General Python tools
Project description
This is a collection of utility modules for Python projects.
Features
coding module:
Factory functions to create safe_encode resp. safe_decode functions as needed
classes module:
Several simple but useful classes derived from Python dicts, e.g. Mirror and Proxy
debug module:
trace_this decorator
dicts module:
several tools to work with standard dictionaries
files module:
functions related to files; for now make_mtime_checker
html module:
HtmlEntityProxy - a dict which returns unicode characters when given a named HTML entity
http module:
extract_hostname (using url.split and raising ValueError)
lands0 module:
several tools to work with lists and strings
minifuncs module:
very small functions, for some cases where functions are used as arguments
profile module:
a StopWatch context manager and @profile decorator
sequences module:
tools for sequences, e.g. inject_indexes
times module:
functions related to date and/or time calculations
Documentation
The modules are documented by doctests. Full documentation for end users can be found in the “docs” folder.
Installation
Simply install visaplan.tools by using pip:
pip install visaplan.tools
or by adding it to your buildout:
[buildout] ... eggs = visaplan.tools
and then running bin/buildout
Contribute
Issue Tracker: https://github.com/visaplan/visaplan.tools/issues
Source Code: https://github.com/visaplan/visaplan.tools
Support
If you are having issues, please let us know; please use the issue tracker mentioned above.
License
The project is licensed under the GNU General Public License v2 (GPLv2).
Contributors
Tobias Herp, tobias.herp@visaplan.com
Changelog
1.2.2 (unreleased)
new module buildout for use in buildout-built projects: use the checkPathForPackage function to check an installed package against a versions whitelist [tobiasherp]
1.2.1 (2018-09-17)
new module dates:
make_date_parser factory to create a parse_date function which understands multiple date formats
make_date_formatter factory to create a function which formats date, given as a datetime object or a tuple of int
new module profile:
StopWatch context manager and @profile decorator
new module mock:
a few small classes for use in doctests
the same module as visaplan.plone.tools.mock
module debug:
new decorators trace_this, log_result
new function print_indented
new factory function make_sleeper
module dicts:
new function make_key_injector
module minifuncs:
new function translate_dummy
module sequences:
new function nocomment_split
new function columns [tobiasherp]
module lands0:
new function join_stripped
License changed to GPLv2
1.2 (2018-07-11)
breaking changes:
classes: Proxy is now a factory rather than a class
modules debug, dicts, lands0, minifuncs [tobiasherp]
1.1 (2018-06-12)
modules sequences, times, files
Minor Bugfixes [tobiasherp]
1.0 (2018-06-11)
Initial release, including modules classes, html, http and coding [tobiasherp]
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