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+# Copyright (C) 2005-2009 Aaron Bentley and Panometrics, Inc.
+#                         W. Trevor King <wking@drexel.edu>
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+# with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+# 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+import calendar
+import codecs
+import os
+import shutil
+import tempfile
+import time
+import types
+import doctest
+
+def search_parent_directories(path, filename):
+    """
+    Find the file (or directory) named filename in path or in any
+    of path's parents.
+    
+    e.g.
+    search_parent_directories("/a/b/c", ".be")
+    will return the path to the first existing file from
+    /a/b/c/.be
+    /a/b/.be
+    /a/.be
+    /.be
+    or None if none of those files exist.
+    """
+    path = os.path.realpath(path)
+    assert os.path.exists(path)
+    old_path = None
+    while True:
+        check_path = os.path.join(path, filename)
+        if os.path.exists(check_path):
+            return check_path
+        if path == old_path:
+            return None
+        old_path = path
+        path = os.path.dirname(path)
+
+class Dir (object):
+    "A temporary directory for testing use"
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.path = tempfile.mkdtemp(prefix="BEtest")
+        self.rmtree = shutil.rmtree # save local reference for __del__
+        self.removed = False
+    def __del__(self):
+        self.cleanup()
+    def cleanup(self):
+        if self.removed == False:
+            self.rmtree(self.path)
+            self.removed = True
+    def __call__(self):
+        return self.path
+
+RFC_2822_TIME_FMT = "%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S +0000"
+
+
+def time_to_str(time_val):
+    """Convert a time value into an RFC 2822-formatted string.  This format
+    lacks sub-second data.
+    >>> time_to_str(0)
+    'Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000'
+    """
+    return time.strftime(RFC_2822_TIME_FMT, time.gmtime(time_val))
+
+def str_to_time(str_time):
+    """Convert an RFC 2822-fomatted string into a time value.
+    >>> str_to_time("Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000")
+    0
+    >>> q = time.time()
+    >>> str_to_time(time_to_str(q)) == int(q)
+    True
+    >>> str_to_time("Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 -1000")
+    36000
+    """
+    timezone_str = str_time[-5:]
+    if timezone_str != "+0000":
+        str_time = str_time.replace(timezone_str, "+0000")
+    time_val = calendar.timegm(time.strptime(str_time, RFC_2822_TIME_FMT))
+    timesign = -int(timezone_str[0]+"1") # "+" -> time_val ahead of GMT
+    timezone_tuple = time.strptime(timezone_str[1:], "%H%M")
+    timezone = timezone_tuple.tm_hour*3600 + timezone_tuple.tm_min*60 
+    return time_val + timesign*timezone
+
+def handy_time(time_val):
+    return time.strftime("%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M", time.localtime(time_val))
+
+def time_to_gmtime(str_time):
+    """Convert an RFC 2822-fomatted string to a GMT string.
+    >>> time_to_gmtime("Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 -1000")
+    'Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000'
+    """
+    time_val = str_to_time(str_time)
+    return time_to_str(time_val)
+
+def iterable_full_of_strings(value, alternative=None):
+    """
+    Require an iterable full of strings.
+    >>> iterable_full_of_strings([])
+    True
+    >>> iterable_full_of_strings(["abc", "def", u"hij"])
+    True
+    >>> iterable_full_of_strings(["abc", None, u"hij"])
+    False
+    >>> iterable_full_of_strings(None, alternative=None)
+    True
+    """
+    if value == alternative:
+        return True
+    elif not hasattr(value, "__iter__"):
+        return False
+    for x in value:
+        if type(x) not in types.StringTypes:
+            return False
+    return True
+
+suite = doctest.DocTestSuite()