Make unscrambler use a cache per instance instead of module and
authorScott <[email protected]>
Wed, 26 Jan 2022 17:28:53 +0000 (09:28 -0800)
committerScott <[email protected]>
Wed, 26 Jan 2022 17:28:53 +0000 (09:28 -0800)
make it have non-static methods.

unscrambler.py

index e53ec2a51dc91d095c697d8176127c94b4c5dc49..6cebacf79b7555212ae8ada2042177fa9ace3b10 100644 (file)
@@ -85,11 +85,39 @@ letter_sigs = {
 
 
 class Unscrambler(object):
-    sigs = []
-    words = []
+    """A class that unscrambles words quickly by computing a signature
+    (sig) for the word based on its position independent letter
+    population and then using a pregenerated index to look up known
+    words the same set of letters.
+
+    Note that each instance of Unscrambler caches its index to speed
+    up lookups number 2..N; careless reinstantiation will by slower.
+
+    Sigs are designed to cluster similar words near each other so both
+    lookup methods support a "fuzzy match" argument that can be set to
+    request similar words that do not match exactly in addition to any
+    exact matches.
+
+    """
 
     def __init__(self):
-        pass
+        # Cached index per instance.
+        self.sigs = []
+        self.words = []
+
+        if 'unscramble_indexfile' in config.config:
+            indexfile = config.config['unscramble_indexfile']
+        else:
+            indexfile = "/usr/share/dict/sparse_index"
+
+        with open(indexfile, 'r') as rf:
+            lines = rf.readlines()
+        for line in lines:
+            line = line[:-1]
+            (fsig, word) = line.split('+')
+            fsig = int(fsig, 16)
+            self.sigs.append(fsig)
+            self.words.append(word)
 
     # 52 bits
     @staticmethod
@@ -163,8 +191,9 @@ class Unscrambler(object):
         indexfile: str = '/usr/share/dict/sparse_index',
     ) -> None:
         """Before calling this method, change letter_sigs from the default above
-        unless you want to populate the same exact files."""
+        unless you want to populate the same exact files.
 
+        """
         words_by_sigs = {}
         seen = set()
         with open(dictfile, "r") as f:
@@ -185,22 +214,19 @@ class Unscrambler(object):
                 word = words_by_sigs[sig]
                 print(f'0x{sig:x}+{word}', file=f)
 
-    @staticmethod
-    def lookup(word: str, *, include_fuzzy_matches=False) -> Dict[str, bool]:
+    def lookup(self, word: str, *, include_fuzzy_matches=False) -> Dict[str, bool]:
         """Looks up a potentially scrambled word optionally including near
         "fuzzy" matches.
 
-        >>> Unscrambler.lookup('eanycleocipd', include_fuzzy_matches=False)
+        >>> u = Unscrambler()
+        >>> u.lookup('eanycleocipd', include_fuzzy_matches=False)
         {'encyclopedia': True}
 
         """
         sig = Unscrambler.compute_word_sig(word)
-        return Unscrambler.lookup_by_sig(
-            sig, include_fuzzy_matches=include_fuzzy_matches
-        )
+        return self.lookup_by_sig(sig, include_fuzzy_matches=include_fuzzy_matches)
 
-    @staticmethod
-    def lookup_by_sig(sig, *, include_fuzzy_matches=False) -> Dict[str, bool]:
+    def lookup_by_sig(self, sig, *, include_fuzzy_matches=False) -> Dict[str, bool]:
         """Looks up a word that has already been translated into a signature by
         a previous call to Unscrambler.compute_word_sig.  Optionally returns
         near "fuzzy" matches.
@@ -209,38 +235,23 @@ class Unscrambler(object):
         >>> sig
         18491949645300288339
 
-        >>> Unscrambler.lookup_by_sig(sig, include_fuzzy_matches=True)
+        >>> u = Unscrambler()
+        >>> u.lookup_by_sig(sig, include_fuzzy_matches=True)
         {'pupigerous': False, 'pupigenous': False, 'unpurposing': False, 'superpurgation': False, 'unsupporting': False, 'superseptuaginarian': True, 'purpurogallin': False, 'scuppaug': False, 'purpurigenous': False, 'purpurogenous': False, 'proppage': False}
 
         """
-        # Cache the index; it doesn't change and this may be called
-        # more than once.
-        if len(Unscrambler.sigs) == 0:
-            if 'unscramble_indexfile' in config.config:
-                indexfile = config.config['unscramble_indexfile']
-            else:
-                indexfile = "/usr/share/dict/sparse_index"
-            with open(indexfile, 'r') as rf:
-                lines = rf.readlines()
-            for line in lines:
-                line = line[:-1]
-                (fsig, word) = line.split('+')
-                fsig = int(fsig, 16)
-                Unscrambler.sigs.append(fsig)
-                Unscrambler.words.append(word)
-
         ret = {}
-        (exact, location) = list_utils.binary_search(Unscrambler.sigs, sig)
+        (exact, location) = list_utils.binary_search(self.sigs, sig)
         start = location - 5
         if start < 0:
             start = 0
         end = location + 6
-        if end > len(Unscrambler.words):
-            end = len(Unscrambler.words)
+        if end > len(self.words):
+            end = len(self.words)
 
         for x in range(start, end):
-            word = Unscrambler.words[x]
-            fsig = Unscrambler.sigs[x]
+            word = self.words[x]
+            fsig = self.sigs[x]
             if include_fuzzy_matches is True or (fsig == sig):
                 ret[word] = fsig == sig
         return ret