# MIB variable pretty printers/parsers
import types
from pyasn1.type import univ
from pysnmp.smi.error import NoSuchObjectError

# Name

def mibNameToOid(mibView, name):
    if type(name[0]) == types.TupleType:
        modName, symName = apply(lambda x='',y='': (x,y), name[0])
        if modName: # load module if needed
            mibView.mibBuilder.loadModules(modName)
        else:
            mibView.mibBuilder.loadModules() # load all (slow)
        if symName:
            oid, label, suffix = mibView.getNodeNameByDesc(symName, modName)
        else:
            oid, label, suffix = mibView.getFirstNodeName(modName)
        suffix = name[1:]
    else:
        oid, label, suffix = mibView.getNodeNameByOid(name)
    modName, symName, _s = mibView.getNodeLocation(oid)
    mibNode, = mibView.mibBuilder.importSymbols(
        modName, symName
        )
    if hasattr(mibNode, 'createTest'): # table column XXX
        modName, symName, _s = mibView.getNodeLocation(oid[:-1])
        rowNode, = mibView.mibBuilder.importSymbols(modName, symName)
        return oid, apply(rowNode.getInstIdFromIndices, suffix)
    else: # scalar or incomplete spec
        return oid, suffix

__scalarSuffix = (univ.Integer(0),)

def oidToMibName(mibView, oid):
    _oid, label, suffix = mibView.getNodeNameByOid(tuple(oid))
    modName, symName, __suffix = mibView.getNodeLocation(_oid)
    mibNode, = mibView.mibBuilder.importSymbols(
        modName, symName
        )
    if hasattr(mibNode, 'createTest'): # table column
        __modName, __symName, __s = mibView.getNodeLocation(_oid[:-1])
        rowNode, = mibView.mibBuilder.importSymbols(__modName, __symName)
        return (symName, modName), rowNode.getIndicesFromInstId(suffix)
    elif not suffix: # scalar
        return (symName, modName), suffix
    elif suffix == (0,): # scalar
        return (symName, modName), __scalarSuffix
    else:
        raise NoSuchObjectError(
            str='No MIB info for %s (closest parent %s)' %
            (oid, mibNode.name)
            )

# Value

def cloneFromMibValue(mibView, modName, symName, value):
    mibNode, = mibView.mibBuilder.importSymbols(
        modName, symName
        )
    if hasattr(mibNode, 'syntax'): # scalar
        return mibNode.syntax.__class__(value)
    else:
        return   # identifier

@@ -2264,17 +2264,13 @@
 tax.
-__class__
+clone
 (val

revert syntax object instantiation change as it appears to be buggy. use an optional, dedicated value mangling methods instead.