environment/lib/python2.7/site-packages/IPython/config/application.py
def flatten_flags(self):
        """flatten flags and aliases, so cl-args override as expected.
        
        This prevents issues such as an alias pointing to InteractiveShell,
        but a config file setting the same trait in TerminalInteraciveShell
        getting inappropriate priority over the command-line arg.

        Only aliases with exactly one descendent in the class list
        will be promoted.
        
        """
        # build a tree of classes in our list that inherit from a particular
        # it will be a dict by parent classname of classes in our list
        # that are descendents
        mro_tree = defaultdict(list)
        for cls in self.classes:
            clsname = cls.__name__
            for parent in cls.mro()[1:-3]:
                # exclude cls itself and Configurable,HasTraits,object
                mro_tree[parent.__name__].append(clsname)
        # flatten aliases, which have the form:
        # { 'alias' : 'Class.trait' }
        aliases = {}
        for alias, cls_trait in self.aliases.iteritems():
            cls,trait = cls_trait.split('.',1)
            children = mro_tree[cls]
            if len(children) == 1:
                # exactly one descendent, promote alias
                cls = children[0]
            aliases[alias] = '.'.join([cls,trait])
        
        # flatten flags, which are of the form:
        # { 'key' : ({'Cls' : {'trait' : value}}, 'help')}
        flags = {}
        for key, (flagdict, help) in self.flags.iteritems():
            newflag = {}
            for cls, subdict in flagdict.iteritems():
                children = mro_tree[cls]
                # exactly one descendent, promote flag section
                if len(children) == 1:
                    cls = children[0]
                newflag[cls] = subdict
            flags[key] = (newflag, help)
        return flags, aliases
def flatten_flags(self):
        """flatten flags and aliases, so cl-args override as expected.
        
        This prevents issues such as an alias pointing to InteractiveShell,
        but a config file setting the same trait in TerminalInteraciveShell
        getting inappropriate priority over the command-line arg.

        Only aliases with exactly one descendent in the class list
        will be promoted.
        
        """
        # build a tree of classes in our list that inherit from a particular
        # it will be a dict by parent classname of classes in our list
        # that are descendents
        mro_tree = defaultdict(list)
        for cls in self.classes:
            clsname = cls.__name__
            for parent in cls.mro()[1:-3]:
                # exclude cls itself and Configurable,HasTraits,object
                mro_tree[parent.__name__].append(clsname)
        # flatten aliases, which have the form:
        # { 'alias' : 'Class.trait' }
        aliases = {}
        for alias, cls_trait in self.aliases.iteritems():
            cls,trait = cls_trait.split('.',1)
            children = mro_tree[cls]
            if len(children) == 1:
                # exactly one descendent, promote alias
                cls = children[0]
            aliases[alias] = '.'.join([cls,trait])
        
        # flatten flags, which are of the form:
        # { 'key' : ({'Cls' : {'trait' : value}}, 'help')}
        flags = {}
        for key, (flagdict, help) in self.flags.iteritems():
            newflag = {}
            for cls, subdict in flagdict.iteritems():
                children = mro_tree[cls]
                # exactly one descendent, promote flag section
                if len(children) == 1:
                    cls = children[0]
                newflag[cls] = subdict
            flags[key] = (newflag, help)
        return flags, aliases
flatten flags and aliases, so cl-args override as expected.
        
        This prevents issues such as an alias pointing to InteractiveShell,
        but a config file setting the same trait in TerminalInteraciveShell
        getting inappropriate priority over the command-line arg.

        Only aliases with exactly one descendent in the class list
        will be promoted.