Renamed stdin -> from-file and removed apply from tests + docs

docs/language/core.rst

@@ -867,11 +867,12 @@ Return an iterator of `x`, `fn(x)`, `fn(fn(x))`.
 read
 ----
 
-Usage: ``(read [stdin eof])``
+Usage: ``(read [from-file eof])``
 
-Reads the given form and parses it to hy. Takes optional argument
+Reads the next hy expression from `from-file` (defaults to `sys.stdin`), and
-for a different stdin object or eof byte. Throws `EOFError` when
+can take a single byte as EOF (defaults to an empty string).
-stdin is empty.
+Raises an `EOFError` if `from-file` ends before a complete expression can be
+parsed.
 
 .. code-block:: hy
    => (read)
@@ -882,9 +883,9 @@ stdin is empty.
    4
    => (import io)
    => (def buffer (io.StringIO "(+ 2 2)\n(- 2 1)"))
-   => (eval (apply read [] {"stdin" buffer}))
+   => (eval (apply read [] {"from_file" buffer}))
    4
-   => (eval (apply read [] {"stdin" buffer}))
+   => (eval (apply read [] {"from_file" buffer}))
    1
 
 

hy/core/language.hy

@@ -328,13 +328,13 @@
   (_numeric_check n)
   (= n 0))
 
-(defn read [&optional [stdin sys.stdin]
+(defn read [&optional [from-file sys.stdin]
                       [eof ""]]
   "Read from input and returns a tokenized string.
    Can take a given input buffer to read from"
   (def buff "")
   (while true
-    (def inn (str (.read stdin 1)))
+    (def inn (str (.read from-file 1)))
     (if (= inn eof)
       (throw (EOFError "Reached end of file" )))
     (setv buff (+ buff inn))

tests/native_tests/language.hy

@@ -1037,21 +1037,20 @@
   (import [hy.models.expression [HyExpression]])
  
   (def stdin-buffer (StringIO "(+ 2 2)\n(- 2 2)"))
-  (assert (= (eval (apply read [] {"stdin" stdin-buffer})) 4))
+  (assert (= (eval (read stdin-buffer)) 4))
-  (assert (isinstance (apply read [] {"stdin" stdin-buffer}) HyExpression))
+  (assert (isinstance (read stdin-buffer) HyExpression))
   
   "Multiline test"
   (def stdin-buffer (StringIO "(\n+\n41\n1\n)\n(-\n2\n1\n)"))
-  (assert (= (eval (apply read [] {"stdin" stdin-buffer})) 42))
+  (assert (= (eval (read stdin-buffer)) 42))
-  (assert (= (eval (apply read [] {"stdin" stdin-buffer})) 1))
+  (assert (= (eval (read stdin-buffer)) 1))
 
   "EOF test"
   (def stdin-buffer (StringIO "(+ 2 2)"))
-  (apply read [] {"stdin" stdin-buffer})
+  (read stdin-buffer)
   (try 
-    (apply read [] {"stdin" stdin-buffer})
+    (read stdin-buffer)
     (catch [e Exception]
-      (print e)
       (assert (isinstance e EOFError)))))