expander.py command line options
-h
Show help for command line options.
--summary
Print a summary of the function of the program.
-f FILE --file FILE
Specify a FILE to process. This option may be used more than once to process more than one file but note than this option is not really needed. Files can also be specified directly after the other command line options. If not given, the program gets it’s input from stdin.
--encoding
Specify the encoding of the input to the program. This encoding is also the default for all files that are read by
$include()or$subst(). Note that both mentioned commands allow to specify a different encoding at each call. Known encodings can be found at python encodings.
--output-encoding
Specify the encoding of the output of the program. Known encodings can be found at python encodings.
--eval
Evaluate PYTHONEXPRESSION in global context.
-I PATH --include PATH
Add PATH to the list of include paths.
-s --simple-vars
Allow variables without brackets.
-a --auto-continuation
Assume ‘\’ at the end of lines with commands.
--safemode
Set safe mode mode globally. This mode makes pyexpander more restrictive as it disables the execution of arbitrary python commands and commands that extend the pyexpander language.
-p --permissive
Set permissive mode globally. Undefined variables in expressions do not abort the program. If an error occurs, the pyexpander expression $(EXPRESSION) remains unchanged.
--preserve-backslashes
Preserve all backslashes ‘\’ except the ones used for line continuation.
-i --auto-indent
Automatically indent macros.
--no-stdin-msg
Do not print a message on stderr when the program is reading it’s input from stdin.
--deps
Print dependencies due to $include commands in a makefile compatible format.
-d --dump
Dump list of strings instead of printing to the console, this is for debugging only.
--exception
Do not catch exceptions (for debugging). In case of errors this allows to locate the location in the code where the error was detected.