Extended "expr(name)" shortcut (same as "expr.setResultsName(name)") to accept "expr()" as a shortcut for "expr.copy()".

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/src/pyparsing.py b/src/pyparsing.py
index c078f9c..1d76bbd 100644
--- a/src/pyparsing.py
+++ b/src/pyparsing.py
@@ -57,8 +57,8 @@ The pyparsing module handles some of the problems that are typically vexing when
  - embedded comments

 """

 

-__version__ = "2.0.1"

-__versionTime__ = "16 July 2013 22:22"

+__version__ = "2.0.2"

+__versionTime__ = "21 August 2013 22:22"

 __author__ = "Paul McGuire <ptmcg@users.sourceforge.net>"

 

 import string

@@ -1314,7 +1314,7 @@ class ParserElement(object):
         """Implementation of ~ operator - returns C{L{NotAny}}"""

         return NotAny( self )

 

-    def __call__(self, name):

+    def __call__(self, name=None):

         """Shortcut for C{L{setResultsName}}, with C{listAllMatches=default}::

              userdata = Word(alphas).setResultsName("name") + Word(nums+"-").setResultsName("socsecno")

            could be written as::

@@ -1322,8 +1322,13 @@ class ParserElement(object):
              

            If C{name} is given with a trailing C{'*'} character, then C{listAllMatches} will be

            passed as C{True}.

+           

+           If C{name} is omitted, same as calling C{L{copy}}.

            """

-        return self.setResultsName(name)

+        if name is not None:

+            return self.setResultsName(name)

+        else:

+            return self.copy()

 

     def suppress( self ):

         """Suppresses the output of this C{ParserElement}; useful to keep punctuation from