoc
pydoc.cram('This sentence is too long to fit the space I have made
available', 28)
'This sentenc...ade available'
def cram(text, maxlen):
Omit part of a string if needed to make it fit in a maximum length.
if len(text) maxlen:
pre = max(0, (maxlen-3)//2)
post = max(0, maxlen-3-pre)
return text[:pre] + '...' + text[len(text)-post:]
return text
It could be documented in place, or moved and imported into pydoc. I am +0 at
the moment.
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nosy: +terry.reedy
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[issue12914] Add cram function to textwrap
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[issue12914] Add cram function to textwrap
Raymond Hettinger raymond.hettin...@gmail.com added the comment: A few thoughts: * no one has ever made a request for this * different people may want to do it in different ways (the formulas are hard-wired). * the '...' connector is hardwired (perhaps ' ... ' would look less odd). * we should have a preference for keeping APIs small (more to learn and remember) * this is dirt simple string processing and not hard for people to roll their own if the need arises * if the API were to be expanded, perhaps it should be as a part of a focuses, thoughtful effort to provide a more generic set of text formatting transformations perhaps modeled on deep experiences with similar modules in other languages. (as opposed to piecemeal additions that weren't designed with a coherent vision). -- ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue12914 ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
[issue12914] Add cram function to textwrap
New submission from Éric Araujo mer...@netwok.org: The pydoc module has a cram function that could be useful to Python authors, if we made it public (textwrap sounds like a great place). -- components: Library (Lib) messages: 143625 nosy: eric.araujo priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: Add cram function to textwrap type: feature request versions: Python 3.3 ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue12914 ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
