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diff --git a/morphlib/util.py b/morphlib/util.py new file mode 100644 index 00000000..a181ff29 --- /dev/null +++ b/morphlib/util.py @@ -0,0 +1,32 @@ +# Copyright (C) 2011 Codethink Limited +# +# 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. +# +# 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. + + +'''Utility functions for morph.''' + + +def indent(string, spaces=4): + '''Return ``string`` indented by ``spaces`` spaces. + + The final line is not terminated by a newline. This makes it easy + to use this function for indenting long text for logging: the + logging library adds a newline, so not including it in the indented + text avoids a spurious empty line in the log file. + + ''' + + return '\n'.join('%*s%s' % (spaces, '', line) + for line in string.splitlines()) + |