a state machine

ns_MouseAction.py

# Example usage of state machine class

#
#
#
class ns_MouseAction:
    def __init__(self, action):
        self.action = action

    def __str__(self):
        return self.action

    # This was a python 2 method for comparing instances
    # of classes. ie. objects.  In python 3 the __cmp__ routine
    # was dropped in favor of  __eq__, __ne__, __lt__, __le__
    # __gt__, and __ge__
    def __cmp__(self, other):
        return cmp(self.action, other.action)

    # Necessary when __cmd__ or __eq__ is defined
    # in order to make this class usable as a
    # dictionary key:
    def __hash__(self):
        return hash(self.action)

# Static fields an enumeration of instances
# These are all the possible actions and they instances
# of this class with the string corresponding to the name
# of the action.
#
# 
ns_MouseAction.appears = ns_MouseAction("mouse appears")
ns_MouseAction.runsAway = ns_MouseAction("mouse runs away")
ns_MouseAction.enters = ns_MouseAction("mouse enters trap")
ns_MouseAction.escapes = ns_MouseAction("mouse escapes")
ns_MouseAction.trapped = ns_MouseAction("mouse trapped")
ns_MouseAction.removed = ns_MouseAction("mouse removed")

ns_MouseTrapTest.py

# stuff deleted to get to the point of confusion

# he is trying to run stript on the iterator of the open
# this fails on umicropython
# moves = map(string.strip, open("../mouse/MouseMoves.txt").readlines())


####
#
# Executing the State Machine with a scenario provided by
# a text file.
#
############################

# this returns a list a list of moves without strip
list_of_moves =  open("MouseMoves.txt").readlines()

#print(list_of_moves)



# this was his code when he used iterators
#ns_MouseTrap().runAll(map(ns_MouseAction, moves))

# This code will call ns_MouseAction on each line
ns_MouseTrap().runAll(map(ns_MouseAction, list_of_moves))