tools: move memory classes to tools.memories

docs/source/api.rst

@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@ sopel.tools.identifiers
 .. automodule:: sopel.tools.identifiers
    :members:
 
+sopel.tools.memories
+--------------------
+
+.. automodule:: sopel.tools.memories
+   :members:
 
 sopel.tools.web
 ---------------

sopel/bot.py

@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ def __init__(self, config, daemon=False):
         self.memory = tools.SopelMemory()
         """
         A thread-safe dict for storage of runtime data to be shared between
-        plugins. See :class:`sopel.tools.SopelMemory`.
+        plugins. See :class:`sopel.tools.memories.SopelMemory`.
         """
 
         self.shutdown_methods = []

sopel/tools/__init__.py

@@ -14,21 +14,23 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import codecs
-from collections import defaultdict
 import logging
 import os
 import re
 import sys
-import threading
-from typing import Callable
 
 from sopel.lifecycle import deprecated  # Don't delete; maintains backward compatibility with pre-8.0 API
 from ._events import events  # NOQA
-from .identifiers import Identifier
-from . import time, web  # NOQA
 
+# shortcuts & backward compatibility with pre-8.0
+from .identifiers import Identifier  # NOQA
+from .memories import (  # NOQA
+    SopelIdentifierMemory,
+    SopelMemory,
+    SopelMemoryWithDefault,
+)
+from . import time, web  # NOQA
 
-IdentifierFactory = Callable[[str], Identifier]
 
 # Can be implementation-dependent
 _regex_type = type(re.compile(''))
@@ -237,151 +239,6 @@ def get_logger(plugin_name):
     return logging.getLogger('sopel.externals.%s' % plugin_name)
 
 
-class SopelMemory(dict):
-    """A simple thread-safe ``dict`` implementation.
-
-    In order to prevent exceptions when iterating over the values and changing
-    them at the same time from different threads, we use a blocking lock in
-    ``__setitem__`` and ``__contains__``.
-
-    .. versionadded:: 3.1
-        As ``Willie.WillieMemory``
-    .. versionchanged:: 4.0
-        Moved to ``tools.WillieMemory``
-    .. versionchanged:: 6.0
-        Renamed from ``WillieMemory`` to ``SopelMemory``
-    """
-    def __init__(self, *args):
-        dict.__init__(self, *args)
-        self.lock = threading.Lock()
-
-    def __setitem__(self, key, value):
-        """Set a key equal to a value.
-
-        The dict is locked for other writes while doing so.
-        """
-        self.lock.acquire()
-        result = dict.__setitem__(self, key, value)
-        self.lock.release()
-        return result
-
-    def __contains__(self, key):
-        """Check if a key is in the dict.
-
-        The dict is locked for writes while doing so.
-        """
-        self.lock.acquire()
-        result = dict.__contains__(self, key)
-        self.lock.release()
-        return result
-
-    # Needed to make it explicit that we don't care about the `lock` attribute
-    # when comparing/hashing SopelMemory objects.
-    __eq__ = dict.__eq__
-    __ne__ = dict.__ne__
-    __hash__ = dict.__hash__
-
-
-class SopelMemoryWithDefault(defaultdict):
-    """Same as SopelMemory, but subclasses from collections.defaultdict.
-
-    .. versionadded:: 4.3
-        As ``WillieMemoryWithDefault``
-    .. versionchanged:: 6.0
-        Renamed to ``SopelMemoryWithDefault``
-    """
-    def __init__(self, *args):
-        defaultdict.__init__(self, *args)
-        self.lock = threading.Lock()
-
-    def __setitem__(self, key, value):
-        """Set a key equal to a value.
-
-        The dict is locked for other writes while doing so.
-        """
-        self.lock.acquire()
-        result = defaultdict.__setitem__(self, key, value)
-        self.lock.release()
-        return result
-
-    def __contains__(self, key):
-        """Check if a key is in the dict.
-
-        The dict is locked for writes while doing so.
-        """
-        self.lock.acquire()
-        result = defaultdict.__contains__(self, key)
-        self.lock.release()
-        return result
-
-
-class SopelIdentifierMemory(SopelMemory):
-    """Special Sopel memory that stores ``Identifier`` as key.
-
-    This is a convenient subclass of :class:`SopelMemory` that always casts its
-    keys as instances of :class:`~.identifiers.Identifier`::
-
-        >>> from sopel import tools
-        >>> memory = tools.SopelIdentifierMemory()
-        >>> memory['Exirel'] = 'king'
-        >>> list(memory.items())
-        [(Identifier('Exirel'), 'king')]
-        >>> tools.Identifier('exirel') in memory
-        True
-        >>> 'exirel' in memory
-        True
-
-    As seen in the example above, it is possible to perform various operations
-    with both ``Identifier`` and :class:`str` objects, taking advantage of the
-    case-insensitive behavior of ``Identifier``.
-
-    As it works with :class:`~.identifiers.Identifier`, it accepts an
-    identifier factory. This factory usually comes from a bot instance (see
-    :meth:`bot.make_identifier()<sopel.irc.AbstractBot.make_identifier>`), like
-    in the example of a plugin setup function::
-
-        def setup(bot):
-            bot.memory['my_plugin_storage'] = SopelIdentifierMemory(
-                identifier_factory=bot.make_identifier,
-            )
-
-    .. note::
-
-        Internally, it will try to do ``key = self.make_identifier(key)``,
-        which will raise an exception if it cannot instantiate the key
-        properly::
-
-            >>> memory[1] = 'error'
-            AttributeError: 'int' object has no attribute 'translate'
-
-    .. versionadded:: 7.1
-
-    .. versionchanged:: 8.0
-
-        The parameter ``identifier_factory`` has been added to properly
-        transform ``str`` into :class:`~.identifiers.Identifier`. This factory
-        is stored and accessible through :attr:`make_identifier`.
-
-    """
-    def __init__(
-        self,
-        *args,
-        identifier_factory: IdentifierFactory = Identifier,
-    ) -> None:
-        super().__init__(*args)
-        self.make_identifier = identifier_factory
-        """A factory to transform keys into identifiers."""
-
-    def __getitem__(self, key):
-        return super().__getitem__(self.make_identifier(key))
-
-    def __contains__(self, key):
-        return super().__contains__(self.make_identifier(key))
-
-    def __setitem__(self, key, value):
-        super().__setitem__(self.make_identifier(key), value)
-
-
 def chain_loaders(*lazy_loaders):
     """Chain lazy loaders into one.
 

sopel/tools/memories.py

@@ -0,0 +1,167 @@
+"""Thread-safe memory data-structures for Sopel.
+
+Sopel uses lots of threads to manage rules and jobs and other features, and it
+needs to store shared information safely. This class contains various memory
+classes that are thread-safe, with some convenience features.
+"""
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from collections import defaultdict
+import threading
+from typing import Callable
+
+from .identifiers import Identifier
+
+
+IdentifierFactory = Callable[[str], Identifier]
+
+
+class SopelMemory(dict):
+    """A simple thread-safe ``dict`` implementation.
+
+    In order to prevent exceptions when iterating over the values and changing
+    them at the same time from different threads, we use a blocking lock in
+    ``__setitem__`` and ``__contains__``.
+
+    .. versionadded:: 3.1
+        As ``Willie.WillieMemory``
+    .. versionchanged:: 4.0
+        Moved to ``tools.WillieMemory``
+    .. versionchanged:: 6.0
+        Renamed from ``WillieMemory`` to ``SopelMemory``
+    .. versionchanged:: 8.0
+        Moved from ``tools`` to ``tools.memories``
+    """
+    def __init__(self, *args):
+        dict.__init__(self, *args)
+        self.lock = threading.Lock()
+
+    def __setitem__(self, key, value):
+        """Set a key equal to a value.
+
+        The dict is locked for other writes while doing so.
+        """
+        self.lock.acquire()
+        result = dict.__setitem__(self, key, value)
+        self.lock.release()
+        return result
+
+    def __contains__(self, key):
+        """Check if a key is in the dict.
+
+        The dict is locked for writes while doing so.
+        """
+        self.lock.acquire()
+        result = dict.__contains__(self, key)
+        self.lock.release()
+        return result
+
+    # Needed to make it explicit that we don't care about the `lock` attribute
+    # when comparing/hashing SopelMemory objects.
+    __eq__ = dict.__eq__
+    __ne__ = dict.__ne__
+    __hash__ = dict.__hash__
+
+
+class SopelMemoryWithDefault(defaultdict):
+    """Same as SopelMemory, but subclasses from collections.defaultdict.
+
+    .. versionadded:: 4.3
+        As ``WillieMemoryWithDefault``
+    .. versionchanged:: 6.0
+        Renamed to ``SopelMemoryWithDefault``
+    .. versionchanged:: 8.0
+        Moved from ``tools`` to ``tools.memories``
+    """
+    def __init__(self, *args):
+        defaultdict.__init__(self, *args)
+        self.lock = threading.Lock()
+
+    def __setitem__(self, key, value):
+        """Set a key equal to a value.
+
+        The dict is locked for other writes while doing so.
+        """
+        self.lock.acquire()
+        result = defaultdict.__setitem__(self, key, value)
+        self.lock.release()
+        return result
+
+    def __contains__(self, key):
+        """Check if a key is in the dict.
+
+        The dict is locked for writes while doing so.
+        """
+        self.lock.acquire()
+        result = defaultdict.__contains__(self, key)
+        self.lock.release()
+        return result
+
+
+class SopelIdentifierMemory(SopelMemory):
+    """Special Sopel memory that stores ``Identifier`` as key.
+
+    This is a convenient subclass of :class:`SopelMemory` that always casts its
+    keys as instances of :class:`~.identifiers.Identifier`::
+
+        >>> from sopel import tools
+        >>> memory = tools.SopelIdentifierMemory()
+        >>> memory['Exirel'] = 'king'
+        >>> list(memory.items())
+        [(Identifier('Exirel'), 'king')]
+        >>> tools.Identifier('exirel') in memory
+        True
+        >>> 'exirel' in memory
+        True
+
+    As seen in the example above, it is possible to perform various operations
+    with both ``Identifier`` and :class:`str` objects, taking advantage of the
+    case-insensitive behavior of ``Identifier``.
+
+    As it works with :class:`~.identifiers.Identifier`, it accepts an
+    identifier factory. This factory usually comes from a
+    :class:`bot instance<sopel.bot.Sopel>`, like in the example of a plugin
+    setup function::
+
+        def setup(bot):
+            bot.memory['my_plugin_storage'] = SopelIdentifierMemory(
+                identifier_factory=bot.make_identifier,
+            )
+
+    .. note::
+
+        Internally, it will try to do ``key = self.make_identifier(key)``,
+        which will raise an exception if it cannot instantiate the key
+        properly::
+
+            >>> memory[1] = 'error'
+            AttributeError: 'int' object has no attribute 'translate'
+
+    .. versionadded:: 7.1
+
+    .. versionchanged:: 8.0
+
+        Moved from ``tools`` to ``tools.memories``.
+
+        The parameter ``identifier_factory`` has been added to properly
+        transform ``str`` into :class:`~.identifiers.Identifier`. This factory
+        is stored and accessible through :attr:`make_identifier`.
+
+    """
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        *args,
+        identifier_factory: IdentifierFactory = Identifier,
+    ) -> None:
+        super().__init__(*args)
+        self.make_identifier = identifier_factory
+        """A factory to transform keys into identifiers."""
+
+    def __getitem__(self, key):
+        return super().__getitem__(self.make_identifier(key))
+
+    def __contains__(self, key):
+        return super().__contains__(self.make_identifier(key))
+
+    def __setitem__(self, key, value):
+        super().__setitem__(self.make_identifier(key), value)