"""Funcs.py
Funcs.py, a member of MiscUtils, holds functions that don't fit in anywhere else.
"""
import os, random, time, sys, tempfile
from struct import calcsize
try:
from hashlib import md5, sha1
except ImportError:
from md5 import new as md5
from sha import new as sha1
try:
True, False
except NameError:
True, False = 1, 0
def commas(number):
"""Insert commas in a number.
Return the given number as a string with commas to separate
the thousands positions.
The number can be a float, int, long or string. Returns None for None.
"""
if number is None:
return None
if not number:
return str(number)
number = list(str(number))
if '.' in number:
i = number.index('.')
else:
i = len(number)
while 1:
i -= 3
if i <= 0 or number[i-1] == '-':
break
number[i:i] = [',']
return ''.join(number)
def charWrap(s, width, hanging=0):
"""Word wrap a string.
Return a new version of the string word wrapped with the given width
and hanging indent. The font is assumed to be monospaced.
This can be useful for including text between <pre> </pre> tags,
since <pre> will not word wrap, and for lengthly lines,
will increase the width of a web page.
It can also be used to help delineate the entries in log-style
output by passing hanging=4.
"""
if not s:
return s
assert hanging < width
hanging = ' ' * hanging
lines = s.split('\n')
i = 0
while i < len(lines):
s = lines[i]
while len(s) > width:
t = s[width:]
s = s[:width]
lines[i] = s
i += 1
lines.insert(i, None)
s = hanging + t
else:
lines[i] = s
i += 1
return '\n'.join(lines)
def excstr(e):
"""Return a string for the exception.
The string will be in the format that Python normally outputs
in interactive shells and such:
<ExceptionName>: <message>
AttributeError: 'object' object has no attribute 'bar'
Neither str(e) nor repr(e) do that.
"""
if e is None:
return None
return '%s: %s' % (e.__class__.__name__, e)
if sys.version_info >= (2, 3, None, None):
from tempfile import mktemp, mkstemp
else:
try:
from tempfile import _counter
except ImportError:
class _Counter:
def __init__(self):
self._counter = 0
def get_next(self):
self._counter += 1
return self._counter
_counter = _Counter()
def mktemp(suffix="", dir=None):
"""User-callable function to return a unique temporary file name.
Duplicated from Python's own tempfile with the optional "dir"
argument added. This allows customization of the directory, without
having to take over the module level variable, tempdir.
"""
if not dir:
dir = tempfile.gettempdir()
pre = tempfile.gettempprefix()
while 1:
i = _counter.get_next()
file = os.path.join(dir, pre + str(i) + suffix)
if not os.path.exists(file):
return file
def mkstemp(suffix="", dir=None):
"""User-callable function to return an opened temporary file.
The tuple will contain:
- a os-level file handle for the temp file, open for read/write
- the absolute path of that file
Note that this version of the function is not as secure as the
version included in Python 2.3.
"""
path = mktemp(suffix, dir)
return os.open(path, os.O_RDWR|os.O_CREAT|os.O_EXCL, 0600), path
def wordWrap(s, width=78):
"""Return a version of the string word wrapped to the given width.
Respects existing newlines in the string.
Taken from:
http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python/Recipe/148061
"""
return reduce(
lambda line, word, width=width: "%s%s%s" % (
line,
' \n'[(len(line[line.rfind('\n')+1:]) + len(word) >= width)],
word
),
s.split(' ')
)
def dateForEmail(now=None):
"""Return a properly formatted date/time string for email messages."""
if now is None:
now = time.localtime(time.time())
if time.daylight and now[-1]:
offset = time.altzone
else:
offset = time.timezone
sign = offset > 0 and '-' or '+'
offset = divmod(abs(offset)/60, 60)
return '%s, %02d %s %04d %02d:%02d:%02d %c%02d%02d' % (
['Mon', 'Tue', 'Wed', 'Thu', 'Fri', 'Sat', 'Sun'][now[6]],
now[2],
['Jan', 'Feb', 'Mar', 'Apr', 'May', 'Jun',
'Jul', 'Aug', 'Sep', 'Oct', 'Nov', 'Dec'][now[1] - 1],
now[0], now[3], now[4], now[5],
sign, offset[0], offset[1])
def hostName():
"""Return the host name.
The name is taken first from the os environment and failing that,
from the 'hostname' executable. May return None if neither attempt
succeeded. The environment keys checked are HOST and HOSTNAME,
both upper and lower case.
"""
for name in ['HOST', 'HOSTNAME', 'host', 'hostname']:
hostName = os.environ.get(name, None)
if hostName:
break
if not hostName:
hostName = os.popen('hostname').read().strip()
if not hostName:
hostName = None
else:
hostName = hostName.lower()
return hostName
_localIP = None
def localIP(remote=('www.yahoo.com', 80), useCache=1):
"""Get the "public" address of the local machine.
This is the address which is connected to the general Internet.
This function connects to a remote HTTP server the first time it is
invoked (or every time it is invoked with useCache=0). If that is
not acceptable, pass remote=None, but be warned that the result is
less likely to be externally visible.
Getting your local ip is actually quite complex. If this function
is not serving your needs then you probably need to think deeply
about what you really want and how your network is really set up.
Search comp.lang.python for "local ip" for more information.
http://groups.google.com/groups?q=%22local+ip%22+group:comp.lang.python.*
"""
global _localIP
if useCache and _localIP:
return _localIP
import socket
if remote:
try:
s = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
s.connect(remote)
address, port = s.getsockname()
s.close()
if address and not address.startswith('127.'):
if useCache:
_localIP = address
return address
except socket.error:
pass
addresses = socket.gethostbyname_ex(socket.gethostname())[2]
for address in addresses:
if address and not address.startswith('127.'):
if useCache:
_localIP = address
return address
if useCache:
_localIP = addresses[0]
return _localIP
_address_mask = 256L ** calcsize('P')
def positive_id(obj):
"""Return id(obj) as a non-negative integer."""
result = id(obj)
if result < 0:
result += _address_mask
assert result > 0
return result
def _descExc(reprOfWhat, e):
"""Return a description of an exception.
This is a private function for use by safeDescription().
"""
try:
return '(exception from repr(%s): %s: %s)' % (reprOfWhat, e.__class__, e)
except Exception:
return '(exception from repr(%s))' % reprOfWhat
def safeDescription(x, what='what'):
"""Return the repr() of x and its class (or type) for help in debugging.
A major benefit here is that exceptions from repr() are consumed.
This is important in places like "assert" where you don't want
to lose the assertion exception in your attempt to get more information.
Example use:
assert isinstance(foo, Foo), safeDescription(foo)
print "foo:", safeDescription(foo) # won't raise exceptions
# better output format:
assert isinstance(foo, Foo), safeDescription(foo, 'foo')
print safeDescription(foo, 'foo')
"""
try:
xRepr = repr(x)
except Exception, e:
xRepr = _descExc('x', e)
if hasattr(x, '__class__'):
try:
cRepr = repr(x.__class__)
except Exception, e:
cRepr = _descExc('x.__class__', e)
return '%s=%s class=%s' % (what, xRepr, cRepr)
else:
try:
cRepr = repr(type(x))
except Exception, e:
cRepr = _descExc('type(x)', e)
return '%s=%s type=%s' % (what, xRepr, cRepr)
def timestamp(numSecs=None):
"""Return a dictionary whose keys give different versions of the timestamp.
The dictionary will contain the following timestamp versions:
'numSecs': the number of seconds
'tuple': (year, month, day, hour, min, sec)
'pretty': 'YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS'
'condensed': 'YYYYMMDDHHMMSS'
'dashed': 'YYYY-MM-DD-HH-MM-SS'
The focus is on the year, month, day, hour and second, with no additional
information such as timezone or day of year. This form of timestamp is
often ideal for print statements, logs and filenames. If the current number
of seconds is not passed, then the current time is taken. The 'pretty'
format is ideal for print statements, while the 'condensed' and 'dashed'
formats are generally more appropriate for filenames.
"""
if numSecs is None:
numSecs = time.time()
tuple = time.localtime(numSecs)[:6]
pretty = '%4i-%02i-%02i %02i:%02i:%02i' % tuple
condensed = '%4i%02i%02i%02i%02i%02i' % tuple
dashed = '%4i-%02i-%02i-%02i-%02i-%02i' % tuple
return locals()
def uniqueId(forObject=None, sha=False):
"""Generate an opaque, identifier string.
The string is practically guaranteed to be unique
If an object is passed, then its id() is incorporated into the generation.
Returns a 32 character long string relying on md5 or,
if sha is True, a 40 character long string relying on sha-1.
"""
try:
r = [os.urandom(8)]
except AttributeError:
r = [time.time(), random.random(), os.times()]
if forObject is not None:
r.append(id(forObject))
return (sha and sha1 or md5)(str(r)).hexdigest()
def valueForString(s):
"""Return value for a string.
For a given string, returns the most appropriate Pythonic value
such as None, a long, an int, a list, etc. If none of those
make sense, then returns the string as-is.
"None", "True" and "False" are case-insensitive because there is
already too much case sensitivity in computing, damn it!
"""
if not s:
return s
try:
return int(s)
except ValueError:
pass
try:
return long(s)
except ValueError:
pass
try:
return float(s)
except ValueError:
pass
t = s.lower()
if t == 'none':
return None
if t.lower() == 'true':
return True
if t.lower() == 'false':
return False
if s[0] in '[({"\'':
return eval(s)
return s
def Commas(number):
print 'DEPRECATED: MiscUtils.Funcs.Commas() on 02/23/01 in ver 0.5. Use commas() instead.'
return commas(number)
def CharWrap(s, width, hanging=0):
print 'DEPRECATED: MiscUtils.Funcs.CharWrap() on 02/23/01 in ver 0.5. Use charWrap() instead.'
return charWrap(s, width, hanging)