[PATCH v3 16/30] docs: kdoc_re: better show KernRe() at documentation
From: Mauro Carvalho Chehab
Date: Thu Jan 29 2026 - 03:24:46 EST
the __repr__() function is used by autodoc to document macro
initialization.
Add a better representation for them.
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/lib/python/kdoc/kdoc_re.py | 23 ++++++++++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/tools/lib/python/kdoc/kdoc_re.py b/tools/lib/python/kdoc/kdoc_re.py
index 1861799f1966..3f405addcc58 100644
--- a/tools/lib/python/kdoc/kdoc_re.py
+++ b/tools/lib/python/kdoc/kdoc_re.py
@@ -52,7 +52,28 @@ class KernRe:
return self.regex.pattern
def __repr__(self):
- return f're.compile("{self.regex.pattern}")'
+ """
+ Returns a displayable version of the class init.
+ """
+
+ flag_map = {
+ re.IGNORECASE: "re.I",
+ re.MULTILINE: "re.M",
+ re.DOTALL: "re.S",
+ re.VERBOSE: "re.X",
+ }
+
+ flags = []
+ for flag, name in flag_map.items():
+ if self.regex.flags & flag:
+ flags.append(name)
+
+ flags_name = " | ".join(flags)
+
+ if flags_name:
+ return f'KernRe("{self.regex.pattern}", {flags_name})'
+ else:
+ return f'KernRe("{self.regex.pattern}")'
def __add__(self, other):
"""
--
2.52.0