Parser for gfortran's Fortran module file format.

Requires gfortran>=8.0, Works with python >= 3.10

GFortran module source code https://github.com/gcc-mirror/gcc/blob/master/gcc/fortran/module.cc

Installing locally:

python -m pip install .

or install via PyPi

python -m pip install --upgrade --user gfModParser

python -m pip install .[dev] # Development tools
python -m pip install .[test] # Tools needs for running pytest

black is used to lint the Python code, so before starting development install the pre-commit hook:

pre-commit install

This will then run black for the Python and zizmor for the workflows yml files.

python -m pytest --cov gfModParser --cov-report html # Generate coverage report

Basic usage involves loading a module then exploring what it offers:

import gfModParser as gf
mod = gf.Module("fortran.mod")

# Get list of all available things in the module
mod.keys()

# Extract a single variable named 'a_variable'
mod['a_variable']

The Module class provides all the information known about a thing, but can be complicated to use. So there exists some convenience classes to make life easier:

import gfModParser as gf
mod = gf.Module("fortran.mod")

# Stores all module level variables
variables = gf.Variables(mod)

# Stores all module level parameters
parameters = gf.Parameters(mod)

# Stores all module level procedures
procedures = gf.Procedures(mod)

# Stores all module level derived types
dt = gf.DerivedTypes(mod)

Each acts like a dict, with a keys() function to list available members and __contains__ for lookup. Each class is accessed like a dict so variables['a_variable'] is the same as mod['a_variable']

The Variables class also contains functions for quick reference to the type and kind of a variable

variables.type('a_variable')
variables.kind('a_variable')

and array provides information on its array status:

variables.array('a_variable').is_array
variables.array('a_variable').shape # etc

Has the same functions as Variables but also a method for returning the value of the parameter:

parameters.value('a_parameter')

The return value of a Fortran function (None if a subroutine) can be accessed via:

result = procedures.result('a_function')

# This can be fed back into Variables
variables.type(result)

Arguments to the procedure can be accessed via, and returned as a dict:

args = procedures.arguments('a_function')

# This can be fed back into Variables class
variables.type(result['a_argument'])

The components of a derived type can be found with (returned as a dict):

components = dt.components('A_dt')

Note the use of a captial first letter, this is required to find the definition. Also a derived type component is not like a function argument and can not be fed back into the Variables class (they are not stored in the same way as procedure arguments).

gfModParser is distributed under the GPLv2 or later.