Better documentation for contrib/redox.py

svn:r17736

1 files changed, 50 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/contrib/redox.py b/contrib/redox.py
index 1ba36759cd..f858df4aed 100644..100755
--- a/contrib/redox.py
+++ b/contrib/redox.py
@@ -14,7 +14,24 @@
 # I'll make a bunch of new files by adding missing DOCDOC comments to your
 #    source.  Those files will have names like ./src/common/util.c.newdoc.
 # You will want to look over the changes by hand before checking them in.
-
+#
+# So, here's your workflow:
+#
+# 0. Make sure you're running a bourne shell for the redirects below.
+# 1. make doxygen 1>doxygen.stdout 2>doxygen.stderr.
+# 2. grep Warning doxygen.stderr | grep -v 'is not documented' | less
+#      [This will tell you about all the bogus doxygen output you have]
+# 3. python ./contrib/redox.py <doxygen.stderr
+#      [This will make lots of .newdoc files with DOCDOC comments for
+#       whatever was missing documentation.]
+# 4. Look over those .newdoc files, and see which docdoc comments you
+#     want to merge into the main file.  If it's all good, just run
+#     "mv fname.c.newdoc fname.c".  Otherwise, you'll need to merge
+#     the parts you like by hand.
+
+# Which files should we ignore warning from?  Mostly, these are external
+# files that we've snarfed in from somebody else, whose C we do no intend
+# to document for them.
 SKIP_FILES = [ "OpenBSD_malloc_Linux.c",
                "eventdns.c",
                "eventdns.h",
@@ -23,8 +40,11 @@ SKIP_FILES = [ "OpenBSD_malloc_Linux.c",
                "aes.c",
                "aes.h" ]
 
+# What names of things never need javadoc
 SKIP_NAME_PATTERNS = [ r'^.*_c_id$' ]
 
+# Which types of things should get DOCDOC comments added if they are
+# missing documentation?  Recognized types are in KINDS below.
 ADD_DOCDOCS_TO_TYPES = [ 'function', 'type', 'typedef' ]
 # ADD_DOCDOCS_TO_TYPES += [ 'variable', 'define' ]
 
@@ -43,6 +63,9 @@ THING_RE = re.compile(r'^Member ([a-zA-Z0-9_]+).*\((typedef|define|function|vari
 SKIP_NAMES = [re.compile(s) for s in SKIP_NAME_PATTERNS]
 
 def parsething(thing):
+    """I figure out what 'foobar baz in quux quum is not documented' means,
+       and return: the name of the foobar, and the kind of the foobar.
+    """
     if thing.startswith("Compound "):
         tp, name = "type", thing.split()[1]
     else:
@@ -59,6 +82,10 @@ def parsething(thing):
     return name, tp
 
 def read():
+    """I snarf doxygen stderr from stdin, and parse all the "foo has no
+       documentation messages.  I return a map from filename to lists
+       of tuples of (alleged line number, name of thing, kind of thing)
+    """
     errs = {}
     for line in sys.stdin:
         m = NODOC_LINE_RE.match(line)
@@ -71,6 +98,9 @@ def read():
     return errs
 
 def findline(lines, lineno, ident):
+    """Given a list of all the lines in the file (adjusted so 1-indexing works),
+       a line number that ident is alledgedly on, and ident, I figure out
+       the line where ident was really declared."""
     for lineno in xrange(lineno, 0, -1):
         if ident in lines[lineno]:
             return lineno
@@ -80,6 +110,8 @@ def findline(lines, lineno, ident):
 FUNC_PAT = re.compile(r"^[A-Za-z0-9_]+\(")
 
 def hascomment(lines, lineno, kind):
+    """I return true if it looks like there's already a good comment about
+       the thing on lineno of lines of type kind. """
     if "*/" in lines[lineno-1]:
         return True
     if kind == 'function' and FUNC_PAT.match(lines[lineno]):
@@ -88,6 +120,8 @@ def hascomment(lines, lineno, kind):
     return False
 
 def hasdocdoc(lines, lineno, kind):
+    """I return true if it looks like there's already a docdoc comment about
+       the thing on lineno of lines of type kind."""
     if "DOCDOC" in lines[lineno] or "DOCDOC" in lines[lineno-1]:
         return True
     if kind == 'function' and FUNC_PAT.match(lines[lineno]):
@@ -95,13 +129,17 @@ def hasdocdoc(lines, lineno, kind):
             return True
     return False
 
-def checkf(fn, errs, comments):
-
+def checkf(fn, errs):
+    """I go through the output of read() for a single file, and build a list
+       of tuples of things that want DOCDOC comments.  Each tuple has:
+       the line number where the comment goes; the kind of thing; its name.
+    """
     for skip in SKIP_FILES:
         if fn.endswith(skip):
             print "Skipping",fn
             return
 
+    comments = []
     lines = [ None ]
     try:
         lines.extend( open(fn, 'r').readlines() )
@@ -132,9 +170,11 @@ def checkf(fn, errs, comments):
                 if kind == 'function' and FUNC_PAT.match(lines[ln]):
                     ln = ln - 1
 
-                comments.setdefault(fn, []).append((ln, kind, name))
+                comments.append((ln, kind, name))
 
 def applyComments(fn, entries):
+    """I apply lots of comments to the file in fn, making a new .newdoc file.
+    """
     N = 0
 
     lines = [ None ]
@@ -143,6 +183,9 @@ def applyComments(fn, entries):
     except IOError:
         return
 
+    # Process the comments in reverse order by line number, so that
+    # the line numbers for the ones we haven't added yet remain valid
+    # until we add them.  Standard trick.
     entries.sort()
     entries.reverse()
 
@@ -159,10 +202,8 @@ def applyComments(fn, entries):
     print "Added %s DOCDOCs to %s" %(N, fn)
 
 e = read()
-comments = {}
 
 for fn, errs in e.iteritems():
-    checkf(fn, errs, comments)
-
-for fn, entries in comments.iteritems():
-    applyComments(fn, entries)
+    comments = checkf(fn, errs)
+    if comments:
+        applyComments(fn, comments)