such a fucked up piece of fuck

fucked_permutations.py

def findAllPerm(string):
    def findAll(slist):
        if len(slist)==1:
            return slist
        else:
            biglist = []
            for i in xrange(len(slist)):
                temp = [slist[i]]
                temp.extend(findAll(slist[:i]+slist[i+1:]))
                if len(temp)==2 and type(temp[0])==type(''):
                    temp = ''.join(temp)
                biglist.append(temp)
            return biglist
    
    def flattenAndAppend(listy_list, prefix):
        if len(listy_list)==3 and type(listy_list[1])==type(''):
            junk = [prefix + listy_list[0] + x for x in listy_list[1:]]
            for j in junk:
                try:
                    goldRush[j]
                except:
                    goldRush[j]=1
                    muchBiggerList.append(j)
        elif len(listy_list)>3 and type(listy_list[1])==type([]):
            prefix += listy_list[0]
            for x in listy_list[1:]:
                flattenAndAppend(x, prefix)
    
    goldRush = {}
    muchBiggerList = []
    junky_shit = findAll([x for x in string])
    if len(junky_shit)<=2:
        return junky_shit
    else:
        for j in junky_shit:
            flattenAndAppend(j,'')
        return muchBiggerList
    
    
print findAllPerm("aaab")