Infix

This project is an unmaintained experiment. Don't use it for production code.

A decorator that allows functions to be used as infix functions.

Infix operators are created and applied as such, and do not stop the function from being called normally:

>>> from infix import shift_infix as infix
...
>>> @infix
... def plus(a, b):
...     return a + b
...
>>> print(40 <<plus>> 2)
42
>>> print(plus(5, 5))
10

Variant syntaxes

Multiple infix syntaxes are provided by the infix module:

>>> @and_infix
... def is_before(a, b):
...     return a < b
...
>>> print(1 &is_before& 5)
True

>>> @or_infix
... def minus(a, b):
...     return a - b
...
>>> print(1 |minus| 2)
-1

>>> @xor_infix
... def until(start, stop):
...     return range(start, stop)
...
>>> print(list(1 ^until^ 10))
[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]

>>> @pow_infix
... def pow(a, b):
...     return a**b
...
>>> print(3 **pow** 2)
9

>>> dpow = div_infix(pow)
>>> print(3 /dpow/ 2)
9

Custom syntaxes

Python has a large set of operators than could be overridden to provide the infix syntax, so instead of providing them all a make_infix function is provided. To use it, pass the names of the operatorsyou want to support:

>>> @make_infix('mod','pow','rshift')
... def until(start, stop):
...     return list(range(start, stop))
>>> print(1 %until% 3)
[1, 2]
>>> print(2 <<until>> 4)
[2, 3]
>>> print(5 **until** 8)
[5, 6, 7]
>>> print(until(10,12))
[10, 11]

.. versionadded:: 1.2

The old custom_infix is still supported. It takes two parameters, the names of the left and right operator functions, though only the first is important:

>>> @custom_infix('__rmod__', '__mod__')
... def ate(a, b):
...     return (a == 7 and b == 9)
...
>>> print(7 %ate% 9)
True
>>> print(6 %ate% 7)
False

The left function should be a right operand, and the right functions should be a left operand.

You should be careful to avoid using operands that the objects your functions will take may provide themselves (as the initial right operand is only called if the previous object does not provide for that operand).

Binding

The library now uses a binding feature to generate a temporary object halfway through the process. That means that half expressions now work:

>>> 3**pow
<pow_lbind: Waiting for right side>

.. versionadded:: 1.2

Example: Currying

One possible use is in curring functions in Python. You can easily define a curry function:

>>> from functools import partial
>>> curry = or_infix(partial)
>>> def volume(x, y, z):
...    return x * y * z
>>> tot = volume |curry| 2 |curry| 3 |curry| 4
>>> tot()
24

Compatibility

Works on all major Python versions (2.6, 2.7, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4).

Tests

The tests in this README files are run using doctest. To run the tests, run ''python infix.py'' - alternatively, use tox to run the tests on all compatible Python versions.

Licence

Copyright (C) 2013 Sam Clements

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