symtable.SymbolTable

class symtable.SymbolTable

A namespace table for a block. The constructor is not public.

get_type()

Return the type of the symbol table. Possible values are 'class', 'module', and 'function'.

get_id()

Return the table’s identifier.

get_name()

Return the table’s name. This is the name of the class if the table is for a class, the name of the function if the table is for a function, or 'top' if the table is global (get_type() returns 'module').

get_lineno()

Return the number of the first line in the block this table represents.

is_optimized()

Return True if the locals in this table can be optimized.

is_nested()

Return True if the block is a nested class or function.

has_children()

Return True if the block has nested namespaces within it. These can be obtained with get_children().

has_exec()

Return True if the block uses exec.

get_identifiers()

Return a list of names of symbols in this table.

lookup(name)

Lookup name in the table and return a Symbol instance.

get_symbols()

Return a list of Symbol instances for names in the table.

get_children()

Return a list of the nested symbol tables.