[pywin32-checkins] /hgroot/pywin32/pywin32: Validate syntax for constants created u...

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changeset 9c79bdb51505 in /hgroot/pywin32/pywin32
details: http://pywin32.hg.sourceforge.net/hgweb/pywin32/pywin32/hgroot/pywin32/pywin32?cmd=changeset;node=9c79bdb51505
summary: Validate syntax for constants created using repr

diffstat:

 com/win32com/client/genpy.py |  10 ++++++++++
 1 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diffs (20 lines):

diff -r 702451ba44f2 -r 9c79bdb51505 com/win32com/client/genpy.py
--- a/com/win32com/client/genpy.py	Tue Aug 07 04:32:52 2012 -0400
+++ b/com/win32com/client/genpy.py	Wed Aug 08 11:58:06 2012 -0400
@@ -214,6 +214,16 @@
             use = hex(val)
         else:
           use = repr(val)
+          # Make sure the repr of the value is valid python syntax
+          # still could cause an error on import if it contains a module or type name
+          # not available in the global namespace
+          try:
+            compile(use, '<makepy>', 'eval')
+          except SyntaxError:
+            # At least add the repr as a string, so it can be investigated further
+            # Sanitize it, in case the repr contains its own quotes.  (??? line breaks too ???)
+            use = use.replace('"',"'")
+            use = '"' + use + '"' + ' # This VARIANT type cannot be converted automatically'
         print >> stream, "\t%-30s=%-10s # from enum %s" % \
                       (build.MakePublicAttributeName(name, True), use, enumName)
         num += 1