python-nltk 3.0.0-1 / usr / lib / python2.7 / dist-packages / nltk / internals.py

# Natural Language Toolkit: Internal utility functions
#
# Copyright (C) 2001-2014 NLTK Project
# Author: Steven Bird <stevenbird1@gmail.com>
#         Edward Loper <edloper@gmail.com>
#         Nitin Madnani <nmadnani@ets.org>
# URL: <http://nltk.org/>
# For license information, see LICENSE.TXT
from __future__ import print_function

import subprocess
import os
import re, sre_constants, sre_parse, sre_compile
import warnings
import textwrap
import types
import sys
import stat

# Use the c version of ElementTree, which is faster, if possible:
try:
    from xml.etree import cElementTree as ElementTree
except ImportError:
    from xml.etree import ElementTree

from nltk import __file__
from nltk import compat
######################################################################
# Regular Expression Processing
######################################################################

def compile_regexp_to_noncapturing(pattern, flags=0):
    """
    Compile the regexp pattern after switching all grouping parentheses
    in the given regexp pattern to non-capturing groups.

    :type pattern: str
    :rtype: str
    """
    def convert_regexp_to_noncapturing_parsed(parsed_pattern):
        res_data = []
        for key, value in parsed_pattern.data:
            if key == sre_constants.SUBPATTERN:
                index, subpattern = value
                value = (None, convert_regexp_to_noncapturing_parsed(subpattern))
            elif key == sre_constants.GROUPREF:
                raise ValueError('Regular expressions with back-references are not supported: {0}'.format(pattern))
            res_data.append((key, value))
        parsed_pattern.data = res_data
        parsed_pattern.pattern.groups = 1
        parsed_pattern.pattern.groupdict = {}
        return parsed_pattern

    return sre_compile.compile(convert_regexp_to_noncapturing_parsed(sre_parse.parse(pattern)), flags=flags)


##########################################################################
# Java Via Command-Line
##########################################################################

_java_bin = None
_java_options = []
# [xx] add classpath option to config_java?
def config_java(bin=None, options=None, verbose=True):
    """
    Configure nltk's java interface, by letting nltk know where it can
    find the Java binary, and what extra options (if any) should be
    passed to Java when it is run.

    :param bin: The full path to the Java binary.  If not specified,
        then nltk will search the system for a Java binary; and if
        one is not found, it will raise a ``LookupError`` exception.
    :type bin: str
    :param options: A list of options that should be passed to the
        Java binary when it is called.  A common value is
        ``'-Xmx512m'``, which tells Java binary to increase
        the maximum heap size to 512 megabytes.  If no options are
        specified, then do not modify the options list.
    :type options: list(str)
    """
    global _java_bin, _java_options
    _java_bin = find_binary('java', bin, env_vars=['JAVAHOME', 'JAVA_HOME'], verbose=verbose, binary_names=['java.exe'])

    if options is not None:
        if isinstance(options, compat.string_types):
            options = options.split()
        _java_options = list(options)

def java(cmd, classpath=None, stdin=None, stdout=None, stderr=None,
         blocking=True):
    """
    Execute the given java command, by opening a subprocess that calls
    Java.  If java has not yet been configured, it will be configured
    by calling ``config_java()`` with no arguments.

    :param cmd: The java command that should be called, formatted as
        a list of strings.  Typically, the first string will be the name
        of the java class; and the remaining strings will be arguments
        for that java class.
    :type cmd: list(str)

    :param classpath: A ``':'`` separated list of directories, JAR
        archives, and ZIP archives to search for class files.
    :type classpath: str

    :param stdin, stdout, stderr: Specify the executed programs'
        standard input, standard output and standard error file
        handles, respectively.  Valid values are ``subprocess.PIPE``,
        an existing file descriptor (a positive integer), an existing
        file object, and None.  ``subprocess.PIPE`` indicates that a
        new pipe to the child should be created.  With None, no
        redirection will occur; the child's file handles will be
        inherited from the parent.  Additionally, stderr can be
        ``subprocess.STDOUT``, which indicates that the stderr data
        from the applications should be captured into the same file
        handle as for stdout.

    :param blocking: If ``false``, then return immediately after
        spawning the subprocess.  In this case, the return value is
        the ``Popen`` object, and not a ``(stdout, stderr)`` tuple.

    :return: If ``blocking=True``, then return a tuple ``(stdout,
        stderr)``, containing the stdout and stderr outputs generated
        by the java command if the ``stdout`` and ``stderr`` parameters
        were set to ``subprocess.PIPE``; or None otherwise.  If
        ``blocking=False``, then return a ``subprocess.Popen`` object.

    :raise OSError: If the java command returns a nonzero return code.
    """
    if stdin == 'pipe': stdin = subprocess.PIPE
    if stdout == 'pipe': stdout = subprocess.PIPE
    if stderr == 'pipe': stderr = subprocess.PIPE
    if isinstance(cmd, compat.string_types):
        raise TypeError('cmd should be a list of strings')

    # Make sure we know where a java binary is.
    if _java_bin is None:
        config_java()

    # Set up the classpath.
    if isinstance(classpath, compat.string_types):
        classpaths=[classpath]
    else:
        classpaths=list(classpath)
    classpath=os.path.pathsep.join(classpaths)

    # Construct the full command string.
    cmd = list(cmd)
    cmd = ['-cp', classpath] + cmd
    cmd = [_java_bin] + _java_options + cmd

    # Call java via a subprocess
    p = subprocess.Popen(cmd, stdin=stdin, stdout=stdout, stderr=stderr)
    if not blocking: return p
    (stdout, stderr) = p.communicate()

    # Check the return code.
    if p.returncode != 0:
        print(stderr.decode(sys.stdout.encoding))
        raise OSError('Java command failed!')

    return (stdout, stderr)

if 0:
    #config_java(options='-Xmx512m')
    # Write:
    #java('weka.classifiers.bayes.NaiveBayes',
    #     ['-d', '/tmp/names.model', '-t', '/tmp/train.arff'],
    #     classpath='/Users/edloper/Desktop/weka/weka.jar')
    # Read:
    (a,b) = java(['weka.classifiers.bayes.NaiveBayes',
                  '-l', '/tmp/names.model', '-T', '/tmp/test.arff',
                  '-p', '0'],#, '-distribution'],
                 classpath='/Users/edloper/Desktop/weka/weka.jar')


######################################################################
# Parsing
######################################################################

class ReadError(ValueError):
    """
    Exception raised by read_* functions when they fail.
    :param position: The index in the input string where an error occurred.
    :param expected: What was expected when an error occurred.
    """
    def __init__(self, expected, position):
        ValueError.__init__(self, expected, position)
        self.expected = expected
        self.position = position
    def __str__(self):
        return 'Expected %s at %s' % (self.expected, self.position)

_STRING_START_RE = re.compile(r"[uU]?[rR]?(\"\"\"|\'\'\'|\"|\')")
def read_str(s, start_position):
    """
    If a Python string literal begins at the specified position in the
    given string, then return a tuple ``(val, end_position)``
    containing the value of the string literal and the position where
    it ends.  Otherwise, raise a ``ReadError``.
    """
    # Read the open quote, and any modifiers.
    m = _STRING_START_RE.match(s, start_position)
    if not m: raise ReadError('open quote', start_position)
    quotemark = m.group(1)

    # Find the close quote.
    _STRING_END_RE = re.compile(r'\\|%s' % quotemark)
    position = m.end()
    while True:
        match = _STRING_END_RE.search(s, position)
        if not match: raise ReadError('close quote', position)
        if match.group(0) == '\\': position = match.end()+1
        else: break

    # Process it, using eval.  Strings with invalid escape sequences
    # might raise ValueEerror.
    try:
        return eval(s[start_position:match.end()]), match.end()
    except ValueError as e:
        raise ReadError('invalid string (%s)' % e)

_READ_INT_RE = re.compile(r'-?\d+')
def read_int(s, start_position):
    """
    If an integer begins at the specified position in the given
    string, then return a tuple ``(val, end_position)`` containing the
    value of the integer and the position where it ends.  Otherwise,
    raise a ``ReadError``.
    """
    m = _READ_INT_RE.match(s, start_position)
    if not m: raise ReadError('integer', start_position)
    return int(m.group()), m.end()

_READ_NUMBER_VALUE = re.compile(r'-?(\d*)([.]?\d*)?')
def read_number(s, start_position):
    """
    If an integer or float begins at the specified position in the
    given string, then return a tuple ``(val, end_position)``
    containing the value of the number and the position where it ends.
    Otherwise, raise a ``ReadError``.
    """
    m = _READ_NUMBER_VALUE.match(s, start_position)
    if not m or not (m.group(1) or m.group(2)):
        raise ReadError('number', start_position)
    if m.group(2): return float(m.group()), m.end()
    else: return int(m.group()), m.end()



######################################################################
# Check if a method has been overridden
######################################################################

def overridden(method):
    """
    :return: True if ``method`` overrides some method with the same
    name in a base class.  This is typically used when defining
    abstract base classes or interfaces, to allow subclasses to define
    either of two related methods:

        >>> class EaterI:
        ...     '''Subclass must define eat() or batch_eat().'''
        ...     def eat(self, food):
        ...         if overridden(self.batch_eat):
        ...             return self.batch_eat([food])[0]
        ...         else:
        ...             raise NotImplementedError()
        ...     def batch_eat(self, foods):
        ...         return [self.eat(food) for food in foods]

    :type method: instance method
    """
    # [xx] breaks on classic classes!
    if isinstance(method, types.MethodType) and compat.get_im_class(method) is not None:
        name = method.__name__
        funcs = [cls.__dict__[name]
                 for cls in _mro(compat.get_im_class(method))
                 if name in cls.__dict__]
        return len(funcs) > 1
    else:
        raise TypeError('Expected an instance method.')

def _mro(cls):
    """
    Return the method resolution order for ``cls`` -- i.e., a list
    containing ``cls`` and all its base classes, in the order in which
    they would be checked by ``getattr``.  For new-style classes, this
    is just cls.__mro__.  For classic classes, this can be obtained by
    a depth-first left-to-right traversal of ``__bases__``.
    """
    if isinstance(cls, type):
        return cls.__mro__
    else:
        mro = [cls]
        for base in cls.__bases__: mro.extend(_mro(base))
        return mro

######################################################################
# Deprecation decorator & base class
######################################################################
# [xx] dedent msg first if it comes from  a docstring.

def _add_epytext_field(obj, field, message):
    """Add an epytext @field to a given object's docstring."""
    indent = ''
    # If we already have a docstring, then add a blank line to separate
    # it from the new field, and check its indentation.
    if obj.__doc__:
        obj.__doc__ = obj.__doc__.rstrip()+'\n\n'
        indents = re.findall(r'(?<=\n)[ ]+(?!\s)', obj.__doc__.expandtabs())
        if indents: indent = min(indents)
    # If we don't have a docstring, add an empty one.
    else:
        obj.__doc__ = ''

    obj.__doc__ += textwrap.fill('@%s: %s' % (field, message),
                                 initial_indent=indent,
                                 subsequent_indent=indent+'    ')

def deprecated(message):
    """
    A decorator used to mark functions as deprecated.  This will cause
    a warning to be printed the when the function is used.  Usage:

        >>> from nltk.internals import deprecated
        >>> @deprecated('Use foo() instead')
        ... def bar(x):
        ...     print(x/10)

    """

    def decorator(func):
        msg = ("Function %s() has been deprecated.  %s"
               % (func.__name__, message))
        msg = '\n' + textwrap.fill(msg, initial_indent='  ',
                                   subsequent_indent='  ')
        def newFunc(*args, **kwargs):
            warnings.warn(msg, category=DeprecationWarning, stacklevel=2)
            return func(*args, **kwargs)

        # Copy the old function's name, docstring, & dict
        newFunc.__dict__.update(func.__dict__)
        newFunc.__name__ = func.__name__
        newFunc.__doc__ = func.__doc__
        newFunc.__deprecated__ = True
        # Add a @deprecated field to the docstring.
        _add_epytext_field(newFunc, 'deprecated', message)
        return newFunc
    return decorator

class Deprecated(object):
    """
    A base class used to mark deprecated classes.  A typical usage is to
    alert users that the name of a class has changed:

        >>> from nltk.internals import Deprecated
        >>> class NewClassName(object):
        ...     pass # All logic goes here.
        ...
        >>> class OldClassName(Deprecated, NewClassName):
        ...     "Use NewClassName instead."

    The docstring of the deprecated class will be used in the
    deprecation warning message.
    """
    def __new__(cls, *args, **kwargs):
        # Figure out which class is the deprecated one.
        dep_cls = None
        for base in _mro(cls):
            if Deprecated in base.__bases__:
                dep_cls = base; break
        assert dep_cls, 'Unable to determine which base is deprecated.'

        # Construct an appropriate warning.
        doc = dep_cls.__doc__ or ''.strip()
        # If there's a @deprecated field, strip off the field marker.
        doc = re.sub(r'\A\s*@deprecated:', r'', doc)
        # Strip off any indentation.
        doc = re.sub(r'(?m)^\s*', '', doc)
        # Construct a 'name' string.
        name = 'Class %s' % dep_cls.__name__
        if cls != dep_cls:
            name += ' (base class for %s)' % cls.__name__
        # Put it all together.
        msg = '%s has been deprecated.  %s' % (name, doc)
        # Wrap it.
        msg = '\n' + textwrap.fill(msg, initial_indent='    ',
                                   subsequent_indent='    ')
        warnings.warn(msg, category=DeprecationWarning, stacklevel=2)
        # Do the actual work of __new__.
        return object.__new__(cls)

##########################################################################
# COUNTER, FOR UNIQUE NAMING
##########################################################################

class Counter:
    """
    A counter that auto-increments each time its value is read.
    """
    def __init__(self, initial_value=0):
        self._value = initial_value
    def get(self):
        self._value += 1
        return self._value

##########################################################################
# Search for files/binaries
##########################################################################

def find_file_iter(filename, env_vars=(), searchpath=(),
        file_names=None, url=None, verbose=True):
    """
    Search for a file to be used by nltk.

    :param filename: The name or path of the file.
    :param env_vars: A list of environment variable names to check.
    :param file_names: A list of alternative file names to check.
    :param searchpath: List of directories to search.
    :param url: URL presented to user for download help.
    :param verbose: Whether or not to print path when a file is found.
    """
    file_names = [filename] + (file_names or [])
    assert isinstance(filename, compat.string_types)
    assert not isinstance(file_names, compat.string_types)
    assert not isinstance(searchpath, compat.string_types)
    if isinstance(env_vars, compat.string_types):
        env_vars = env_vars.split()
    yielded = False

    # File exists, no magic
    for alternative in file_names:
        path_to_file = os.path.join(filename, alternative)
        if os.path.isfile(path_to_file):
            if verbose:
                print('[Found %s: %s]' % (filename, path_to_file))
            yielded = True
            yield path_to_file
        # Check the bare alternatives
        if os.path.isfile(alternative):
            if verbose:
                print('[Found %s: %s]' % (filename, alternative))
            yielded = True
            yield alternative
        # Check if the alternative is inside a 'file' directory
        path_to_file = os.path.join(filename, 'file', alternative)
        if os.path.isfile(path_to_file):
            if verbose:
                print('[Found %s: %s]' % (filename, path_to_file))
            yielded = True
            yield path_to_file

    # Check environment variables
    for env_var in env_vars:
        if env_var in os.environ:
            for env_dir in os.environ[env_var].split(os.pathsep):
                # Check if the environment variable contains a direct path to the bin
                if os.path.isfile(env_dir):
                    if verbose:
                        print('[Found %s: %s]'%(filename, env_dir))
                    yielded = True
                    yield env_dir
                # Check if the possible bin names exist inside the environment variable directories
                for alternative in file_names:
                    path_to_file = os.path.join(env_dir, alternative)
                    if os.path.isfile(path_to_file):
                        if verbose:
                            print('[Found %s: %s]'%(filename, path_to_file))
                        yielded = True
                        yield path_to_file
                    # Check if the alternative is inside a 'file' directory
                    path_to_file = os.path.join(env_dir, 'file', alternative)
                    if os.path.isfile(path_to_file):
                        if verbose:
                            print('[Found %s: %s]' % (filename, path_to_file))
                        yielded = True
                        yield path_to_file

    # Check the path list.
    for directory in searchpath:
        for alternative in file_names:
            path_to_file = os.path.join(directory, alternative)
            if os.path.isfile(path_to_file):
                yielded = True
                yield path_to_file

    # If we're on a POSIX system, then try using the 'which' command
    # to find the file.
    if os.name == 'posix':
        for alternative in file_names:
            try:
                p = subprocess.Popen(['which', alternative], stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
                stdout, stderr = p.communicate()
                path = stdout.decode(sys.stdout.encoding).strip()
                if path.endswith(alternative) and os.path.exists(path):
                    if verbose:
                        print('[Found %s: %s]' % (filename, path))
                    yielded = True
                    yield path
            except (KeyboardInterrupt, SystemExit):
                raise
            except:
                pass

    if not yielded:
        msg = ("NLTK was unable to find the %s file!" "\nUse software specific "
               "configuration paramaters" % filename)
        if env_vars: msg += ' or set the %s environment variable' % env_vars[0]
        msg += '.'
        if searchpath:
            msg += '\n\n  Searched in:'
            msg += ''.join('\n    - %s' % d for d in searchpath)
        if url: msg += ('\n\n  For more information, on %s, see:\n    <%s>' %
                        (filename, url))
        div = '='*75
        raise LookupError('\n\n%s\n%s\n%s' % (div, msg, div))

def find_file(filename, env_vars=(), searchpath=(),
        file_names=None, url=None, verbose=True):
    return next(find_file_iter(filename, env_vars, searchpath,
                               file_names, url, verbose))

def find_binary_iter(name, path_to_bin=None, env_vars=(), searchpath=(),
                binary_names=None, url=None, verbose=True):
    """
    Search for a file to be used by nltk.

    :param name: The name or path of the file.
    :param path_to_bin: The user-supplied binary location (deprecated)
    :param env_vars: A list of environment variable names to check.
    :param file_names: A list of alternative file names to check.
    :param searchpath: List of directories to search.
    :param url: URL presented to user for download help.
    :param verbose: Whether or not to print path when a file is found.
    """
    for file in  find_file_iter(path_to_bin or name, env_vars, searchpath, binary_names,
                     url, verbose):
        yield file

def find_binary(name, path_to_bin=None, env_vars=(), searchpath=(),
                binary_names=None, url=None, verbose=True):
    return next(find_binary_iter(name, path_to_bin, env_vars, searchpath,
                                 binary_names, url, verbose))

def find_jar_iter(name_pattern, path_to_jar=None, env_vars=(),
        searchpath=(), url=None, verbose=True, is_regex=False):
    """
    Search for a jar that is used by nltk.

    :param name_pattern: The name of the jar file
    :param path_to_jar: The user-supplied jar location, or None.
    :param env_vars: A list of environment variable names to check
                     in addition to the CLASSPATH variable which is
                     checked by default.
    :param searchpath: List of directories to search.
    :param is_regex: Whether name is a regular expression.
    """

    assert isinstance(name_pattern, compat.string_types)
    assert not isinstance(searchpath, compat.string_types)
    if isinstance(env_vars, compat.string_types):
        env_vars = env_vars.split()
    yielded = False

    # Make sure we check the CLASSPATH first
    env_vars = ['CLASSPATH'] + list(env_vars)

    # If an explicit location was given, then check it, and yield it if
    # it's present; otherwise, complain.
    if path_to_jar is not None:
        if os.path.isfile(path_to_jar):
            yielded = True
            yield path_to_jar
        else:
            raise LookupError('Could not find %s jar file at %s' %
                            (name_pattern, path_to_jar))

    # Check environment variables
    for env_var in env_vars:
        if env_var in os.environ:
            if env_var == 'CLASSPATH':
                classpath = os.environ['CLASSPATH']
                for cp in classpath.split(os.path.pathsep):
                    if os.path.isfile(cp):
                        filename=os.path.basename(cp)
                        if is_regex and re.match(name_pattern, filename) or \
                                (not is_regex and filename == name_pattern):
                            if verbose:
                                print('[Found %s: %s]' % (name_pattern, cp))
                            yielded = True
                            yield cp
            else:
                jar_env = os.environ[env_var]
                jar_iter = ((os.path.join(jar_env, path_to_jar) for path_to_jar in os.listdir(jar_env))
                            if os.path.isdir(jar_env) else (jar_env,))
                for path_to_jar in jar_iter:
                    if os.path.isfile(path_to_jar):
                        filename=os.path.basename(path_to_jar)
                        if is_regex and re.match(name_pattern, filename) or \
                                (not is_regex and filename == name_pattern):
                            if verbose:
                                print('[Found %s: %s]' % (name_pattern, path_to_jar))
                            yielded = True
                            yield path_to_jar

    # Check the path list.
    for directory in searchpath:
        if is_regex:
            for filename in os.listdir(directory):
                path_to_jar = os.path.join(directory, filename)
                if os.path.isfile(path_to_jar):
                    if re.match(name_pattern, filename):
                        if verbose:
                            print('[Found %s: %s]' % (filename, path_to_jar))
                yielded = True
                yield path_to_jar
        else:
            path_to_jar = os.path.join(directory, name_pattern)
            if os.path.isfile(path_to_jar):
                if verbose:
                    print('[Found %s: %s]' % (name_pattern, path_to_jar))
                yielded = True
                yield path_to_jar

    if not yielded:
        # If nothing was found, raise an error
        msg = ("NLTK was unable to find %s!" % name_pattern)
        if env_vars: msg += ' Set the %s environment variable' % env_vars[0]
        msg = textwrap.fill(msg+'.', initial_indent='  ',
                            subsequent_indent='  ')
        if searchpath:
            msg += '\n\n  Searched in:'
            msg += ''.join('\n    - %s' % d for d in searchpath)
        if url:
            msg += ('\n\n  For more information, on %s, see:\n    <%s>' %
                    (name_pattern, url))
        div = '='*75
        raise LookupError('\n\n%s\n%s\n%s' % (div, msg, div))

def find_jar(name_pattern, path_to_jar=None, env_vars=(),
        searchpath=(), url=None, verbose=True, is_regex=False):
    return next(find_jar_iter(name_pattern, path_to_jar, env_vars,
                         searchpath, url, verbose, is_regex))

##########################################################################
# Import Stdlib Module
##########################################################################

def import_from_stdlib(module):
    """
    When python is run from within the nltk/ directory tree, the
    current directory is included at the beginning of the search path.
    Unfortunately, that means that modules within nltk can sometimes
    shadow standard library modules.  As an example, the stdlib
    'inspect' module will attempt to import the stdlib 'tokenize'
    module, but will instead end up importing NLTK's 'tokenize' module
    instead (causing the import to fail).
    """
    old_path = sys.path
    sys.path = [d for d in sys.path if d not in ('', '.')]
    m = __import__(module)
    sys.path = old_path
    return m


##########################################################################
# Wrapper for ElementTree Elements
##########################################################################

@compat.python_2_unicode_compatible
class ElementWrapper(object):
    """
    A wrapper around ElementTree Element objects whose main purpose is
    to provide nicer __repr__ and __str__ methods.  In addition, any
    of the wrapped Element's methods that return other Element objects
    are overridden to wrap those values before returning them.

    This makes Elements more convenient to work with in
    interactive sessions and doctests, at the expense of some
    efficiency.
    """

    # Prevent double-wrapping:
    def __new__(cls, etree):
        """
        Create and return a wrapper around a given Element object.
        If ``etree`` is an ``ElementWrapper``, then ``etree`` is
        returned as-is.
        """
        if isinstance(etree, ElementWrapper):
            return etree
        else:
            return object.__new__(ElementWrapper)

    def __init__(self, etree):
        r"""
        Initialize a new Element wrapper for ``etree``.

        If ``etree`` is a string, then it will be converted to an
        Element object using ``ElementTree.fromstring()`` first:

            >>> ElementWrapper("<test></test>")
            <Element "<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf8'?>\n<test />">

        """
        if isinstance(etree, compat.string_types):
            etree = ElementTree.fromstring(etree)
        self.__dict__['_etree'] = etree

    def unwrap(self):
        """
        Return the Element object wrapped by this wrapper.
        """
        return self._etree

    ##////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
    #{ String Representation
    ##////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

    def __repr__(self):
        s = ElementTree.tostring(self._etree, encoding='utf8').decode('utf8')
        if len(s) > 60:
            e = s.rfind('<')
            if (len(s)-e) > 30: e = -20
            s = '%s...%s' % (s[:30], s[e:])
        return '<Element %r>' % s

    def __str__(self):
        """
        :return: the result of applying ``ElementTree.tostring()`` to
        the wrapped Element object.
        """
        return ElementTree.tostring(self._etree, encoding='utf8').decode('utf8').rstrip()

    ##////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
    #{ Element interface Delegation (pass-through)
    ##////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

    def __getattr__(self, attrib):
        return getattr(self._etree, attrib)

    def __setattr__(self, attr, value):
        return setattr(self._etree, attr, value)

    def __delattr__(self, attr):
        return delattr(self._etree, attr)

    def __setitem__(self, index, element):
        self._etree[index] = element

    def __delitem__(self, index):
        del self._etree[index]

    def __setslice__(self, start, stop, elements):
        self._etree[start:stop] = elements

    def __delslice__(self, start, stop):
        del self._etree[start:stop]

    def __len__(self):
        return len(self._etree)

    ##////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
    #{ Element interface Delegation (wrap result)
    ##////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

    def __getitem__(self, index):
        return ElementWrapper(self._etree[index])

    def __getslice__(self, start, stop):
        return [ElementWrapper(elt) for elt in self._etree[start:stop]]

    def getchildren(self):
        return [ElementWrapper(elt) for elt in self._etree]

    def getiterator(self, tag=None):
        return (ElementWrapper(elt)
                for elt in self._etree.getiterator(tag))

    def makeelement(self, tag, attrib):
        return ElementWrapper(self._etree.makeelement(tag, attrib))

    def find(self, path):
        elt = self._etree.find(path)
        if elt is None: return elt
        else: return ElementWrapper(elt)

    def findall(self, path):
        return [ElementWrapper(elt) for elt in self._etree.findall(path)]

######################################################################
# Helper for Handling Slicing
######################################################################

def slice_bounds(sequence, slice_obj, allow_step=False):
    """
    Given a slice, return the corresponding (start, stop) bounds,
    taking into account None indices and negative indices.  The
    following guarantees are made for the returned start and stop values:

      - 0 <= start <= len(sequence)
      - 0 <= stop <= len(sequence)
      - start <= stop

    :raise ValueError: If ``slice_obj.step`` is not None.
    :param allow_step: If true, then the slice object may have a
        non-None step.  If it does, then return a tuple
        (start, stop, step).
    """
    start, stop = (slice_obj.start, slice_obj.stop)

    # If allow_step is true, then include the step in our return
    # value tuple.
    if allow_step:
        step = slice_obj.step
        if step is None: step = 1
        # Use a recursive call without allow_step to find the slice
        # bounds.  If step is negative, then the roles of start and
        # stop (in terms of default values, etc), are swapped.
        if step < 0:
            start, stop = slice_bounds(sequence, slice(stop, start))
        else:
            start, stop = slice_bounds(sequence, slice(start, stop))
        return start, stop, step

    # Otherwise, make sure that no non-default step value is used.
    elif slice_obj.step not in (None, 1):
        raise ValueError('slices with steps are not supported by %s' %
                         sequence.__class__.__name__)

    # Supply default offsets.
    if start is None: start = 0
    if stop is None: stop = len(sequence)

    # Handle negative indices.
    if start < 0: start = max(0, len(sequence)+start)
    if stop < 0: stop = max(0, len(sequence)+stop)

    # Make sure stop doesn't go past the end of the list.  Note that
    # we avoid calculating len(sequence) if possible, because for lazy
    # sequences, calculating the length of a sequence can be expensive.
    if stop > 0:
        try: sequence[stop-1]
        except IndexError: stop = len(sequence)

    # Make sure start isn't past stop.
    start = min(start, stop)

    # That's all folks!
    return start, stop

######################################################################
# Permission Checking
######################################################################

def is_writable(path):
    # Ensure that it exists.
    if not os.path.exists(path):
        return False

    # If we're on a posix system, check its permissions.
    if hasattr(os, 'getuid'):
        statdata = os.stat(path)
        perm = stat.S_IMODE(statdata.st_mode)
        # is it world-writable?
        if (perm & 0o002):
            return True
        # do we own it?
        elif statdata.st_uid == os.getuid() and (perm & 0o200):
            return True
        # are we in a group that can write to it?
        elif (statdata.st_gid in [os.getgid()] + os.getgroups()) \
            and (perm & 0o020):
            return True
        # otherwise, we can't write to it.
        else:
            return False

    # Otherwise, we'll assume it's writable.
    # [xx] should we do other checks on other platforms?
    return True

######################################################################
# NLTK Error reporting
######################################################################

def raise_unorderable_types(ordering, a, b):
    raise TypeError("unorderable types: %s() %s %s()" % (type(a).__name__, ordering, type(b).__name__))