make inversion optional

[z_archive/twitter.git] / twitter / util.py

"""
Internal utility functions.

`htmlentitydecode` came from here:
    http://wiki.python.org/moin/EscapingHtml
"""


import re
import sys
try:
    from html.entities import name2codepoint
    unichr = chr
except ImportError:
    from htmlentitydefs import name2codepoint

def htmlentitydecode(s):
    return re.sub(
        '&(%s);' % '|'.join(name2codepoint),
        lambda m: unichr(name2codepoint[m.group(1)]), s)

def smrt_input(globals_, locals_, ps1=">>> ", ps2="... "):
    inputs = []
    while True:
        if inputs:
            prompt = ps2
        else:
            prompt = ps1
        inputs.append(input(prompt))
        try:
            ret = eval('\n'.join(inputs), globals_, locals_)
            if ret:
                print(str(ret))
            return
        except SyntaxError:
            pass

def printNicely(string):
    if hasattr(sys.stdout, 'buffer'):
        sys.stdout.buffer.write(string.encode('utf8'))
        print()
    else:
        print(string.encode('utf8'))

__all__ = ["htmlentitydecode", "smrt_input"]