# This file is a part of Julia. License is MIT: https://julialang.org/license """ Docs The `Docs` module provides the `@doc` macro which can be used to set and retrieve documentation metadata for Julia objects. Please see the manual section on documentation for more information. """ module Docs """ # Documentation Functions, methods and types can be documented by placing a string before the definition: \""" # The Foo Function `foo(x)`: Foo the living hell out of `x`. \""" foo(x) = ... The `@doc` macro can be used directly to both set and retrieve documentation / metadata. By default, documentation is written as Markdown, but any object can be placed before the arrow. For example: @doc "blah" -> function foo() ... The `->` is not required if the object is on the same line, e.g. @doc "foo" foo ## Documenting objects after they are defined You can document an object after its definition by @doc "foo" function_to_doc @doc "bar" TypeToDoc For macros, the syntax is `@doc "macro doc" :(@Module.macro)` or `@doc "macro doc" :(string_macro"")` for string macros. Without the quote `:()` the expansion of the macro will be documented. ## Retrieving Documentation You can retrieve docs for functions, macros and other objects as follows: @doc foo @doc @time @doc md"" ## Functions & Methods Placing documentation before a method definition (e.g. `function foo() ...` or `foo() = ...`) will cause that specific method to be documented, as opposed to the whole function. Method docs are concatenated together in the order they were defined to provide docs for the function. """ :(Core.@doc) include("bindings.jl") import Base.Markdown: @doc_str, MD import Base.Meta: quot, isexpr import Base: Callable import ..CoreDocs: lazy_iterpolate export doc # Basic API / Storage const modules = Module[] const META = gensym(:meta) meta(m::Module = current_module()) = isdefined(m, META) ? getfield(m, META) : ObjectIdDict() function initmeta(m::Module = current_module()) if !isdefined(m, META) eval(m, :(const $META = $(ObjectIdDict()))) push!(modules, m) end nothing end function signature!(tv, expr::Expr) if isexpr(expr, (:call, :macrocall)) sig = :(Union{Tuple{}}) for arg in expr.args[2:end] isexpr(arg, :parameters) && continue if isexpr(arg, :kw) # optional arg push!(sig.args, :(Tuple{$(sig.args[end].args[2:end]...)})) end push!(sig.args[end].args, argtype(arg)) end if isexpr(expr.args[1], :curly) && isempty(tv) append!(tv, tvar.(expr.args[1].args[2:end])) end for i = length(tv):-1:1 push!(sig.args, :(Tuple{$(tv[i].args[1])})) end for i = length(tv):-1:1 sig = Expr(:where, sig, tv[i]) end sig elseif isexpr(expr, :where) append!(tv, tvar.(expr.args[2:end])) signature!(tv, expr.args[1]) else signature!(tv, expr.args[1]) end end signature!(tv, other) = :(Union{}) signature(expr::Expr) = signature!([], expr) signature(other) = signature!([], other) function argtype(expr::Expr) isexpr(expr, :(::)) && return expr.args[end] isexpr(expr, :(...)) && return :(Vararg{$(argtype(expr.args[1]))}) argtype(expr.args[1]) end argtype(other) = :Any tvar(x::Expr) = x tvar(s::Symbol) = :($s <: Any) # Docsystem types. # ================ """ Docs.DocStr Stores the contents of a single docstring as well as related metadata. Both the raw text, `.text`, and the parsed markdown, `.object`, are tracked by this type. Parsing of the raw text is done lazily when a request is made to render the docstring, which helps to reduce total precompiled image size. The `.data` fields stores several values related to the docstring, such as: path, linenumber, source code, and fielddocs. """ mutable struct DocStr text :: Core.SimpleVector object :: Nullable data :: Dict{Symbol, Any} end function docstr(binding::Binding, typesig::ANY = Union{}) for m in modules dict = meta(m) if haskey(dict, binding) docs = dict[binding].docs if haskey(docs, typesig) return docs[typesig] end end end error("could not find matching docstring for '$binding :: $typesig'.") end docstr(object, data = Dict()) = _docstr(object, data) _docstr(vec::Core.SimpleVector, data) = DocStr(vec, Nullable(), data) _docstr(str::AbstractString, data) = DocStr(Core.svec(str), Nullable(), data) _docstr(object, data) = DocStr(Core.svec(), Nullable(object), data) _docstr(doc::DocStr, data) = (doc.data = merge(data, doc.data); doc) macro ref(x) binding = bindingexpr(namify(x)) typesig = signature(x) esc(docexpr(binding, typesig)) end docexpr(args...) = Expr(:call, docstr, args...) function formatdoc(d::DocStr) buffer = IOBuffer() for part in d.text formatdoc(buffer, d, part) end Markdown.parse(seekstart(buffer)) end @noinline formatdoc(buffer, d, part) = print(buffer, part) function parsedoc(d::DocStr) if isnull(d.object) md = formatdoc(d) md.meta[:module] = d.data[:module] md.meta[:path] = d.data[:path] d.object = Nullable(md) end get(d.object) end """ MultiDoc Stores a collection of docstrings for related objects, ie. a `Function`/`DataType` and associated `Method` objects. Each documented object in a `MultiDoc` is referred to by it's signature which is represented by a `Union` of `Tuple` types. For example the following `Method` definition f(x, y) = ... is stored as `Tuple{Any, Any}` in the `MultiDoc` while f{T}(x::T, y = ?) = ... is stored as `Union{Tuple{T, Any}, Tuple{T}} where T`. Note: The `Function`/`DataType` object's signature is always `Union{}`. """ mutable struct MultiDoc "Ordered (via definition order) vector of object signatures." order::Vector{Type} "Documentation for each object. Keys are signatures." docs::ObjectIdDict MultiDoc() = new(Type[], ObjectIdDict()) end # Docstring registration. # ======================= """ Docs.doc!(binding, str, sig) Adds a new docstring `str` to the docsystem for `binding` and signature `sig`. """ function doc!(b::Binding, str::DocStr, sig::ANY = Union{}) initmeta() m = get!(meta(), b, MultiDoc()) if haskey(m.docs, sig) # We allow for docstrings to be updated, but print a warning since it is possible # that over-writing a docstring *may* have been accidental. The warning # is suppressed for symbols in Main, for interactive use (#23011). current_module() == Main || warn("replacing docs for '$b :: $sig' in module '$(current_module())'.") else # The ordering of docstrings for each Binding is defined by the order in which they # are initially added. Replacing a specific docstring does not change it's ordering. push!(m.order, sig) end m.docs[sig] = str str.data[:binding] = b str.data[:typesig] = sig return b end # Docstring lookup. # ================= """ getdoc(obj) getdoc(obj, sig) Return a custom docstring object associated with the object `obj` and, optionally, the tuple type signature `sig`. See `MultiDoc` docs for an explanation of the possible values of `sig`. The returned object can either be a markdown object generated by `Markdown.parse` or some other custom type used to display non-markdown formatted documentation. A return value of `nothing` can be used to signify to the docsystem that no documentation was found for `obj`, in which case the docsystem will fall back to searching for the `Binding` associated with `obj` instead. """ function getdoc end getdoc(x, sig) = getdoc(x) getdoc(x) = nothing """ Docs.doc(binding, sig) Returns all documentation that matches both `binding` and `sig`. If `getdoc` returns a non-`nothing` result on the value of the binding, then a dynamic docstring is returned instead of one based on the binding itself. """ function doc(binding::Binding, sig::Type = Union{}) if defined(binding) result = getdoc(resolve(binding), sig) result === nothing || return result end results, groups = DocStr[], MultiDoc[] # Lookup `binding` and `sig` for matches in all modules of the docsystem. for mod in modules dict = meta(mod) if haskey(dict, binding) multidoc = dict[binding] push!(groups, multidoc) for msig in multidoc.order sig <: msig && push!(results, multidoc.docs[msig]) end end end if isempty(groups) # When no `MultiDoc`s are found that match `binding` then we check whether `binding` # is an alias of some other `Binding`. When it is we then re-run `doc` with that # `Binding`, otherwise if it's not an alias then we generate a summary for the # `binding` and display that to the user instead. alias = aliasof(binding) alias == binding ? summarize(alias, sig) : doc(alias, sig) else # There was at least one match for `binding` while searching. If there weren't any # matches for `sig` then we concatenate *all* the docs from the matching `Binding`s. if isempty(results) for group in groups, each in group.order push!(results, group.docs[each]) end end # Get parsed docs and concatenate them. md = catdoc(map(parsedoc, results)...) # Save metadata in the generated markdown. if isa(md, Markdown.MD) md.meta[:results] = results md.meta[:binding] = binding md.meta[:typesig] = sig end return md end end # Some additional convenience `doc` methods that take objects rather than `Binding`s. doc(obj::UnionAll) = doc(Base.unwrap_unionall(obj)) doc(object, sig::Type = Union{}) = doc(aliasof(object, typeof(object)), sig) doc(object, sig...) = doc(object, Tuple{sig...}) """ Docs.fielddoc(binding, field) Returns documentation for a particular `field` of a type if it exists. """ function fielddoc(binding::Binding, field::Symbol) for mod in modules dict = meta(mod) if haskey(dict, binding) multidoc = dict[binding] if haskey(multidoc.docs, Union{}) fields = multidoc.docs[Union{}].data[:fields] if haskey(fields, field) doc = fields[field] return isa(doc, Markdown.MD) ? doc : Markdown.parse(doc) end end end end fields = join(["`$f`" for f in fieldnames(resolve(binding))], ", ", ", and ") fields = isempty(fields) ? "no fields" : "fields $fields" Markdown.parse("`$(resolve(binding))` has $fields.") end # As with the additional `doc` methods, this converts an object to a `Binding` first. fielddoc(object, field::Symbol) = fielddoc(aliasof(object, typeof(object)), field) # Object Summaries. # ================= function summarize(binding::Binding, sig) io = IOBuffer() println(io, "No documentation found.\n") if defined(binding) summarize(io, resolve(binding), binding) else println(io, "Binding `", binding, "` does not exist.") end md = Markdown.parse(seekstart(io)) # Save metadata in the generated markdown. md.meta[:results] = DocStr[] md.meta[:binding] = binding md.meta[:typesig] = sig return md end function summarize(io::IO, λ::Function, binding) kind = startswith(string(binding.var), '@') ? "macro" : "`Function`" println(io, "`", binding, "` is a ", kind, ".") println(io, "```\n", methods(λ), "\n```") end function summarize(io::IO, T::DataType, binding) println(io, "**Summary:**") println(io, "```") println(io, T.abstract ? "abstract type" : T.mutable ? "mutable struct" : Base.isstructtype(T) ? "struct" : "primitive type", " ", T, " <: ", supertype(T) ) println(io, "```") if !isempty(fieldnames(T)) println(io, "**Fields:**") println(io, "```") pad = maximum(length(string(f)) for f in fieldnames(T)) for (f, t) in zip(fieldnames(T), T.types) println(io, rpad(f, pad), " :: ", t) end println(io, "```") end if !isempty(subtypes(T)) println(io, "**Subtypes:**") println(io, "```") for t in subtypes(T) println(io, t) end println(io, "```") end end function summarize(io::IO, m::Module, binding) readme = Pkg.dir(string(m), "README.md") if isfile(readme) println(io, "Displaying the `README.md` for the module instead.\n") println(io, "---\n") println(io, readstring(readme)) else println(io, "No docstring or `README.md` found for module `", m, "`.\n") end end function summarize{T}(io::IO, ::T, binding) println(io, "`", binding, "` is of type `", T, "`.\n") summarize(io, T, binding) end # Utilities. # ========== """ `catdoc(xs...)`: Combine the documentation metadata `xs` into a single meta object. """ catdoc() = nothing catdoc(xs...) = vcat(xs...) const keywords = Dict{Symbol, DocStr}() isdoc(s::AbstractString) = true isdoc(x) = isexpr(x, :string) || (isexpr(x, :macrocall) && x.args[1] === Symbol("@doc_str")) || (isexpr(x, :call) && x.args[1] === Base.Markdown.doc_str) function unblock(ex) isexpr(ex, :block) || return ex exs = filter(ex -> !(isa(ex, LineNumberNode) || isexpr(ex, :line)), ex.args) length(exs) == 1 || return ex return unblock(exs[1]) end uncurly(ex) = isexpr(ex, :curly) ? ex.args[1] : ex namify(x) = nameof(x, isexpr(x, :macro)) function nameof(x::Expr, ismacro) if isexpr(x, :.) ismacro ? macroname(x) : x else n = isexpr(x, (:module, :type, :bitstype)) ? 2 : 1 nameof(x.args[n], ismacro) end end nameof(q::QuoteNode, ismacro) = nameof(q.value, ismacro) nameof(s::Symbol, ismacro) = ismacro ? macroname(s) : s nameof(other, ismacro) = other macroname(s::Symbol) = Symbol('@', s) macroname(x::Expr) = Expr(x.head, x.args[1], macroname(x.args[end].value)) isfield(x) = isexpr(x, :.) && (isa(x.args[1], Symbol) || isfield(x.args[1])) && (isa(x.args[2], QuoteNode) || isexpr(x.args[2], :quote)) # @doc expression builders. # ========================= """ Docs.metadata(expr) Build a `Dict` expression containing metadata captured from the expression `expr`. Fields that may be included in the returned `Dict`: - `:path`: String representing the file where `expr` is defined. - `:linenumber`: Linenumber where `expr` is defined. - `:module`: Module where the docstring is defined. - `:fields`: `Dict` of all field docs found in `expr`. Only for concrete types. """ function metadata(expr) args = [] # Filename and linenumber of the docstring. push!(args, :($(Pair)(:path, $(Base).@__FILE__))) push!(args, :($(Pair)(:linenumber, $(unsafe_load(cglobal(:jl_lineno, Cint)))))) # Module in which the docstring is defined. push!(args, :($(Pair)(:module, $(current_module)()))) # Field docs for concrete types. if isexpr(expr, :type) fields = [] tmp = nothing for each in expr.args[3].args if isdoc(each) tmp = each elseif tmp !== nothing && (isa(each, Symbol) || isexpr(each, :(::))) push!(fields, (namify(each), tmp)) tmp = nothing end end dict = :($(Dict)($([:($(Pair)($(quot(f)), $d)) for (f, d) in fields]...))) push!(args, :($(Pair)(:fields, $dict))) end :($(Dict)($(args...))) end function keyworddoc(str, def) docstr = esc(docexpr(lazy_iterpolate(str), metadata(def))) :($(keywords)[$(esc(quot(def.name)))] = $docstr) end function objectdoc(str, def, expr, sig = :(Union{})) binding = esc(bindingexpr(namify(expr))) docstr = esc(docexpr(lazy_iterpolate(str), metadata(expr))) quote $(esc(def)) $(doc!)($binding, $docstr, $(esc(sig))) end end function calldoc(str, def) args = def.args[2:end] if isempty(args) || all(validcall, args) objectdoc(str, nothing, def, signature(def)) else docerror(def) end end validcall(x) = isa(x, Symbol) || isexpr(x, (:(::), :..., :kw, :parameters)) function moduledoc(meta, def, def′) name = namify(def′) docex = Expr(:call, doc!, bindingexpr(name), docexpr(lazy_iterpolate(meta), metadata(name)) ) if def === nothing esc(:(eval($name, $(quot(docex))))) else def = unblock(def) block = def.args[3].args if !def.args[1] isempty(block) && error("empty baremodules are not documentable.") insert!(block, 2, :(import Base: @doc)) end push!(block, docex) esc(Expr(:toplevel, def)) end end # Shares a single doc, `meta`, between several expressions from the tuple expression `ex`. function multidoc(meta, ex, define) out = Expr(:toplevel) str = docexpr(lazy_iterpolate(meta), metadata(ex)) ref = Ref{DocStr}() for (n, arg) in enumerate(ex.args) # The first `arg` to be documented needs to also create the docstring for the group. # Subsequent `arg`s just need `ref` to be able to find the docstring without having # to create an entirely new one each. docstr = n === 1 ? :($(ref)[] = $str) : :($(ref)[]) push!(out.args, :(@doc($docstr, $arg, $define))) end esc(out) end """ @__doc__(ex) Low-level macro used to mark expressions returned by a macro that should be documented. If more than one expression is marked then the same docstring is applied to each expression. macro example(f) quote \$(f)() = 0 @__doc__ \$(f)(x) = 1 \$(f)(x, y) = 2 end |> esc end `@__doc__` has no effect when a macro that uses it is not documented. """ :(Core.@__doc__) function __doc__!(meta, def, define) # Two cases must be handled here to avoid redefining all definitions contained in `def`: if define # `def` has not been defined yet (this is the common case, i.e. when not generating # the Base image). We just need to convert each `@__doc__` marker to an `@doc`. finddoc(def) do each each.head = :macrocall each.args = [Symbol("@doc"), meta, each.args[end], define] end else # `def` has already been defined during Base image gen so we just need to find and # document any subexpressions marked with `@__doc__`. docs = [] found = finddoc(def) do each push!(docs, :(@doc($meta, $(each.args[end]), $define))) end # If any subexpressions have been documented then replace the entire expression with # just those documented subexpressions to avoid redefining any definitions. if found def.head = :toplevel def.args = docs end found end end # Walk expression tree `def` and call `λ` when any `@__doc__` markers are found. Returns # `true` to signify that at least one `@__doc__` has been found, and `false` otherwise. function finddoc(λ, def::Expr) if isexpr(def, :block, 2) && isexpr(def.args[1], :meta, 1) && def.args[1].args[1] === :doc # Found the macroexpansion of an `@__doc__` expression. λ(def) true else found = false for each in def.args found |= finddoc(λ, each) end found end end finddoc(λ, def) = false # Predicates and helpers for `docm` expression selection: const FUNC_HEADS = [:function, :stagedfunction, :macro, :(=)] const BINDING_HEADS = [:typealias, :const, :global, :(=)] # deprecation: remove `typealias` post-0.6 # For the special `:@mac` / `:(Base.@mac)` syntax for documenting a macro after definition. isquotedmacrocall(x) = isexpr(x, :copyast, 1) && isa(x.args[1], QuoteNode) && isexpr(x.args[1].value, :macrocall, 1) # Simple expressions / atoms the may be documented. isbasicdoc(x) = isexpr(x, :.) || isa(x, Union{QuoteNode, Symbol}) is_signature(x) = isexpr(x, :call) || (isexpr(x, :(::), 2) && isexpr(x.args[1], :call)) || isexpr(x, :where) function docm(meta, ex, define = true) # Some documented expressions may be decorated with macro calls which obscure the actual # expression. Expand the macro calls and remove extra blocks. x = unblock(macroexpand(ex)) # Don't try to redefine expressions. This is only needed for `Base` img gen since # otherwise calling `loaddocs` would redefine all documented functions and types. def = define ? x : nothing if isa(x, GlobalRef) && (x::GlobalRef).mod == current_module() x = (x::GlobalRef).name end # Keywords using the `@kw_str` macro in `base/docs/basedocs.jl`. # # "..." # kw"if", kw"else" # isa(x, Base.BaseDocs.Keyword) ? keyworddoc(meta, x) : # Method / macro definitions and "call" syntax. # # function f(...) ... end # f(...) = ... # macro m(...) end # function f end # f(...) # isexpr(x, FUNC_HEADS) && is_signature(x.args[1]) ? objectdoc(meta, def, x, signature(x)) : isexpr(x, :function) && !isexpr(x.args[1], :call) ? objectdoc(meta, def, x) : isexpr(x, :call) ? calldoc(meta, x) : # Type definitions. # # type T ... end # abstract T # bitstype N T # isexpr(x, [:type, :abstract, :bitstype]) ? objectdoc(meta, def, x) : # "Bindings". Names that resolve to objects with different names, ie. # # const T = S # T = S # global T = S # isexpr(x, BINDING_HEADS) && !isexpr(x.args[1], :call) ? objectdoc(meta, def, x) : # Quoted macrocall syntax. `:@time` / `:(Base.@time)`. isquotedmacrocall(x) ? objectdoc(meta, def, x) : # Modules and baremodules. isexpr(x, :module) ? moduledoc(meta, def, x) : # Document several expressions with the same docstring. `a, b, c`. isexpr(x, :tuple) ? multidoc(meta, x, define) : # Errors generated by calling `macroexpand` are passed back to the call site. isexpr(x, :error) ? esc(x) : # When documenting macro-generated code we look for embedded `@__doc__` calls. __doc__!(meta, x, define) ? esc(x) : # Any "basic" expression such as a bare function or module name or numeric literal. isbasicdoc(x) ? objectdoc(meta, nothing, x) : # All other expressions are undocumentable and should be handled on a case-by-case basis # with `@__doc__`. Unbound string literals are also undocumentable since they cannot be # retrieved from the module's metadata `ObjectIdDict` without a reference to the string. docerror(ex) end function docerror(ex) txt = """ cannot document the following expression: $(isa(ex, AbstractString) ? repr(ex) : ex)""" if isexpr(ex, :macrocall) txt *= "\n\n'$(ex.args[1])' not documentable. See 'Base.@__doc__' docs for details." end :($(error)($txt, "\n")) end function docm(ex) if isexpr(ex, :->) docm(ex.args...) elseif haskey(keywords, ex) parsedoc(keywords[ex]) elseif isa(ex, Union{Expr, Symbol}) binding = esc(bindingexpr(namify(ex))) if isexpr(ex, [:call, :macrocall]) sig = esc(signature(ex)) :($(doc)($binding, $sig)) else :($(doc)($binding)) end else :($(doc)($(typeof)($(esc(ex))))) end end # MD support catdoc(md::MD...) = MD(md...) include("utils.jl") # Swap out the bootstrap macro with the real one. Core.atdoc!(docm) function loaddocs(docs) for (mod, ex, str, file, line) in docs data = Dict(:path => string(file), :linenumber => line) doc = docstr(str, data) eval(mod, :(@doc($doc, $ex, false))) end empty!(docs) end end