def reply(self, s, noLengthCheck=False, prefixNick=None, action=None,
              private=None, notice=None, to=None, msg=None, sendImmediately=False):
        # These use and or or based on whether or not they default to True or
        # False.  Those that default to True use and; those that default to
        # False use or.
        assert not isinstance(s, ircmsgs.IrcMsg), \
               'Old code alert: there is no longer a "msg" argument to reply.'
        self.repliedTo = True
        if sendImmediately:
            sendMsg = self.irc.sendMsg
        else:
            sendMsg = self.irc.queueMsg
        if msg is None:
            msg = self.msg
        if prefixNick is not None:
            self.prefixNick = prefixNick
        if action is not None:
            self.action = self.action or action
            if action:
                self.prefixNick = False
        if notice is not None:
            self.notice = self.notice or notice
        if private is not None:
            self.private = self.private or private
        if to is not None:
            self.to = self.to or to
        # action=True implies noLengthCheck=True and prefixNick=False
        self.noLengthCheck=noLengthCheck or self.noLengthCheck or self.action
        target = self.private and self.to or self.msg.args[0]
        if not isinstance(s, minisix.string_types): # avoid trying to str() unicode
            s = str(s) # Allow non-string esses.
        if self.finalEvaled:
            try:
                if isinstance(self.irc, self.__class__):
                    s = s[:conf.supybot.reply.maximumLength()]
                    return self.irc.reply(s, to=self.to,
                                          notice=self.notice,
                                          action=self.action,
                                          private=self.private,
                                          prefixNick=self.prefixNick,
                                          noLengthCheck=self.noLengthCheck)
                elif self.noLengthCheck:
                    # noLengthCheck only matters to NestedCommandsIrcProxy, so
                    # it's not used here.  Just in case you were wondering.
                    m = reply(msg, s, to=self.to,
                              notice=self.notice,
                              action=self.action,
                              private=self.private,
                              prefixNick=self.prefixNick)
                    sendMsg(m)
                    return m
                else:
                    s = ircutils.safeArgument(s)
                    allowedLength = conf.get(conf.supybot.reply.mores.length,
                                             target)
                    if not allowedLength: # 0 indicates this.
                        allowedLength = 470 - len(self.irc.prefix)
                        allowedLength -= len(msg.nick)
                        # The '(XX more messages)' may have not the same
                        # length in the current locale
                        allowedLength -= len(_('(XX more messages)'))
                    maximumMores = conf.get(conf.supybot.reply.mores.maximum,
                                            target)
                    maximumLength = allowedLength * maximumMores
                    if len(s) > maximumLength:
                        log.warning('Truncating to %s bytes from %s bytes.',
                                    maximumLength, len(s))
                        s = s[:maximumLength]
                    s_too_long = len(s.encode()) < allowedLength \
                            if minisix.PY3 else len(s) < allowedLength
                    if s_too_long or \
                       not conf.get(conf.supybot.reply.mores, target):
                        # In case we're truncating, we add 20 to allowedLength,
                        # because our allowedLength is shortened for the
                        # "(XX more messages)" trailer.
                        if minisix.PY3:
                            appended = _('(XX more messages)').encode()
                            s = s.encode()[:allowedLength+len(appended)]
                            s = s.decode('utf8', 'ignore')
                        else:
                            appended = _('(XX more messages)')
                            s = s[:allowedLength+len(appended)]
                        # There's no need for action=self.action here because
                        # action implies noLengthCheck, which has already been
                        # handled.  Let's stick an assert in here just in case.
                        assert not self.action
                        m = reply(msg, s, to=self.to,
                                  notice=self.notice,
                                  private=self.private,
                                  prefixNick=self.prefixNick)
                        sendMsg(m)
                        return m
                    msgs = ircutils.wrap(s, allowedLength,
                            break_long_words=True)
                    msgs.reverse()
                    instant = conf.get(conf.supybot.reply.mores.instant,target)
                    while instant > 1 and msgs:
                        instant -= 1
                        response = msgs.pop()
                        m = reply(msg, response, to=self.to,
                                  notice=self.notice,
                                  private=self.private,
                                  prefixNick=self.prefixNick)
                        sendMsg(m)
                        # XXX We should somehow allow these to be returned, but
                        #     until someone complains, we'll be fine :)  We
                        #     can't return from here, though, for obvious
                        #     reasons.
                        # return m
                    if not msgs:
                        return
                    response = msgs.pop()
                    if msgs:
                        if len(msgs) == 1:
                            more = _('more message')
                        else:
                            more = _('more messages')
                        n = ircutils.bold('(%i %s)' % (len(msgs), more))
                        response = '%s %s' % (response, n)
                    prefix = msg.prefix
                    if self.to and ircutils.isNick(self.to):
                        try:
                            state = self.getRealIrc().state
                            prefix = state.nickToHostmask(self.to)
                        except KeyError:
                            pass # We'll leave it as it is.
                    mask = prefix.split('!', 1)[1]
                    self._mores[mask] = msgs
                    public = ircutils.isChannel(msg.args[0])
                    private = self.private or not public
                    self._mores[msg.nick] = (private, msgs)
                    m = reply(msg, response, to=self.to,
                                            action=self.action,
                                            notice=self.notice,
                                            private=self.private,
                                            prefixNick=self.prefixNick)
                    sendMsg(m)
                    return m
            finally:
                self._resetReplyAttributes()
        else:
            if msg.ignored:
                # Since the final reply string is constructed via
                # ' '.join(self.args), the args index for ignored commands
                # needs to be popped to avoid extra spaces in the final reply.
                self.args.pop(self.counter)
                msg.tag('ignored', False)
            else:
                self.args[self.counter] = s
            self.evalArgs()
Keyword arguments:
dataset/ETHPy150Open ProgVal/Limnoria/src/callbacks.py/NestedCommandsIrcProxy.reply