python · JelleZijlstra · Jul 4, 2024 · Jun 29, 2024 · Jun 29, 2024 · Jun 29, 2024
@@ -89,8 +89,12 @@ Improved Modules
 ast
 ---
 
-Added :func:`ast.compare` for comparing two ASTs.
-(Contributed by Batuhan Taskaya and Jeremy Hylton in :issue:`15987`.)
+* Added :func:`ast.compare` for comparing two ASTs.
+  (Contributed by Batuhan Taskaya and Jeremy Hylton in :issue:`15987`.)
+
+* Add support for :func:`copy.replace` for AST nodes.
+
+  (Contributed by Bénédikt Tran in :gh:`121141`.)
 
 os
 --

diff --git a/Lib/test/test_ast.py b/Lib/test/test_ast.py
@@ -1149,6 +1149,25 @@ def test_none_checks(self) -> None:
 class CopyTests(unittest.TestCase):
     """Test copying and pickling AST nodes."""
 
+    @staticmethod
+    def iter_ast_classes():
+        """Iterate over the (native) subclasses of ast.AST recursively.
+
+        This excludes the special class ast.Index since its constructor
+        returns an integer.
+        """
+        def do(cls):
+            if cls.__module__ != 'ast':
+                return
+            if cls is ast.Index:
+                return
+
+            yield cls
+            for sub in cls.__subclasses__():
+                yield from do(sub)
+
+        yield from do(ast.AST)
+
     def test_pickling(self):
         import pickle
 
@@ -1218,6 +1237,259 @@ def test_copy_with_parents(self):
                 )):
                     self.assertEqual(to_tuple(child.parent), to_tuple(node))
 
+    def test_replace_interface(self):
+        for klass in self.iter_ast_classes():
+            with self.subTest(klass=klass):
+                self.assertTrue(hasattr(klass, '__replace__'))
+
+            fields = set(klass._fields)
+            with self.subTest(klass=klass, fields=fields):
+                node = klass(**dict.fromkeys(fields))
+                # forbid positional arguments in replace()
+                self.assertRaises(TypeError, copy.replace, node, 1)
+                self.assertRaises(TypeError, node.__replace__, 1)
+
+    def test_replace_native(self):
+        for klass in self.iter_ast_classes():
+            fields = set(klass._fields)
+            attributes = set(klass._attributes)
+
+            with self.subTest(klass=klass, fields=fields, attributes=attributes):
+                # use of object() to ensure that '==' and 'is'
+                # behave similarly in ast.compare(node, repl)
+                old_fields = {field: object() for field in fields}
+                old_attrs = {attr: object() for attr in attributes}
+
+                # check shallow copy
+                node = klass(**old_fields)
+                repl = copy.replace(node)
+                self.assertTrue(ast.compare(node, repl, compare_attributes=True))
+                # check when passing using attributes (they may be optional!)
+                node = klass(**old_fields, **old_attrs)
+                repl = copy.replace(node)
+                self.assertTrue(ast.compare(node, repl, compare_attributes=True))
+
+                for field in fields:
+                    # check when we sometimes have attributes and sometimes not
+                    for init_attrs in [{}, old_attrs]:
+                        node = klass(**old_fields, **init_attrs)
+                        # only change a single field (do not change attributes)
+                        new_value = object()
+                        repl = copy.replace(node, **{field: new_value})
+                        for f in fields:
+                            old_value = old_fields[f]
+                            # assert that there is no side-effect
+                            self.assertIs(getattr(node, f), old_value)
+                            # check the changes
+                            if f != field:
+                                self.assertIs(getattr(repl, f), old_value)
+                            else:
+                                self.assertIs(getattr(repl, f), new_value)
+                        self.assertFalse(ast.compare(node, repl, compare_attributes=True))
+
+                for attribute in attributes:
+                    node = klass(**old_fields, **old_attrs)
+                    # only change a single attribute (do not change fields)
+                    new_attr = object()
+                    repl = copy.replace(node, **{attribute: new_attr})
+                    for a in attributes:
+                        old_attr = old_attrs[a]
+                        # assert that there is no side-effect
+                        self.assertIs(getattr(node, a), old_attr)
+                        # check the changes
+                        if a != attribute:
+                            self.assertIs(getattr(repl, a), old_attr)
+                        else:
+                            self.assertIs(getattr(repl, a), new_attr)
+                    self.assertFalse(ast.compare(node, repl, compare_attributes=True))
+
+    def test_replace_accept_known_class_fields(self):
+        nid, ctx = object(), object()
+
+        node = ast.Name(id=nid, ctx=ctx)
+        self.assertIs(node.id, nid)
+        self.assertIs(node.ctx, ctx)
+
+        new_nid = object()
+        repl = copy.replace(node, id=new_nid)
+        # assert that there is no side-effect
+        self.assertIs(node.id, nid)
+        self.assertIs(node.ctx, ctx)
+        # check the changes
+        self.assertIs(repl.id, new_nid)
+        self.assertIs(repl.ctx, node.ctx)  # no changes
+
+    def test_replace_accept_known_class_attributes(self):
+        node = ast.parse('x').body[0].value
+        self.assertEqual(node.id, 'x')
+        self.assertEqual(node.lineno, 1)
+
+        # constructor allows any type so replace() should do the same
+        lineno = object()
+        repl = copy.replace(node, lineno=lineno)
+        # assert that there is no side-effect
+        self.assertEqual(node.lineno, 1)
+        # check the changes
+        self.assertEqual(repl.id, node.id)
+        self.assertEqual(repl.ctx, node.ctx)
+        self.assertEqual(repl.lineno, lineno)
+
+        _, _, state = node.__reduce__()
+        self.assertEqual(state['id'], 'x')
+        self.assertEqual(state['ctx'], node.ctx)
+        self.assertEqual(state['lineno'], 1)
+
+        _, _, state = repl.__reduce__()
+        self.assertEqual(state['id'], 'x')
+        self.assertEqual(state['ctx'], node.ctx)
+        self.assertEqual(state['lineno'], lineno)
+
+    def test_replace_accept_known_custom_class_fields(self):
+        class MyNode(ast.AST):
+            _fields = ('name', 'data')
+            __annotations__ = {'name': str, 'data': object}
+            __match_args__ = ('name', 'data')
+
+        name, data = 'name', object()
+
+        node = MyNode(name, data)
+        self.assertIs(node.name, name)
+        self.assertIs(node.data, data)
+        # check shallow copy
+        repl = copy.replace(node)
+        # assert that there is no side-effect
+        self.assertIs(node.name, name)
+        self.assertIs(node.data, data)
+        # check the shallow copy
+        self.assertIs(repl.name, name)
+        self.assertIs(repl.data, data)
+
+        node = MyNode(name, data)
+        repl_data = object()
+        # replace custom but known field
+        repl = copy.replace(node, data=repl_data)
+        # assert that there is no side-effect
+        self.assertIs(node.name, name)
+        self.assertIs(node.data, data)
+        # check the changes
+        self.assertIs(repl.name, node.name)
+        self.assertIs(repl.data, repl_data)
+
+    def test_replace_accept_known_custom_class_attributes(self):
+        class MyNode(ast.AST):
+            x = 0
+            y = 1
+            _attributes = ('x', 'y')
+
+        node = MyNode()
+        self.assertEqual(node.x, 0)
+        self.assertEqual(node.y, 1)
+
+        y = object()
+        # custom attributes are currently not supported and raise a warning
+        # because the allowed attributes are hard-coded !
+        msg = (
+            "MyNode.__init__ got an unexpected keyword argument 'y'. "
+            "Support for arbitrary keyword arguments is deprecated and "
+            "will be removed in Python 3.15"
+        )
+        with self.assertWarnsRegex(DeprecationWarning, re.escape(msg)):
+            repl = copy.replace(node, y=y)
+        # assert that there is no side-effect
+        self.assertEqual(node.x, 0)
+        self.assertEqual(node.y, 1)
+        # check the changes
+        self.assertEqual(repl.x, 0)
+        self.assertEqual(repl.y, y)
+
+    def test_replace_ignore_known_custom_instance_fields(self):
+        node = ast.parse('x').body[0].value
+        node.extra = extra = object()  # add instance 'extra' field
+        context = node.ctx
+
+        # assert initial values
+        self.assertIs(node.id, 'x')
+        self.assertIs(node.ctx, context)
+        self.assertIs(node.extra, extra)
+        # shallow copy, but drops extra fields
+        repl = copy.replace(node)
+        # assert that there is no side-effect
+        self.assertIs(node.id, 'x')
+        self.assertIs(node.ctx, context)
+        self.assertIs(node.extra, extra)
+        # verify that the 'extra' field is not kept
+        self.assertIs(repl.id, 'x')
+        self.assertIs(repl.ctx, context)
+        self.assertRaises(AttributeError, getattr, repl, 'extra')
+
+        # change known native field
+        repl = copy.replace(node, id='y')
+        # assert that there is no side-effect
+        self.assertIs(node.id, 'x')
+        self.assertIs(node.ctx, context)
+        self.assertIs(node.extra, extra)
+        # verify that the 'extra' field is not kept
+        self.assertIs(repl.id, 'y')
+        self.assertIs(repl.ctx, context)
+        self.assertRaises(AttributeError, getattr, repl, 'extra')
+
+    def test_replace_reject_missing_field(self):
+        # case: warn if deleted field is not replaced
+        node = ast.parse('x').body[0].value
+        context = node.ctx
+        del node.id
+
+        self.assertRaises(AttributeError, getattr, node, 'id')
+        self.assertIs(node.ctx, context)
+        msg = "Name.__replace__ missing 1 keyword argument: 'id'."
+        with self.assertRaisesRegex(TypeError, re.escape(msg)):
+            copy.replace(node)
+        # assert that there is no side-effect
+        self.assertRaises(AttributeError, getattr, node, 'id')
+        self.assertIs(node.ctx, context)
+
+        # case: do not raise if deleted field is replaced
+        node = ast.parse('x').body[0].value
+        context = node.ctx
+        del node.id
+
+        self.assertRaises(AttributeError, getattr, node, 'id')
+        self.assertIs(node.ctx, context)
+        repl = copy.replace(node, id='y')
+        # assert that there is no side-effect
+        self.assertRaises(AttributeError, getattr, node, 'id')
+        self.assertIs(node.ctx, context)
+        self.assertIs(repl.id, 'y')
+        self.assertIs(repl.ctx, context)
+
+    def test_replace_reject_known_custom_instance_fields_commits(self):
+        node = ast.parse('x').body[0].value
+        node.extra = extra = object()  # add instance 'extra' field
+        context = node.ctx
+
+        # explicit rejection of known instance fields
+        self.assertTrue(hasattr(node, 'extra'))
+        msg = "Name.__replace__ got an unexpected keyword argument 'extra'."
+        with self.assertRaisesRegex(TypeError, re.escape(msg)):
+            copy.replace(node, extra=1)
+        # assert that there is no side-effect
+        self.assertIs(node.id, 'x')
+        self.assertIs(node.ctx, context)
+        self.assertIs(node.extra, extra)
+
+    def test_replace_reject_unknown_instance_fields(self):
+        node = ast.parse('x').body[0].value
+        context = node.ctx
+
+        # explicit rejection of unknown extra fields
+        self.assertRaises(AttributeError, getattr, node, 'unknown')
+        msg = "Name.__replace__ got an unexpected keyword argument 'unknown'."
+        with self.assertRaisesRegex(TypeError, re.escape(msg)):
+            copy.replace(node, unknown=1)
+        # assert that there is no side-effect
+        self.assertIs(node.id, 'x')
+        self.assertIs(node.ctx, context)
+        self.assertRaises(AttributeError, getattr, node, 'unknown')
 
 class ASTHelpers_Test(unittest.TestCase):
     maxDiff = None

diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-06-29-15-21-12.gh-issue-121141.4evD6q.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-06-29-15-21-12.gh-issue-121141.4evD6q.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Add support for :func:`copy.replace` to AST nodes. Patch by Bénédikt Tran.
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		Add support for :func:`copy.replace` to AST nodes. Patch by Bénédikt Tran.