Added Node.clone_node utility.

A method for cloning nodes. I expect this one to work on all descandants, but
it can be overriden if a node has special needs. It seems natural to put
such core functionality in the node classes rather than in a visitor.

diff --git a/Cython/Compiler/Nodes.py b/Cython/Compiler/Nodes.py
index 352ee77e558ef4368bfcb6a02b51bd4e4f382590..c44fc00f6c72e26049ea9c29910f218b1a2555a5 100644 (file)
--- a/Cython/Compiler/Nodes.py
+++ b/Cython/Compiler/Nodes.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #   Pyrex - Parse tree nodes
 #
 
-import string, sys, os, time
+import string, sys, os, time, copy
 
 import Code
 from Errors import error, warning, InternalError
@@ -150,6 +150,19 @@ class Node(object):
         If you override get_child_accessors then this method is not used."""
         return self.child_attrs
     
+    def clone_node(self):
+        """Clone the node. This is defined as a shallow copy, except for member lists
+           amongst the child attributes (from get_child_accessors) which are also
+           copied. Lists containing child nodes are thus seen as a way for the node
+           to hold multiple children directly; the list is not treated as a seperate
+           level in the tree."""
+        c = copy.copy(self)
+        for acc in c.get_child_accessors():
+            value = acc.get()
+            if isinstance(value, list):
+                acc.set([x for x in value])
+        return c
+    
     
     #
     #  There are 4 phases of parse tree processing, applied in order to