Removed Cmd.parseline().

Author: kmvanbrunt

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -110,6 +110,8 @@ prompt is displayed.
       now relies exclusively on command function docstrings.
     - Removed `feedback_to_output` settable and changed `cmd2.Cmd.pfeedback` to always print to
       `self.stdout`
+    - Removed `Cmd.parseline()` since it was unused and merely wrapped
+      `StatementParser.parse_command_only()`.
 - Enhancements
     - New `cmd2.Cmd` parameters
         - **auto_suggest**: (boolean) if `True`, provide fish shell style auto-suggestions. These

cmd2/cmd2.py

@@ -2883,15 +2883,6 @@ def postloop(self) -> None:
         See [Hooks](../features/hooks.md) for more information.
         """
 
-    def parseline(self, line: str) -> tuple[str, str, str]:
-        """Parse the line into a command name and a string containing the arguments.
-
-        :param line: line read by prompt-toolkit
-        :return: tuple containing (command, args, line)
-        """
-        partial_statement = self.statement_parser.parse_command_only(line)
-        return partial_statement.command, partial_statement.args, partial_statement.command_and_args
-
     def onecmd_plus_hooks(
         self,
         line: str,

tests/test_cmd2.py

@@ -3527,26 +3527,6 @@ def test_ppretty(base_app: cmd2.Cmd) -> None:
         )
 
 
-# we override cmd.parseline() so we always get consistent
-# command parsing by parent methods we don't override
-# don't need to test all the parsing logic here, because
-# parseline just calls StatementParser.parse_command_only()
-def test_parseline_empty(base_app) -> None:
-    statement = ""
-    command, args, line = base_app.parseline(statement)
-    assert not command
-    assert not args
-    assert not line
-
-
-def test_parseline_quoted(base_app) -> None:
-    statement = " command with 'partially completed quotes  "
-    command, args, line = base_app.parseline(statement)
-    assert command == "command"
-    assert args == "with 'partially completed quotes  "
-    assert line == statement.lstrip()
-
-
 def test_onecmd_raw_str_continue(outsim_app) -> None:
     line = "help"
     stop = outsim_app.onecmd(line)