def _IsType()

in cpplint.py [0:0]

• 31 lines of code
• 15 McCabe index (conditional complexity)

def _IsType(clean_lines, nesting_state, expr):
    """Check if expression looks like a type name, returns true if so.

  Args:
    clean_lines: A CleansedLines instance containing the file.
    nesting_state: A NestingState instance which maintains information about
                   the current stack of nested blocks being parsed.
    expr: The expression to check.
  Returns:
    True, if token looks like a type.
  """
    # Keep only the last token in the expression
    last_word = Match(r'^.*(\b\S+)$', expr)
    if last_word:
        token = last_word.group(1)
    else:
        token = expr

    # Match native types and stdint types
    if _TYPES.match(token):
        return True

    # Try a bit harder to match templated types.  Walk up the nesting
    # stack until we find something that resembles a typename
    # declaration for what we are looking for.
    typename_pattern = (r'\b(?:typename|class|struct)\s+' + re.escape(token) +
                        r'\b')
    block_index = len(nesting_state.stack) - 1
    while block_index >= 0:
        if isinstance(nesting_state.stack[block_index], _NamespaceInfo):
            return False

        # Found where the opening brace is.  We want to scan from this
        # line up to the beginning of the function, minus a few lines.
        #   template <typename Type1,  // stop scanning here
        #             ...>
        #   class C
        #     : public ... {  // start scanning here
        last_line = nesting_state.stack[block_index].starting_linenum

        next_block_start = 0
        if block_index > 0:
            next_block_start = nesting_state.stack[block_index - 1].starting_linenum
        first_line = last_line
        while first_line >= next_block_start:
            if clean_lines.elided[first_line].find('template') >= 0:
                break
            first_line -= 1
        if first_line < next_block_start:
            # Didn't find any "template" keyword before reaching the next block,
            # there are probably no template things to check for this block
            block_index -= 1
            continue

        # Look for typename in the specified range
        for i in xrange(first_line, last_line + 1, 1):
            if Search(typename_pattern, clean_lines.elided[i]):
                return True
        block_index -= 1

    return False