File: test/test-delims.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

import os, sys
import pprint

def import_module(name, path):
    import imp
    try:
        mod_fp, mod_path, mod_desc  = imp.find_module(name, [path])
        mod = getattr( imp.load_module(name, mod_fp, mod_path, mod_desc), name )
    except ImportError as exc:
        mod = None
        sys.stderr.write("Error: failed to import module ({})".format(exc))
    finally:
        if mod_fp: mod_fp.close()
    return mod

# import the GrammarTemplate.py engine (as a) module, probably you will want to place this in another dir/package
GrammarTemplate = import_module('GrammarTemplate', os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), '../src/python/'))
if not GrammarTemplate:
    print ('Could not load the GrammarTemplate Module')
    sys.exit(1)
else:    
    pass


def echo( s='' ):
    print (s)

echo('GrammarTemplate.VERSION = ' + GrammarTemplate.VERSION)
echo( )

tpl = "\\\\[var]\n\\[[var2]\\][[ \\[[var2]*\\]]][[# comment #]]\n[foo]\\?[foo] ?"

grm = GrammarTemplate(tpl, ['[',']','[[',']]'], True)

echo("input template:")
echo(tpl)

echo( )

echo("output:")
echo(grm.render({
    "foo"   : "foo",
    "var"   : "var",
    "var2"  : [
        "var1",
        "var2",
        "var3"
    ]
}))