more general rc-stripper in runcontrol, draft wip

news/strip-prum_finisher.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+**Added:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Changed:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Deprecated:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Removed:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Fixed:**
+
+* All inputs of `_id`s are now stripped before assigning to variables
+
+**Security:**
+
+* <news item>

src/regolith/runcontrol.py

@@ -15,6 +15,32 @@
 FORBIDDEN_NAMES = frozenset(["del", "global"])
 
 
+def strip_rc(rc):
+    """strip whitespace from all string-like rc members
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    rc : runcontrol object
+      The rc with unstripped strings
+
+    Return
+    ------
+    rc : runcontrol object
+      The rc with all strings sstripped of whitespace
+    """
+    stripped_rc = rc.__class__()
+    for attr in dir(rc):
+        if not attr.startswith("__"):
+            value = getattr(rc, attr)
+            if isinstance(value, str):
+                print("str", attr, value)
+                setattr(stripped_rc, attr, value.strip())
+            else:
+                print("non-str", attr, value)
+                setattr(stripped_rc, attr, value)
+    return stripped_rc
+
+
 def warn_forbidden_name(forname, inname=None, rename=None):
     """Warns the user that a forbidden name has been found."""
     msg = "found forbidden name {0!r}".format(forname)

tests/test_runcontrol.py

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 import os
 
 from regolith.database import connect
-from regolith.runcontrol import DEFAULT_RC, connect_db, filter_databases, load_rcfile
+from regolith.runcontrol import DEFAULT_RC, connect_db, filter_databases, load_rcfile, strip_rc
 
 
 def test_connect_db(make_db):
@@ -17,3 +17,10 @@ def test_connect_db(make_db):
     chained_db, dbs = connect_db(rc)
     assert chained_db == expected_chdb
     assert dbs == expected_dbs
+
+
+def test_strip_rc():
+    rc = copy.copy(DEFAULT_RC)
+    rc.new_thing = "new_thing "
+    rc = strip_rc(rc)
+    assert rc.new_thing == "new_thing"