Function split_special_areas

mitmproxy/utils/strutils.py:217–233

Split a string of code into a [code, special area, code, special area, ..., code] list. For example, >>> split_special_areas( >>> "test /* don't modify me */ foo", >>> [r"/\\*[\\s\\S]*?\\*/"]) # (regex matching comments) ["test ", "/* don't modify me */", " foo"]

(
    data: str,
    area_delimiter: Iterable[str],
)

def split_special_areas(
    data: str,
    area_delimiter: Iterable[str],
):
    """
    Split a string of code into a [code, special area, code, special area, ..., code] list.

    For example,

    >>> split_special_areas(
    >>>     "test /* don't modify me */ foo",
    >>>     [r"/\\*[\\s\\S]*?\\*/"])  # (regex matching comments)
    ["test ", "/* don't modify me */", " foo"]

    "".join(split_special_areas(x, ...)) == x always holds true.
    """
    return re.split("({})".format("|".join(area_delimiter)), data, flags=re.MULTILINE)


def escape_special_areas(