[CASSANDRA-18726] Simplify helptopics.py using associative array

• Type: Task
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Normal
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 5.1
• Component/s: CQL/Interpreter
• Change Category: Code Clarity
• Complexity: Low Hanging Fruit
• Platform: All

Source Control Link

https://github.com/apache/cassandra/commit/d24baecac986e90bbbb5b6281a256f41c0a27d3f

Test and Documentation Plan

I ran the pytests so ensure the codebase was working properly and ran tests on each of the help commands before and after the changes.

• Assignee: Vineet Gali
• Reporter: Vineet Gali

Authors

Vineet Gali

Reviewers

Brandon Williams, Stefan Miklosovic

• Created: 04/Aug/23 17:45
• Updated: 15/Aug/23 08:03
• Resolved: 07/Aug/23 11:27

Description

The ~200 lines of code in helptopics.py can be greatly simplified using an associative array to map topics to HTML anchors instead of class reflection. This will halve the lines of code and improve readability.

Functionality will not be changed.

Issue Links

• links to: https://github.com/apache/cassandra/pull/2549