Implements a different approach for repr #78

chelloiaco · 2024-02-17T19:55:55Z

Description of Changes

Expanding on #20 , this changes repr to give a clear representation of what the object is, preventing the user from assuming it is a string. The goal, while not as forgiving, is to avoid unpredictable behavior by making the user having to explicitly request the name of a node via .name(), its path via .path(), and the value of one of its attributes via .read().

Note: I opted to have __str__ be different from __repr__, that way we still have the ability to str(node) and get the previous behavior, as seen by the changes done on tests.py. I'm not certain if this would be confusing or unpredictable, but let me know.

Testing done

As expected, I had to change the doctests to utilize .name(), .path() or .read() accordingly. After the changes, those pass without failures:

===Flaky Test Report===

test_createNode_performance passed 1 out of the required 3 times. Running test again until it passes 3 times.
test_createNode_performance passed 2 out of the required 3 times. Running test again until it passes 3 times.
test_createNode_performance passed 3 out of the required 3 times. Success!
test_rouge_mode passed 1 out of the required 3 times. Running test again until it passes 3 times.
test_rouge_mode passed 2 out of the required 3 times. Running test again until it passes 3 times.
test_rouge_mode passed 3 out of the required 3 times. Success!

===End Flaky Test Report===
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cmdx.py

chelloiaco · 2024-02-19T18:48:00Z

There we go, now I can actually see what these look like. What do you think about:
# Before
<cmdx.DagNode : '|node'>

# After
<cmdx.DagNode("|node")>
That way, it'll be more familiar and copy-pasteable as real code too.

I did think at one point to use parenthesis similarly to your suggestion, but decided not to go with it exactly because it started to look like executable code.

The issue is that there isn't a matching initializer for DagNode (or Node) that takes in a string name. I'm thinking this could potentially be confusing since it wouldn't really be copy-pasteable. However, it would be easy enough to implement if we wanted to go that route.

That said, it gets a bit more complicated for Plug nodes if we want copy-pasteable code. Considering node name initialization is supported, it wouldn't be helpful to have:

>>> node["translate"]
<cmdx.Plug("|node", "translate") = (0.0, 0.0, 0.0)>

This is because assignment operator (=) to a function call is syntactically invalid in Python and therefore the provided code snippet wouldn't be executable. A valid solution would be:

>>> node["translate"]
<cmdx.Plug("|node", "translate").write((0.0, 0.0, 0.0))>

But, while it shows what could be executable code, this starts becoming cryptic and isn't a concise representation of the object.

Let me know your thoughts. What I used was really just an initial suggestion to get the idea across, by no means it's the best solution!

mottosso · 2024-02-20T13:44:12Z

Hmm, a lot of minutia here.

I had a look at how PyMEL does it; I've never noticed it before, which is a good sign.

from pymel import core as pm
t = pm.createNode("transform", name="myTransform")
print(repr(t))
# nt.Transform('myTransform')

It looks like an unrelated instance, due to the nt namespace, which is unexpected. It also does not include hierarchy in the name, which I prefer. I would expect that if a user wanted to know the path, rather than name, they would not print the node but ask for its .path(). Displaying the type and name when printing sounds more intuitive to me.

For plugs..

print(repr(t.translateX))
# Attribute('myTransform.translateX')

Now there is no namespace at all, which is also unexpected. There is also no value, which is unexpected also; why print a value if it isn't going to give you the value?

But I do like the presence of the object and attribute name, so let's keep that.

How about.

>>> node
cmdx.DagNode("myTransform")
>>> node
cmdx.Node("multMatrix1")
>>> node["translateX"]
cmdx.Plug("myTransform", "translateX") ==  0.0
>>> node["translate"]
cmdx.Plug("myTransform", "translate") == (0.0, 0.0, 0.0)

Where we:

Use double-quoted
Skip the <> prefix/suffix
Skip the hierarchy of the dag node
Use == to denote the value of a plug

Later on, we can discuss whether or not to make this actually executable; for now, it reads well I think.

chelloiaco · 2024-02-21T07:43:42Z

>>> node
cmdx.DagNode("myTransform")
>>> node
cmdx.Node("multMatrix1")
>>> node["translateX"]
cmdx.Plug("myTransform", "translateX") ==  0.0
>>> node["translate"]
cmdx.Plug("myTransform", "translate") == (0.0, 0.0, 0.0)

I've changed the reprs to display this way and changed the tests accordingly. All seems to be working good and passing the tests.

There is one thing that I ran into though, which is due to how .read() works:

>>> _ = cmds.file(new=1, f=1)
>>> sphere_a = cmds.polySphere(ch=False)[0]
>>> sphere_b = cmds.polySphere(ch=False)[0]
>>> bs = cmds.blendShape(sphere_a, sphere_b)[0]
>>> bs = cmdx.ls(bs)[0]
>>> bs
cmdx.Node("blendShape1")
>>> bs['input']
cmdx.Plug("blendShape1", "input") == (None, 0, '*')

What's happening here is that its read()ing the values for 'input[0].inputGeometry', input[0].groupId' and 'input[0].componentTagExpression'. Might be an edge-case but looks kinda weird. A solution would be to add checks to only read() if the type is worth reading. But, then we would probably be over-complicating the repr

PS: I feel like I might've opened a can of worms, but running bs['inputTarget'] causes an API failure when it tries to get 'targetBindMatrix'. I might create a separate issue on it so we keep on topic here.

mottosso · 2024-02-21T07:51:48Z

cmdx.Plug("blendShape1", "input") == (None, 0, '*')

You mean because input is a compound attribute? Maybe we could limit value printing to simple types - float, double, bool and string?

Other than that, I think it looks good!

…pe Mfn.kCompoundAttribute

mottosso · 2024-02-22T07:13:24Z

cmdx.py

@@ -2674,12 +2674,16 @@ def __str__(self):
        return str(self.read())

    def __repr__(self):
+        cls_name = '{}.{}'.format(__name__, self.__class__.__name__)
+        if self._mplug.attribute().apiType() == om.MFn.kCompoundAttribute:


I would go the opposite route; include rather than exclude. There are lots of types, and if we aren't going to test them all then we should only include the ones we know work. I expect printing meshes and MObject types to also be problematic. Only the float, double, bool and string are interesting, possibly enum too.

Instead of adding more checks into the repr, I thought, since self.typeClass() is doing all the heavy lifting, I should use that info instead.

I had to add a couple more types since a lot of these are types of some basic queries like node['transform'] or node['rotateX'] but this is what I came up with:

... valid_types = (Angle, Boolean, Distance, Double, Double3, Enum, Float, Integer, Long, Matrix, String) if self.typeClass() not in valid_types: return '{}("{}", "{}")'.format(cls_name, self.node().name(), self.name()) ...

Which worked, with the exception of when the type has not been implemented, since self.typeClass() raises an error. This happens specifically with the following doctest on line 4180:

>>> _ = cmds.file(new=True, force=True) >>> a = createNode("transform", name="A") >>> b = createNode("multDoubleLinear", name="B") >>> a["ihi"] << b["ihi"] >>> a["ihi"].connection() == b True >>> b["ihi"].connection() == a True >>> a["ihi"] # Error here

That is because isHistoricallyInteresting is a kNumericAttribute of kByte NumericData, which isn't supported in self.typeClass()

I could add a try except in the repr like so and then not read() the value:

... typ_class = None try: typ_class = self.typeClass() except TypeError: pass if typ_class not in valid_types: ...

But then the doctest above fails for a different reason:

# expected cmdx.Plug("A", "isHistoricallyInteresting") == 2 # actual repr return cmdx.Plug("A", "isHistoricallyInteresting")

Would it be ok to remove the value return from that test? Also, in regards to having a try except in the __repr__, I'm not so sure about that idea either, but inevitably there will be cases where the attribute isn’t implemented in typeClass, so it has to account for that.

Hm, true.. Choices choices.

In that case, I think we can just put whatever comes out of str(plug) after the ==. It can be a try/except; if it fails, we do not include the ==. It's a __repr__ after all, for debugging. Not performance sensitive or in need to be exact. Then we could potentially work, separately, on making more values print nicely via str(plug)

cmdx.py

chelloiaco · 2024-02-23T05:16:37Z

cmdx.py

+            try:
+                if self.typeClass() == String:
+                    # Add surrounding quotes, indicating it is a string
+                    read_result = '"{}"'.format(read_result)
+            except TypeError:
+                pass
+            msg += ' == {}'.format(read_result)


Had to add this in order to avoid cases where it shows a valid value, but of an empty string:

>>> myNode["myStr"] cmdx.Plug("myNode", "myStr") ==

chelloiaco · 2024-02-23T05:26:28Z

There is one thing that I ran into though, which is due to how .read() works:

>>> _ = cmds.file(new=1, f=1)
>>> sphere_a = cmds.polySphere(ch=False)[0]
>>> sphere_b = cmds.polySphere(ch=False)[0]
>>> bs = cmds.blendShape(sphere_a, sphere_b)[0]
>>> bs = cmdx.ls(bs)[0]
>>> bs
cmdx.Node("blendShape1")
>>> bs['input']
cmdx.Plug("blendShape1", "input") == (None, 0, '*')

This new commit brings back the behavior above for compound attributes (if they don't happen to raise an error). But, I do like the idea of having __str__ (or perhaps self.read?) deal with it. Two (three?) birds one stone.

mottosso · 2024-02-23T07:23:28Z

cmdx.py

-        return str(self.read())
+        try:
+            # Delegate the value reading to __str__
+            read_result = str(self)


Hmmmm, now str() is a call I would never expect to fail, and if it does then I'd consider that a bug. We can expect it will never fail, and not bother with a valid = True.

PS: I feel like I might've opened a can of worms, but running bs['inputTarget'] causes an API failure when it tries to get 'targetBindMatrix'. I might create a separate issue on it so we keep on topic here.

This is the reason why I added a try/except. running the following causes an API failure:

>>> _ = cmds.file(new=1, f=1) >>> sphere_a = cmds.polySphere(ch=False)[0] >>> sphere_b = cmds.polySphere(ch=False)[0] >>> bs = cmds.blendShape(sphere_a, sphere_b)[0] >>> bs = cmdx.ls(bs)[0] >>> bs["inputTarget"].read() Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> File "D:\repos\cmdx\cmdx.py", line 4044, in read File "D:\repos\cmdx\cmdx.py", line 5076, in _plug_to_python # File "D:\repos\cmdx\cmdx.py", line 5094, in _plug_to_python ) File "D:\repos\cmdx\cmdx.py", line 5094, in <genexpr> ) File "D:\repos\cmdx\cmdx.py", line 5076, in _plug_to_python # File "D:\repos\cmdx\cmdx.py", line 5094, in _plug_to_python ) File "D:\repos\cmdx\cmdx.py", line 5094, in <genexpr> ) File "D:\repos\cmdx\cmdx.py", line 5119, in _plug_to_python # E.g. transform["worldMatrix"][0] RuntimeError: (kFailure): Unexpected Internal Failure

Might be an edge case, but that was the reason why I added tat in.

I did some digging and it could be because the attribute which it fails on (blendshape1.inputTarget[0].inputTargetGroup[0].targetBindMatrix) has its value being cached. It is just a theory at this point though, I haven't properly diagnosed this.

# Isolated API fail: >>> bs['inputTarget'][0][0][0][4]._mplug.asMObject() Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> RuntimeError: (kFailure): Unexpected Internal Failure >>> bs['inputTarget'][0][0][0][4]._mplug.isCaching True

We could remove the try/except and deal with this as a separate issue though, which is probably a cleaner strategy.

mottosso · 2024-02-23T07:25:14Z

cmdx.py

+                                      self.name())
+        if valid:
+            try:
+                if self.typeClass() == String:


Since we've established that typeClass isn't relevant for all types, like kByte, how about we use Maya's apiType here instead? Especially since we're only dealing with a single type.

cmdx/cmdx.py

Line 3868 in 344aed0

if typ == om.MFnData.kString:

It would save on the use of try/except too.

Did we also have a test for this case?

Since we've established that typeClass isn't relevant for all types, like kByte, how about we use Maya's apiType here instead? Especially since we're only dealing with a single type.

Yeah, I thought of doing it that way as well, but thought it looked less elegant. But sounds good, let me implement that.

Did we also have a test for this case?

We do not, let me add it in.

On another note:

I think we can just put whatever comes out of str(plug) after the ==. It can be a try/except; if it fails, we do not include the ==.

If this is not the case anymore, and we never expect str to fail, would it be ok to expect that it can return None? In the case of a Compound attribute for instance? That way I can add that check to include == or not.

This might be getting a little too much into read() functionality for this PR but, perhaps more useful, instead have it return "Compound" or something of the sort? e.g.:

>>> myNode["myCompoundAttr"] cmdx.Plug("myNode", myCompoundAttr") == Compound

A third option, albeit more complex, could be to have it return a dictionary, with the child attribute names as keys for instance.

>>> myNode["myCompoundAttr"] cmdx.Plug("myNode", myCompoundAttr") == {"childA": 1.0, "childB": "Some string value.", "childC": None}

If this is not the case anymore, and we never expect str to fail, would it be ok to expect that it can return None? In the case of a Compound attribute for instance? That way I can add that check to include == or not.

Sure, let's try it.

A third option, albeit more complex, could be to have it return a dictionary, with the child attribute names as keys for instance.

I mean, this would be supremely useful. But I'm uncertain how stable we can make this.. Maybe let's start small, and add this later on?

Sure, let's try it

Scratch that. We can't return something that isn't a string type from __str__. That raises a TypeError, silly me.

I think I was able to think of a decent solution within __repr__, so we're not messing with __str__ in this PR. pushing a commit now which includes this and the above

mottosso · 2024-02-27T15:40:07Z

cmdx.py

+                                      self.node().name(),
+                                      self.name())
+
+        if not all((self.isCompound, self.isArray)):


Do you mean any()? This means it can be an array, and it can be a compound, but it cannot be both at the same time

all is correct. any would exclude any attribute that isn’t an array or compound.

The idea is that it can display an array (in the case of worldMatrix, for example) and a compound (in the case of translate). But, when dealing with a Compound that is an Array, that’s when it seems to start to become unclear what sort of data will be displayed, namely the example of bs['input'] mentioned previously in this PR.

But, when dealing with a Compound that is an Array, that’s when it seems to start to become unclear what sort of data will be displayed, namely the example of bs['input'] mentioned previously in this PR

Ahaa, yes in that case. Good. Then this looks good I think! Well done, let's get this show on the road! 👏

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