挂钩到内置的 python f-string 格式机制

hook into the builtin python f-string format machinery

总结

我真的很喜欢 f-strings。它们是非常棒的语法。

一段时间以来,我已经 an idea for a little library- 如下所述*- 进一步利用它们。我希望它做什么的简单示例:

>>> import simpleformatter as sf
>>> def format_camel_case(string):
...     """camel cases a sentence"""
...     return ''.join(s.capitalize() for s in string.split())
...
>>> @sf.formattable(camcase=format_camel_case)
... class MyStr(str): ...
...
>>> f'{MyStr("lime cordial delicious"):camcase}'
'LimeCordialDelicious'

为了简化 API 的目的,并将使用扩展到内置 class 实例,找到一种挂接到内置 [=] 实例的方法将非常有用68=] 格式化机制,这将允许内置的自定义格式规范:

>>> f'{"lime cordial delicious":camcase}'
'LimeCordialDelicious'

换句话说,我想覆盖内置的 format 函数(由 f 字符串语法使用)——或者,扩展内置的 __format__现有标准库的方法 classes-- 这样我就可以写这样的东西:

for x, y, z in complicated_generator:
    eat_string(f"x: {x:custom_spec1}, y: {x:custom_spec2}, z: {x:custom_spec3}")

我已经通过使用它们自己的 __format__ 方法创建子 classes 来完成此操作,但是当然这不适用于内置 classes.

我可以使用 string.Formatter api:

接近它
my_formatter=MyFormatter()  # custom string.Formatter instance

format_str = "x: {x:custom_spec1}, y: {x:custom_spec2}, z: {x:custom_spec3}"

for x, y, z in complicated_generator:
    eat_string(my_formatter.format(format_str, **locals()))

我觉得这有点笨拙,与 f 字符串相比绝对不可读 api。

可以做的另一件事是覆盖 builtins.format:

>>> import builtins
>>> builtins.format = lambda *args, **kwargs: 'womp womp'
>>> format(1,"foo")
'womp womp'

...但这不适用于 f 弦:

>>> f"{1:foo}"
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
ValueError: Invalid format specifier

详情

目前 my API 看起来像这样(有些简化):

import simpleformatter as sf
@sf.formatter("this_specification")
def this_formatting_function(some_obj):
    return "this formatted someobj!"

@sf.formatter("that_specification")
def that_formatting_function(some_obj):
    return "that formatted someobj!"

@sf.formattable
class SomeClass: ...

之后你可以这样写代码:

some_obj = SomeClass()
f"{some_obj:this_specification}"
f"{some_obj:that_specification}"

我希望 api 更像下面这样:

@sf.formatter("this_specification")
def this_formatting_function(some_obj):
    return "this formatted someobj!"

@sf.formatter("that_specification")
def that_formatting_function(some_obj):
    return "that formatted someobj!"

class SomeClass: ...  # no class decorator needed

...并允许在内置 classes:

上使用自定义格式规范
x=1  # built-in type instance
f"{x:this_specification}"
f"{x:that_specification}"

但是为了做这些事情,我们必须钻研内置的 format() 函数。我怎样才能融入那多汁的 F 弦的优点?

* 注意:我可能永远不会真正抽出时间来实现这个库!但我确实认为这是一个好主意,并邀请任何想要的人从我这里偷走它:)。

概述

你可以,但前提是你编写了可能永远不应该出现在生产软件中的恶意代码。那么让我们开始吧!

我不会将它集成到您​​的库中,但我会向您展示如何连接到 f 弦的行为中。它的大致工作方式如下:

  1. 编写一个函数来操纵代码对象的字节码指令,以调用挂钩函数来替换 FORMAT_VALUE 指令;
  2. 自定义导入机制以确保每个模块和包(标准库模块和站点包除外)的字节码都使用该函数进行修改。

您可以在 https://github.com/mivdnber/formathack 获得完整的源代码,但下面会解释所有内容。

免责声明

这个解决方案不是很好,因为

  1. 完全不能保证这不会破坏完全不相关的代码;
  2. 不能保证此处描述的字节码操作将继续在较新的 Python 版本中工作。它绝对不会在不编译为 CPython 兼容字节码的替代 Python 实现中工作。 PyPy 理论上可以工作,但这里描述的解决方案不是因为 bytecode package 不是 100% 兼容。

然而,它一个解决方案,并且字节码操作已经成功地用于像PonyORM这样的流行包中。请记住,它很复杂,很复杂,而且可能需要大量维护。

第 1 部分:字节码操作

Python 代码不直接执行,而是首先编译成一种更简单的中介,非人类可读的基于堆栈的语言,称为 Python 字节码(它是 *.pyc 文件中的内容)。要了解该字节码是什么样的,您可以使用 standard library dis module 检查一个简单函数的字节码:

def invalid_format(x):
    return f"{x:foo}"

调用此函数会导致异常,但我们会尽快“修复”。

>>> invalid_format("bar")
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "<stdin>", line 2, in invalid_format
ValueError: Invalid format specifier

要检查字节码,启动 Python 控制台并调用 dis.dis:

>>> import dis
>>> dis.dis(invalid_format)
  2           0 LOAD_FAST                0 (x)
              2 LOAD_CONST               1 ('foo')
              4 FORMAT_VALUE             4 (with format)
              6 RETURN_VALUE

我在下面注释了输出以解释发生了什么:

# line 2      # Put the value of function parameter x on the stack
  2           0 LOAD_FAST                0 (x)
              # Put the format spec on the stack as a string
              2 LOAD_CONST               1 ('foo')
              # Pop both values from the stack and perform the actual formatting
              # This puts the formatted string on the stack
              4 FORMAT_VALUE             4 (with format)
              # pop the result from the stack and return it
              6 RETURN_VALUE

这里的想法是将 FORMAT_VALUE 指令替换为调用挂钩函数,该函数允许我们实现我们想要的任何行为。让我们现在这样实现它:

def formathack_hook__(value, format_spec=None):
    """
    Gets called whenever a value is formatted. Right now it's a silly implementation,
    but it can be expanded with all sorts of nasty hacks.
    """
    return f"{value} formatted with {format_spec}"

为了替换指令,我使用了 bytecode package,它为做可怕的事情提供了非常好的抽象。

from bytecode import Bytecode
def formathack_rewrite_bytecode__(code):
    """
    Modifies a code object to override the behavior of the FORMAT_VALUE
    instructions used by f-strings.
    """
    decompiled = Bytecode.from_code(code)
    modified_instructions = []
    for instruction in decompiled:
        name = getattr(instruction, 'name', None)
        if name == 'FORMAT_VALUE':
            # 0x04 means that a format spec is present
            if instruction.arg & 0x04 == 0x04:
                callback_arg_count = 2
            else:
                callback_arg_count = 1
            modified_instructions.extend([
                # Load in the callback
                Instr("LOAD_GLOBAL", "formathack_hook__"),
                # Shuffle around the top of the stack to put the arguments on top
                # of the function global
                Instr("ROT_THREE" if callback_arg_count == 2 else "ROT_TWO"),
                # Call the callback function instead of executing FORMAT_VALUE
                Instr("CALL_FUNCTION", callback_arg_count)
            ])
        # Kind of nasty: we want to recursively alter the code of functions.
        elif name == 'LOAD_CONST' and isinstance(instruction.arg, types.CodeType):
            modified_instructions.extend([
                Instr("LOAD_CONST", formathack_rewrite_bytecode__(instruction.arg), lineno=instruction.lineno)
            ])
        else:
            modified_instructions.append(instruction)
    modified_bytecode = Bytecode(modified_instructions)
    # For functions, copy over argument definitions
    modified_bytecode.argnames = decompiled.argnames
    modified_bytecode.argcount = decompiled.argcount
    modified_bytecode.name = decompiled.name
    return modified_bytecode.to_code()

我们现在可以使我们之前定义的 invalid_format 函数工作:

>>> invalid_format.__code__ = formathack_rewrite_bytecode__(invalid_format.__code__)
>>> invalid_format("bar")
'bar formatted with foo'

成功!手动诅咒带有受污染字节码的代码对象本身不会让我们的灵魂遭受永恒的痛苦;为此,我们应该自动操作所有代码。

第 2 部分:挂接到导入过程

为了使新的 f-string 行为无处不在,而不仅仅是在手动修补的函数中,我们可以使用标准提供的功能,使用自定义模块查找器和加载器自定义 Python 模块导入过程库 importlib 模块:

class _FormatHackLoader(importlib.machinery.SourceFileLoader):
    """
    A module loader that modifies the code of the modules it imports to override
    the behavior of f-strings. Nasty stuff.
    """
    @classmethod
    def find_spec(cls, name, path, target=None):
        # Start out with a spec from a default finder
        spec = importlib.machinery.PathFinder.find_spec(
            fullname=name,
             # Only apply to modules and packages in the current directory
             # This prevents standard library modules or site-packages
             # from being patched.
            path=[""],
            target=target
        )
        if spec is None:
            return None
        
        # Modify the loader in the spec to this loader
        spec.loader = cls(name, spec.origin)
        return spec

    def get_code(self, fullname):
        # This is called by exec_module to get the code of the module
        # to execute it.
        code = super().get_code(fullname)
        # Rewrite the code to modify the f-string formatting opcodes
        rewritten_code = formathack_rewrite_bytecode__(code)
        return rewritten_code

    def exec_module(self, module):
        # We introduce the callback that hooks into the f-string formatting
        # process in every imported module
        module.__dict__["formathack_hook__"] = formathack_hook__
        return super().exec_module(module)

为了确保 Python 解释器使用这个加载器来导入所有文件,我们必须将它添加到 sys.meta_path:

def install():
    # If the _FormatHackLoader is not registered as a finder,
    # do it now!
    if sys.meta_path[0] is not _FormatHackLoader:
        sys.meta_path.insert(0, _FormatHackLoader)
        # Tricky part: we want to be able to use our custom f-string behavior
        # in the main module where install was called. That module was loaded
        # with a standard loader though, so that's impossible without additional
        # dirty hacks.
        # Here, we execute the module _again_, this time with _FormatHackLoader
        module_globals = inspect.currentframe().f_back.f_globals
        module_name = module_globals["__name__"]
        module_file = module_globals["__file__"]
        loader = _FormatHackLoader(module_name, module_file)
        loader.load_module(module_name)
        # This is actually pretty important. If we don't exit here, the main module
        # will continue from the formathack.install method, causing it to run twice!
        sys.exit(0)

如果我们将它们全部放在一个 formathack 模块中(请参阅 https://github.com/mivdnber/formathack 了解集成的工作示例),我们现在可以像这样使用它:

# In your main Python module, install formathack ASAP
import formathack
formathack.install()

# From now on, f-string behavior will be overridden!

print(f"{foo:bar}")
# -> "foo formatted with bar"

就是这样!您可以对此进行扩展以使挂钩函数更加智能和有用(例如,通过注册处理某些格式说明符的函数)。