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authorSebastian Koslowski <koslowski@kit.edu>2013-11-27 19:29:53 +0100
committerSebastian Koslowski <koslowski@kit.edu>2013-11-29 12:53:48 +0100
commit89597f955a55c075ea9069e41df6c6842ae28997 (patch)
tree5f1dcdc294cf923469dbd52e080aee8aa2acb013 /grc/python/Port.py
parente57ebc85082e5d8c168e06394de55c478cfe9b5c (diff)
grc: doc fixes
Diffstat (limited to 'grc/python/Port.py')
-rw-r--r--grc/python/Port.py30
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/grc/python/Port.py b/grc/python/Port.py
index 056be97e72..b82995cf6f 100644
--- a/grc/python/Port.py
+++ b/grc/python/Port.py
@@ -219,41 +219,47 @@ class Port(_Port, _GUIPort):
def get_clones(self):
"""
- Get clones of this master port
+ Get the clones of this master port (nports > 1)
+
+ Returns:
+ a list of ports
"""
return self._clones
def add_clone(self):
"""
- Create a clone of this (master) port and store it internally
- This clone will have the same key. The name get an index
- If this is the first clone, this (master) port will get a 0 appended to its name
+ Create a clone of this (master) port and store a reference in self._clones.
+
+ The new port name (and key for message ports) will have index 1... appended.
+ If this is the first clone, this (master) port will get a 0 appended to its name (and key)
Returns:
- the newly create clone
+ the cloned port
"""
- if not self._clones: # add index to master port name
+ # add index to master port name if there are no clones yet
+ if not self._clones:
self._name = self._n['name'] + '0'
- if not self._key.isdigit():
+ if not self._key.isdigit(): # also update key for none stream ports
self._key = self._name
# Prepare a copy of the odict for the clone
n = self._n.copy()
if 'nports' in n: n.pop('nports') # remove nports from the key so the copy cannot be a duplicator
n['name'] = self._n['name'] + str(len(self._clones) + 1)
- n['key'] = '99999' if self._key.isdigit() else n['name']
+ n['key'] = '99999' if self._key.isdigit() else n['name'] # dummy value 99999 will be fixed later
- port = self.__class__(self.get_parent(), n, self._dir)
+ port = self.__class__(self.get_parent(), n, self._dir) # clone
self._clones.append(port)
return port
def remove_clone(self, port):
"""
- Remove a cloned port from the internal list
- Remove to index 0 of the master port name if there are no more clones
+ Remove a cloned port (from the list of clones only)
+ Remove the index 0 of the master port name (and key9 if there are no more clones left
"""
self._clones.remove(port)
+ # remove index from master port name if there are no more clones
if not self._clones:
self._name = self._n['name']
- if not self._key.isdigit():
+ if not self._key.isdigit(): # also update key for none stream ports
self._key = self._name