commit 2c4595e3278c4b4b4175c1dbf6d00a5b02fc65f2
Author: Mahmoud Hashemi <mahmoudrhashemi@gmail.com>
Date:   Tue Feb 19 18:04:47 2013 -0800

    initial commit

diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+*.py[cod]
+
+# emacs
+*~
+._*
+.\#*
+\#*\#
+
+# C extensions
+*.so
+
+# Packages
+*.egg
+*.egg-info
+dist
+build
+eggs
+parts
+bin
+var
+sdist
+develop-eggs
+.installed.cfg
+lib
+lib64
+
+# Installer logs
+pip-log.txt
+
+# Unit test / coverage reports
+.coverage
+.tox
+nosetests.xml
+
+# Translations
+*.mo
+
+# Mr Developer
+.mr.developer.cfg
+.project
+.pydevproject
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+# Boltons
+
+Like builtins, but boltons. Stuff that should probably be in the
+standard library, frankly speaking.
diff --git a/compat.py b/compat.py
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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+import sys
+
+IS_PY2 = sys.version_info[0] == 2
+IS_PY3 = sys.version_info[0] == 3
+
+
+if IS_PY2:
+    from StringIO import StringIO
+    unicode, str, bytes, basestring = unicode, str, str, basestring
+elif IS_PY3:
+    from io import StringIO
+    unicode, str, bytes, basestring = str, bytes, bytes, str
+else:
+    raise NotImplementedError('welcome to the future, I guess. (report this)')
diff --git a/funcutils.py b/funcutils.py
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+from functools import partial
+from types import MethodType
+
+from itertools import chain
+
+
+def mro_items(obj_type):
+    # handle slots?
+    return chain.from_iterable([ct.__dict__.iteritems()
+                                for ct in obj_type.__mro__])
+
+
+def dir_dict(obj):
+    # separate function for handling descriptors on types?
+    ret = {}
+    for k in dir(obj):
+        ret[k] = getattr(obj, k)
+    return ret
+
+
+class InstancePartial(partial):
+    def __get__(self, obj, obj_type):
+        return MethodType(self, obj, obj_type)
+
+
+class CachedInstancePartial(partial):
+    def __init__(self, func, *a, **kw):
+        self.__name__ = None
+        self.__doc__ = func.__doc__
+        self.__module__ = func.__module__
+
+    def __get__(self, obj, obj_type):
+        name = self.__name__
+        if name is None:
+            for k, v in mro_items(obj_type):
+                if v is self:
+                    self.__name__ = name = k
+        if obj is None:
+            return MethodType(self, obj, obj_type)
+        try:
+            # since this is a data descriptor, this block
+            # is probably only hit once (per object)
+            return obj.__dict__[name]
+        except KeyError:
+            obj.__dict__[name] = ret = MethodType(self, obj, obj_type)
+            return ret
+
+
+class Greeter(object):
+    def __init__(self, greeting):
+        self.greeting = greeting
+
+    def greet(self, excitement='.'):
+        return self.greeting.capitalize() + excitement
+
+    partial_greet = InstancePartial(greet, excitement='!')
+    cached_partial_greet = CachedInstancePartial(greet, excitement='...')
+
+    def native_greet(self):
+        return self.greet(';')
+
+
+class SubGreeter(Greeter):
+    pass
+
+
+def main():
+    g = SubGreeter('hello')
+    print g.greet()
+    print g.native_greet()
+    print g.partial_greet()
+    print g.cached_partial_greet()
+    print CachedInstancePartial(g.greet, excitement='s')()
+    import pdb;pdb.set_trace()
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()
diff --git a/iterutils.py b/iterutils.py
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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+
+def is_scalar(obj):
+    return not hasattr(obj, '__iter__') or isinstance(obj, basestring)
+
+
+def split(src, key=None, maxsplit=None):
+    """
+    Splits an iterable based on a separator, iterable of separators, or
+    function that evaluates to True when a separator is encountered.
+
+    Frankly, this feature should be part of the list builtin.
+
+    TODO: This works with iterators but could itself be an generator.
+    """
+    if maxsplit is not None:
+        maxsplit = int(maxsplit)
+        if maxsplit == 0:
+            return [src]
+
+    if callable(key):
+        key_func = key
+    elif not is_scalar(key):
+        key = set(key)
+        key_func = lambda x: x in key
+    else:
+        key_func = lambda x: x == key
+
+    ret = []
+    cur_list = []
+    for s in src:
+        if key_func(s):
+            ret.append(cur_list)
+            cur_list = []
+            if maxsplit is not None and len(ret) >= maxsplit:
+                key_func = lambda x: False
+        else:
+            cur_list.append(s)
+    ret.append(cur_list)
+
+    if key is None:
+        # If sep is none, str.split() "groups" separators
+        # check the str.split() docs for more info
+        return [x for x in ret if x]
+    else:
+        return ret