| """A more or less complete user-defined wrapper around list objects.""" | 
 |  | 
 | class UserList: | 
 |     def __init__(self, initlist=None): | 
 |         self.data = [] | 
 |         if initlist is not None: | 
 |             # XXX should this accept an arbitrary sequence? | 
 |             if type(initlist) == type(self.data): | 
 |                 self.data[:] = initlist | 
 |             elif isinstance(initlist, UserList): | 
 |                 self.data[:] = initlist.data[:] | 
 |             else: | 
 |                 self.data = list(initlist) | 
 |     def __repr__(self): return repr(self.data) | 
 |     def __cmp__(self, other): | 
 |         if isinstance(other, UserList): | 
 |             return cmp(self.data, other.data) | 
 |         else: | 
 |             return cmp(self.data, other) | 
 |     def __contains__(self, item): return item in self.data | 
 |     def __len__(self): return len(self.data) | 
 |     def __getitem__(self, i): return self.data[i] | 
 |     def __setitem__(self, i, item): self.data[i] = item | 
 |     def __delitem__(self, i): del self.data[i] | 
 |     def __getslice__(self, i, j): | 
 |         i = max(i, 0); j = max(j, 0) | 
 |         return self.__class__(self.data[i:j]) | 
 |     def __setslice__(self, i, j, other): | 
 |         i = max(i, 0); j = max(j, 0) | 
 |         if isinstance(other, UserList): | 
 |             self.data[i:j] = other.data | 
 |         elif isinstance(other, type(self.data)): | 
 |             self.data[i:j] = other | 
 |         else: | 
 |             self.data[i:j] = list(other) | 
 |     def __delslice__(self, i, j): | 
 |         i = max(i, 0); j = max(j, 0) | 
 |         del self.data[i:j] | 
 |     def __add__(self, other): | 
 |         if isinstance(other, UserList): | 
 |             return self.__class__(self.data + other.data) | 
 |         elif isinstance(other, type(self.data)): | 
 |             return self.__class__(self.data + other) | 
 |         else: | 
 |             return self.__class__(self.data + list(other)) | 
 |     def __radd__(self, other): | 
 |         if isinstance(other, UserList): | 
 |             return self.__class__(other.data + self.data) | 
 |         elif isinstance(other, type(self.data)): | 
 |             return self.__class__(other + self.data) | 
 |         else: | 
 |             return self.__class__(list(other) + self.data) | 
 |     def __iadd__(self, other): | 
 |         if isinstance(other, UserList): | 
 |             self.data += other.data | 
 |         elif isinstance(other, type(self.data)): | 
 |             self.data += other | 
 |         else: | 
 |             self.data += list(other) | 
 |         return self | 
 |     def __mul__(self, n): | 
 |         return self.__class__(self.data*n) | 
 |     __rmul__ = __mul__ | 
 |     def __imul__(self, n): | 
 |         self.data *= n | 
 |         return self | 
 |     def append(self, item): self.data.append(item) | 
 |     def insert(self, i, item): self.data.insert(i, item) | 
 |     def pop(self, i=-1): return self.data.pop(i) | 
 |     def remove(self, item): self.data.remove(item) | 
 |     def count(self, item): return self.data.count(item) | 
 |     def index(self, item): return self.data.index(item) | 
 |     def reverse(self): self.data.reverse() | 
 |     def sort(self, *args): apply(self.data.sort, args) | 
 |     def extend(self, other): | 
 |         if isinstance(other, UserList): | 
 |             self.data.extend(other.data) | 
 |         else: | 
 |             self.data.extend(other) |