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+import os, sys
+
+def detectCPUs():
+    """
+    Detects the number of CPUs on a system. Cribbed from pp.
+    """
+    # Linux, Unix and MacOS:
+    if hasattr(os, "sysconf"):
+        if os.sysconf_names.has_key("SC_NPROCESSORS_ONLN"):
+            # Linux & Unix:
+            ncpus = os.sysconf("SC_NPROCESSORS_ONLN")
+            if isinstance(ncpus, int) and ncpus > 0:
+                return ncpus
+        else: # OSX:
+            return int(os.popen2("sysctl -n hw.ncpu")[1].read())
+    # Windows:
+    if os.environ.has_key("NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS"):
+        ncpus = int(os.environ["NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS"]);
+        if ncpus > 0:
+            return ncpus
+    return 1 # Default
+
+def mkdir_p(path):
+    """mkdir_p(path) - Make the "path" directory, if it does not exist; this
+    will also make directories for any missing parent directories."""
+    import errno
+
+    if not path or os.path.exists(path):
+        return
+
+    parent = os.path.dirname(path) 
+    if parent != path:
+        mkdir_p(parent)
+
+    try:
+        os.mkdir(path)
+    except OSError,e:
+        # Ignore EEXIST, which may occur during a race condition.
+        if e.errno != errno.EEXIST:
+            raise
+
+def capture(args):
+    import subprocess
+    """capture(command) - Run the given command (or argv list) in a shell and
+    return the standard output."""
+    p = subprocess.Popen(args, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
+    out,_ = p.communicate()
+    return out
+
+def which(command, paths = None):
+    """which(command, [paths]) - Look up the given command in the paths string
+    (or the PATH environment variable, if unspecified)."""
+
+    if paths is None:
+        paths = os.environ.get('PATH','')
+
+    # Check for absolute match first.
+    if os.path.exists(command):
+        return command
+
+    # Would be nice if Python had a lib function for this.
+    if not paths:
+        paths = os.defpath
+
+    # Get suffixes to search.
+    pathext = os.environ.get('PATHEXT', '').split(os.pathsep)
+
+    # Search the paths...
+    for path in paths.split(os.pathsep):
+        for ext in pathext:
+            p = os.path.join(path, command + ext)
+            if os.path.exists(p):
+                return p
+
+    return None
+
+def printHistogram(items, title = 'Items'):
+    import itertools, math
+
+    items.sort(key = lambda (_,v): v)
+
+    maxValue = max([v for _,v in items])
+
+    # Select first "nice" bar height that produces more than 10 bars.
+    power = int(math.ceil(math.log(maxValue, 10)))
+    for inc in itertools.cycle((5, 2, 2.5, 1)):
+        barH = inc * 10**power
+        N = int(math.ceil(maxValue / barH))
+        if N > 10:
+            break
+        elif inc == 1:
+            power -= 1
+
+    histo = [set() for i in range(N)]
+    for name,v in items:
+        bin = min(int(N * v/maxValue), N-1)
+        histo[bin].add(name)
+
+    barW = 40
+    hr = '-' * (barW + 34)
+    print '\nSlowest %s:' % title
+    print hr
+    for name,value in items[-20:]:
+        print '%.2fs: %s' % (value, name)
+    print '\n%s Times:' % title
+    print hr
+    pDigits = int(math.ceil(math.log(maxValue, 10)))
+    pfDigits = max(0, 3-pDigits)
+    if pfDigits:
+        pDigits += pfDigits + 1
+    cDigits = int(math.ceil(math.log(len(items), 10)))
+    print "[%s] :: [%s] :: [%s]" % ('Range'.center((pDigits+1)*2 + 3),
+                                    'Percentage'.center(barW),
+                                    'Count'.center(cDigits*2 + 1))
+    print hr
+    for i,row in enumerate(histo):
+        pct = float(len(row)) / len(items)
+        w = int(barW * pct)
+        print "[%*.*fs,%*.*fs)" % (pDigits, pfDigits, i*barH,
+                                   pDigits, pfDigits, (i+1)*barH),
+        print ":: [%s%s] :: [%*d/%*d]" % ('*'*w, ' '*(barW-w),
+                                          cDigits, len(row),
+                                          cDigits, len(items))
+