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+++ b/common/utils.py	Sat May 14 01:12:35 2011 -0700
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+#   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 3 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, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+# Miscellaneous game functions
+
+import os, sys, fnmatch
+from textwrap import dedent
+
+def addPaths (*paths):
+    """Adds a list of paths to sys.path. Paths are expected to use forward
+       slashes, for example '../../engine/extensions'. Slashes are converted
+       to the OS-specific equivalent.
+       @type paths: ???
+       @param paths: Paths to files?
+       @return: None"""
+    for p in paths:
+        if not p in sys.path:
+            sys.path.append(os.path.sep.join(p.split('/')))
+
+def parseBool(value):
+    """Parses a string to get a boolean value"""
+    if (value.isdigit()):
+        return bool(int(value))
+    elif (value.isalpha):
+        return value.lower()[0] == "t"
+    return False
+
+def locateFiles(pattern, root=os.curdir):
+    """Locate all files matching supplied filename pattern in and below
+    supplied root directory."""
+    for path, _, files in os.walk(os.path.abspath(root)):
+        for filename in fnmatch.filter(files, pattern):
+            yield os.path.join(path, filename)
+
+def dedent_chomp(string):
+    """Remove common leading whitespace and chomp each non-blank line."""
+    dedented_string = dedent(string).strip()
+    lines = dedented_string.splitlines()
+    formatted_lines = []
+    for index in range(len(lines)):
+        line = lines[index]
+        if index == len(lines) - 1:
+            # Don't do anything to the last line.
+            pass
+        elif not line or line.isspace():
+            line = '\n\n'
+        else:
+            line = ''.join([line, ' '])
+        formatted_lines.append(line)
+    result = ''.join(formatted_lines)
+    return result