feat(jsii-pacmak): add Python docstrings

packages/jsii-pacmak/lib/markdown.ts

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+import commonmark = require('commonmark');
+
+/**
+ * Convert MarkDown to RST
+ *
+ * This is hard, and I'm doing it very hackily to get something out quickly.
+ *
+ * Preferably, the next person to look at this should a little more OO
+ * instead of procedural.
+ */
+export function md2rst(text: string) {
+    const parser = new commonmark.Parser({ smart: false });
+    const ast = parser.parse(text);
+
+    const ret = new Array<string>();
+
+    let indent = 0;
+    function line(...xs: string[]) {
+      for (const x of xs) {
+        ret.push((' '.repeat(indent) + x).trimRight());
+      }
+    }
+
+    function directive(name: string, opening: boolean) {
+      if (opening)  {
+        line(`.. ${name}::`);
+        brk();
+        indent += 3;
+      } else {
+        indent -= 3;
+      }
+    }
+
+    function brk() {
+      if (ret.length > 0 && ret[ret.length - 1].trim() !== '') { ret.push(''); }
+    }
+
+    function textOf(node: commonmark.Node) {
+      return node.literal || '';
+    }
+
+    let para = new Paragraph(); // Where to accumulate text fragments
+    let lastParaLine: number; // Where the last paragraph ended, in order to add ::
+    let nextParaPrefix: string | undefined;
+
+    pump(ast, {
+      block_quote(_node, entering) {
+        directive('epigraph', entering);
+      },
+
+      heading(node, _entering) {
+        line(node.literal || '');
+        line(headings[node.level - 1].repeat(textOf(node).length));
+      },
+
+      paragraph(node, entering) {
+        if (entering) {
+          para = new Paragraph(nextParaPrefix);
+          nextParaPrefix = undefined;
+        } else {
+          // Don't break inside list item
+          if (node.parent == null || node.parent.type !== 'item') {
+            brk();
+          }
+          line(...para.lines());
+          lastParaLine = ret.length - 1;
+        }
+      },
+
+      text(node) { para.add(textOf(node)); },
+      softbreak() { para.newline(); },
+      linebreak() { para.newline(); },
+      thematic_break() { line('------'); },
+      code(node) { para.add('``' + textOf(node) + '``'); },
+      strong() { para.add('**'); },
+      emph() { para.add('*'); },
+
+      list() {
+        brk();
+      },
+
+      link(node, entering) {
+        if (entering) {
+          para.add('`');
+        } else {
+          para.add(' <' + (node.destination || '') + '>`_');
+        }
+      },
+
+      item(node, _entering) {
+        // AST hierarchy looks like list -> item -> paragraph -> text
+        if (node.listType === 'bullet') {
+          nextParaPrefix = '- ';
+        } else {
+          nextParaPrefix = `${node.listStart}. `;
+        }
+
+      },
+
+      code_block(node) {
+        // Poke a double :: at the end of the previous line as per ReST "literal block" syntax.
+        if (lastParaLine !== undefined) {
+          const lastLine = ret[lastParaLine];
+          ret[lastParaLine] = lastLine.replace(/[\W]$/, '::');
+          if (ret[lastParaLine] === lastLine) { ret[lastParaLine] = lastLine + '::'; }
+        } else {
+          line('Example::');
+        }
+
+        brk();
+
+        indent += 3;
+
+        for (const l of textOf(node).split('\n')) {
+          line(l);
+        }
+
+        indent -= 3;
+      }
+
+    });
+
+    return ret.join('\n').trimRight();
+}
+
+class Paragraph {
+  private readonly parts = new Array<string>();
+
+  constructor(text?: string) {
+    if (text !== undefined) { this.parts.push(text); }
+  }
+
+  public add(text: string) {
+    this.parts.push(text);
+  }
+
+  public newline() {
+    this.parts.push('\n');
+  }
+
+  public lines(): string[] {
+    return this.parts.length > 0 ? this.toString().split('\n') : [];
+  }
+
+  public toString() {
+    return this.parts.join('').trimRight();
+  }
+}
+
+const headings = ['=', '-', '^', '"'];
+
+type Handler = (node: commonmark.Node, entering: boolean) => void;
+type Handlers = {[key in commonmark.NodeType]?: Handler };
+
+function pump(ast: commonmark.Node, handlers: Handlers) {
+  const walker = ast.walker();
+  let event = walker.next();
+  while (event) {
+    const h = handlers[event.node.type];
+    if (h) {
+      h(event.node, event.entering);
+    }
+
+    event = walker.next();
+  }
+}