Function ReplaceAlternateTokens

tools/cpplint.py:2122–2140

Replace any alternate token by its original counterpart. In order to comply with the google rule stating that unary operators should never be followed by a space, an exception is made for the 'not' and 'compl' alternate tokens. For these, any trailing space is removed during the con

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def ReplaceAlternateTokens(line):
    """Replace any alternate token by its original counterpart.

    In order to comply with the google rule stating that unary operators should
    never be followed by a space, an exception is made for the 'not' and 'compl'
    alternate tokens. For these, any trailing space is removed during the
    conversion.

    Args:
      line: The line being processed.

    Returns:
      The line with alternate tokens replaced.
    """
    for match in _ALT_TOKEN_REPLACEMENT_PATTERN.finditer(line):
        token = _ALT_TOKEN_REPLACEMENT[match.group(2)]
        tail = "" if match.group(2) in ["not", "compl"] and match.group(3) == " " else r"\3"
        line = re.sub(match.re, rf"\1{token}{tail}", line, count=1)
    return line


class CleansedLines: