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-# Helper functions and mixin classes for Beautiful Soup
-
-import types
-try:
- set
-except NameError:
- from sets import Set as set
-
-def isList(l):
- """Convenience method that works with all 2.x versions of Python
- to determine whether or not something is listlike."""
- return ((hasattr(l, '__iter__') and not isString(l))
- or (type(l) in (types.ListType, types.TupleType)))
-
-def isString(s):
- """Convenience method that works with all 2.x versions of Python
- to determine whether or not something is stringlike."""
- try:
- return isinstance(s, unicode) or isinstance(s, basestring)
- except NameError:
- return isinstance(s, str)
-
-def buildSet(args=None):
- """Turns a list or a string into a set."""
- if isinstance(args, str):
- return set([args])
- if args is None:
- return set()
- return set(args)