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  object Wrappers extends Serializable {
    /* ********************************************************* */
    // Business of CleanString
    // TODO: move this to a saner location
    trait Wrapper[T] extends Serializable {
      val value: T
    }

    trait StringWrapper extends Wrapper[String] {
      override val value: String

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def isEven(x:Int) = (x % 2 == 0)
def isPositive(x: Int) = (x > 0)
def aList = List(1,2,-2,34,57, -91, -90)
// in this case I go from [Int] => [Bool] => Int. 2 times, because I have 2 functions.
val (numEven, numPos) = (aList.map(isEven).filter(_ == true).length, aList.map(isPositive).filter(_ == true).length)            

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 def prepareDiskFor(profileFileName: String): Boolean = {
    // create directory if it doesn't exist
    val theDir: File = Utils.getFolderFromFileName(profileFileName)
    if (!theDir.exists() && !theDir.mkdirs()) {
      error("Impossible to save profile because directory [%s] does not exist nor can I create it".format(theDir.getAbsolutePath))
      false
    } else {
      true
    }
  }

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 val operationsFutureMat: List[Future[Try[currentype]]] = operationsFuture.map {
 +            _.map(s => Success(s)).recover {
 +              case x => Failure(x)

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  def toBase36(str: String): Long = {
    var id: Long = 0
    for (c <- str) {
      val d = if (c.isDigit) c.toInt - '0'.toInt
      else c.toInt - 'A'.toInt + 10
      id = (id * 36) + d
    }
    id
  }
  def fromBase36(idp: Long): String = {

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// define mixable traits: 
trait T
trait T1 extends T
trait T2 extends T
...
trait T100 extends T

// now let's mix them:
trait anotherT extends T
// and create concrete classes.