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1 files changed, 11 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/python/src/_cdec.pyx b/python/src/_cdec.pyx
index 6c6c8eee..71e083e4 100644
--- a/python/src/_cdec.pyx
+++ b/python/src/_cdec.pyx
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ from libcpp.vector cimport vector
from utils cimport *
cimport decoder
-cdef char* as_str(data, char* error_msg='Cannot convert type %s to str'):
+cdef bytes as_str(data, char* error_msg='Cannot convert type %s to str'):
cdef bytes ret
if isinstance(data, unicode):
ret = data.encode('utf8')
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ class InvalidConfig(Exception): pass
class ParseFailed(Exception): pass
def set_silent(yn):
+ """set_silent(bool): Configure the verbosity of cdec."""
SetSilent(yn)
def _make_config(config):
@@ -43,12 +44,10 @@ cdef class Decoder:
cdef decoder.Decoder* dec
cdef DenseVector weights
- def __cinit__(self, config_str=None, **config):
- """ Configuration can be given as a string:
- Decoder('formalism = scfg')
- or using keyword arguments:
- Decoder(formalism='scfg')
- """
+ def __init__(self, config_str=None, **config):
+ """Decoder('formalism = scfg') -> initialize from configuration string
+ Decoder(formalism='scfg') -> initialize from named parameters
+ Create a decoder using a given configuration. Formalism is required."""
if config_str is None:
formalism = config.get('formalism', None)
if formalism not in ('scfg', 'fst', 'lextrans', 'pb',
@@ -88,6 +87,7 @@ cdef class Decoder:
return str(conf[0]['formalism'].as_str().c_str())
def read_weights(self, weights):
+ """decoder.read_weights(filename): Read decoder weights from a file."""
with open(weights) as fp:
for line in fp:
if line.strip().startswith('#'): continue
@@ -95,6 +95,8 @@ cdef class Decoder:
self.weights[fname.strip()] = float(value)
def translate(self, sentence, grammar=None):
+ """decoder.translate(sentence, grammar=None) -> Hypergraph
+ Translate a sentence (string/Lattice) with a grammar (string/list of rules)."""
cdef bytes input_str
if isinstance(sentence, basestring):
input_str = as_str(sentence.strip())
@@ -104,11 +106,11 @@ cdef class Decoder:
raise TypeError('Cannot translate input type %s' % type(sentence))
if grammar:
if isinstance(grammar, basestring):
- self.dec.AddSupplementalGrammarFromString(string(as_str(grammar)))
+ self.dec.AddSupplementalGrammarFromString(as_str(grammar))
else:
self.dec.AddSupplementalGrammar(TextGrammar(grammar).grammar[0])
cdef decoder.BasicObserver observer = decoder.BasicObserver()
- self.dec.Decode(string(input_str), &observer)
+ self.dec.Decode(input_str, &observer)
if observer.hypergraph == NULL:
raise ParseFailed()
cdef Hypergraph hg = Hypergraph()