def str2list(s):
"""Convert string to list:
String format:
['value1','val\'ue2']
"""
value = r'(?:\\\\|\\\'|[^\'])'
element = r"""
\s*' # begin value
(%(v)s*)
'\s* # end value
""" % {"v":value}
reList = re.compile(element, re.X)
reMatchList = re.compile("""
^\[ # begin dict
((%(v)s,)* # many elements with comma at end
%(v)s)? # element without comma
\]$ # end dict
""" % {'v':element}, re.X)
if reMatchList.match(s.strip()):
replaceSlash = MultiReplace({'\\\\':'\\','\\\'':'\''})
return [replaceSlash(i) for i in reList.findall(s)]
else:
cl_overriding.printERROR(_("wrong list value: %s"%s))
cl_overriding.exit(1)
def str2dict(s):
"""Convert string to dictionary:
String format:
{'key1':'value1','key2':'val\'ue2'}
"""
value = r'(?:\\\\|\\\'|[^\'])'
pair = r"""
\s*' # begin key
(%(v)s*)
' # end key
\s*:\s* # delimeter key/value
' # begin value
(%(v)s*)
'\s* # end value
""" % {"v":value}
reDict = re.compile(pair, re.X)
reMatchDict = re.compile("""
^{ # begin dict
((%(v)s,)* # many pair with comma at end
%(v)s)? # pair without comma
}$ # end dict
""" % {'v':pair}, re.X)
if reMatchDict.match(s.strip()):
d = dict(reDict.findall(s))
replaceSlash = MultiReplace({'\\\\':'\\','\\\'':'\''})
for i in d.keys():
d[i] = replaceSlash(d[i])
return d
else:
cl_overriding.printERROR(_("wrong dict value: %s"%s))
cl_overriding.exit(1)