beam_show

Example use of BeamSet and subclasses BeamMeasure.

Copyright (C) CSIRO 2017

Module Contents

Classes

IntList	Information about how to convert command line strings to Python objects.
PolList	Information about how to convert command line strings to Python objects.

Functions

arg_init()	Define the interpretation of command line arguments.
main()

Attributes

EXPLANATION
HELPSTART

beam_show.EXPLANATION = 'The beam_show process displays a holography beam map.\n'

beam_show.HELPSTART = 'The beam_show process displays a holography beam map.\n'

beam_show.arg_init()

Define the interpretation of command line arguments.

class beam_show.IntList(option_strings, dest, nargs=None, const=None, default=None, type=None, choices=None, required=False, help=None, metavar=None)

Bases: argparse.Action

Information about how to convert command line strings to Python objects.

Action objects are used by an ArgumentParser to represent the information needed to parse a single argument from one or more strings from the command line. The keyword arguments to the Action constructor are also all attributes of Action instances.

Keyword Arguments:

• option_strings – A list of command-line option strings which

  should be associated with this action.

• dest – The name of the attribute to hold the created object(s)

• nargs – The number of command-line arguments that should be

  consumed. By default, one argument will be consumed and a single value will be produced. Other values include:

  • N (an integer) consumes N arguments (and produces a list)

  • ‘?’ consumes zero or one arguments

  • ‘*’ consumes zero or more arguments (and produces a list)

  • ‘+’ consumes one or more arguments (and produces a list)

  Note that the difference between the default and nargs=1 is that with the default, a single value will be produced, while with nargs=1, a list containing a single value will be produced.

• const – The value to be produced if the option is specified and the

  option uses an action that takes no values.

• default – The value to be produced if the option is not specified.

• type – A callable that accepts a single string argument, and

  returns the converted value. The standard Python types str, int, float, and complex are useful examples of such callables. If None, str is used.

• choices – A container of values that should be allowed. If not None,

  after a command-line argument has been converted to the appropriate type, an exception will be raised if it is not a member of this collection.

• required – True if the action must always be specified at the

  command line. This is only meaningful for optional command-line arguments.

• help – The help string describing the argument.

• metavar – The name to be used for the option’s argument with the

  help string. If None, the ‘dest’ value will be used as the name.

__call__(parser, namespace, values, option_string=None)

class beam_show.PolList(option_strings, dest, nargs=None, const=None, default=None, type=None, choices=None, required=False, help=None, metavar=None)

Bases: argparse.Action

Information about how to convert command line strings to Python objects.

Action objects are used by an ArgumentParser to represent the information needed to parse a single argument from one or more strings from the command line. The keyword arguments to the Action constructor are also all attributes of Action instances.

Keyword Arguments:

• option_strings – A list of command-line option strings which

  should be associated with this action.

• dest – The name of the attribute to hold the created object(s)

• nargs – The number of command-line arguments that should be

  consumed. By default, one argument will be consumed and a single value will be produced. Other values include:

  • N (an integer) consumes N arguments (and produces a list)

  • ‘?’ consumes zero or one arguments

  • ‘*’ consumes zero or more arguments (and produces a list)

  • ‘+’ consumes one or more arguments (and produces a list)

  Note that the difference between the default and nargs=1 is that with the default, a single value will be produced, while with nargs=1, a list containing a single value will be produced.

• const – The value to be produced if the option is specified and the

  option uses an action that takes no values.

• default – The value to be produced if the option is not specified.

• type – A callable that accepts a single string argument, and

  returns the converted value. The standard Python types str, int, float, and complex are useful examples of such callables. If None, str is used.

• choices – A container of values that should be allowed. If not None,

  after a command-line argument has been converted to the appropriate type, an exception will be raised if it is not a member of this collection.

• required – True if the action must always be specified at the

  command line. This is only meaningful for optional command-line arguments.

• help – The help string describing the argument.

• metavar – The name to be used for the option’s argument with the

  help string. If None, the ‘dest’ value will be used as the name.

__call__(parser, namespace, values, option_string=None)

beam_show.main()