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IMProved/improved/interpreter.py

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"""The interpreter"""
from .parser import parse
from .tokenize import tokenize
class ParseError(Exception):
pass
def callIMP(chars, env=None):
"""
The entry point for everyone who wants to call
IMP from within Python. The function either
returns the value or None, if the call did not
succeed.
chars -- the string to evaluate
env -- a environment to bootstrap the imp
environment with
returns -- the IMP environment | None
"""
if not chars: return None
tokens = tokenize(chars)
if not tokens: raise ParseError("tokens could not be generated")
parsed = parse(tokens)
if not parsed or not parsed.value: raise ParseError("tokens could not be parsed")
ast = parsed.value
if not env: env = {}
ast.eval(env)
return env