gn_helpers Namespace Reference

Classes
class	GNException

Functions
def	ToGNString (value, allow_dicts=True)

Function Documentation

ToGNString()

def gn_helpers.ToGNString	(		value,
			allow_dicts = True
	)

Returns a stringified GN equivalent of a Python value.

allow_dicts indicates if this function will allow converting dictionaries
to GN scopes. This is only possible at the top level, you can't nest a
GN scope in a list, so this should be set to False for recursive calls.

Prints the given value to stdout.

allow_dicts indicates if this function will allow converting dictionaries
to GN scopes. This is only possible at the top level, you can't nest a
GN scope in a list, so this should be set to False for recursive calls.

Definition at line 30 of file gn_helpers.py.

def ToGNString(value, allow_dicts=True):
    """Returns a stringified GN equivalent of a Python value.
 
  allow_dicts indicates if this function will allow converting dictionaries
  to GN scopes. This is only possible at the top level, you can't nest a
  GN scope in a list, so this should be set to False for recursive calls."""
    if isinstance(value, str) or isinstance(value, unicode):
        if value.find('\n') >= 0:
            raise GNException("Trying to print a string with a newline in it.")
        return '"' + ''.join(_TranslateToGnChars(value)) + '"'
 
    if isinstance(value, list):
        return '[ %s ]' % ', '.join(ToGNString(v, False) for v in value)
 
    if isinstance(value, dict):
        if not allow_dicts:
            raise GNException("Attempting to recursively print a dictionary.")
        result = ""
        for key in value:
            if not isinstance(key, str):
                raise GNException("Dictionary key is not a string.")
            result += "%s = %s\n" % (key, ToGNString(value[key], False))
        return result
 
    if isinstance(value, int):
        return str(value)
 
    raise GNException("Unsupported type %s (value %s) when printing to GN." %
                      (type(value), value))