From: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org>
To: Linux Doc Mailing List <linux-doc@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>,
Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@kernel.org>,
Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
Subject: [PATCH 09/13] docs: kdoc_re: Improve docstrings and comments
Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2026 14:17:22 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <ec6e230335a719417c4234b01ac628f6d1b96cd2.1768396023.git.mchehab+huawei@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cover.1768396023.git.mchehab+huawei@kernel.org>
In preparation to document kernel-doc module, improve its
documentation.
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org>
---
tools/lib/python/kdoc/kdoc_re.py | 18 +++++++++++-------
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/lib/python/kdoc/kdoc_re.py b/tools/lib/python/kdoc/kdoc_re.py
index 2dfa1bf83d64..2816bd9f90f8 100644
--- a/tools/lib/python/kdoc/kdoc_re.py
+++ b/tools/lib/python/kdoc/kdoc_re.py
@@ -51,6 +51,9 @@ class KernRe:
"""
return self.regex.pattern
+ def __repr__(self):
+ return f're.compile("{self.regex.pattern}")'
+
def __add__(self, other):
"""
Allows adding two regular expressions into one.
@@ -61,7 +64,7 @@ class KernRe:
def match(self, string):
"""
- Handles a re.match storing its results
+ Handles a re.match storing its results.
"""
self.last_match = self.regex.match(string)
@@ -69,7 +72,7 @@ class KernRe:
def search(self, string):
"""
- Handles a re.search storing its results
+ Handles a re.search storing its results.
"""
self.last_match = self.regex.search(string)
@@ -77,28 +80,28 @@ class KernRe:
def findall(self, string):
"""
- Alias to re.findall
+ Alias to re.findall.
"""
return self.regex.findall(string)
def split(self, string):
"""
- Alias to re.split
+ Alias to re.split.
"""
return self.regex.split(string)
def sub(self, sub, string, count=0):
"""
- Alias to re.sub
+ Alias to re.sub.
"""
return self.regex.sub(sub, string, count=count)
def group(self, num):
"""
- Returns the group results of the last match
+ Returns the group results of the last match.
"""
return self.last_match.group(num)
@@ -110,7 +113,7 @@ class NestedMatch:
even harder on Python with its normal re module, as there are several
advanced regular expressions that are missing.
- This is the case of this pattern:
+ This is the case of this pattern::
'\\bSTRUCT_GROUP(\\(((?:(?>[^)(]+)|(?1))*)\\))[^;]*;'
@@ -121,6 +124,7 @@ class NestedMatch:
replace nested expressions.
The original approach was suggested by:
+
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5454322/python-how-to-match-nested-parentheses-with-regex
Although I re-implemented it to make it more generic and match 3 types
--
2.52.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-01-14 13:17 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-01-14 13:17 [PATCH 00/13] Add kernel-doc modules to Documentation/tools Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2026-01-14 13:17 ` [PATCH 01/13] docs: custom.css: prevent li marker to override text Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2026-01-14 13:17 ` [PATCH 02/13] docs: enable Sphinx autodoc extension to allow documenting python Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2026-01-15 10:19 ` Jani Nikula
2026-01-15 11:50 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2026-01-15 12:18 ` Jani Nikula
2026-01-15 12:57 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2026-01-14 13:17 ` [PATCH 03/13] docs: custom.css: add CSS for python Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2026-01-14 13:17 ` [PATCH 04/13] docs: kdoc: latex_fonts: Improve docstrings and comments Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2026-01-14 13:17 ` [PATCH 05/13] docs: kdoc_files: " Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2026-01-14 13:17 ` [PATCH 06/13] docs: kdoc_item: " Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2026-01-14 13:17 ` [PATCH 07/13] docs: kdoc_parser: " Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2026-01-14 13:17 ` [PATCH 08/13] docs: kdoc_output: " Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2026-01-14 13:17 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab [this message]
2026-01-14 13:17 ` [PATCH 10/13] docs: kdoc: parse_data_structs: " Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2026-01-14 13:17 ` [PATCH 11/13] docs: kdoc: enrich_formatter: " Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2026-01-14 13:17 ` [PATCH 12/13] docs: kdoc: python_version: " Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2026-01-14 13:17 ` [PATCH 13/13] docs: add kernel-doc modules documentation Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2026-01-14 18:01 ` [PATCH 00/13] Add kernel-doc modules to Documentation/tools Jonathan Corbet
2026-01-14 20:20 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2026-01-14 20:46 ` Jonathan Corbet
2026-01-15 1:29 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2026-01-15 10:17 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
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