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from StringIO import StringIO


class MemoryFile(StringIO):
    """
    This abstraction provides context management and line-iteration over the
    built-in StringIO class, making it more fully behave like a file object.
    Unfortunately, iteration is not (yet?) memory-efficient for large files.
    """
    def __init__(self, text=''):

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FIRST = 'path to first file'
SECOND = 'path to second file'


def main():
    with open(FIRST) as first, open(SECOND) as second:
        for line1, line2 in read_parallel(first, second):
            pass # process lines

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#! /usr/bin/env python
import os
import re
import shutil
from os.path import splitext

SOURCE = os.getcwd() + "/www/"
TARGET = os.getcwd() + "/compiled/"

if not os.path.exists(TARGET):

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def main():
    print ' 42 in 32 bits:', bits(42, 32)
    print '-42 in 32 bits:', bits(-42, 32)
    print '-42 in 20 bits:', bits(-42, 20)
    print 


def bits(number, size_in_bits):
    """
    The bin() function is *REALLY* unhelpful when working with negative numbers.

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import sys


class Logger(object):
    """
    Write log messages to the console (sys.stdout) and to a log file,
    all managed as a context manager:

    >>> with Logger('log_file.txt'):
    ...   print "Hello, World!"  # goes to stdout and to the log file

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def first_letter_mnemonic(text):  
    words = text.split()
    letters = []
    for word in words:
        letters.append(word[0])
        
        if word[-1] in ',-': # inline punctuation
            letters.append(word[-1])
        
        elif word[-1] in '.;:?!': # delimiting punctuation

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// NOTE: This is examples code which never actually became valid because we found a better way.

func TestScoring(t *testing.T) {
	Convey("Subject: Bowling Game Scoring", t, func(c Context, so Assertion) {
		var game *Game // Whatever you do, don't do this: game := NewGame()
		// Otherwise nested closures won't reference the correct instance

		Convey("Given a fresh score card", c, func() {
			game = NewGame()

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#!/usr/bin/env python

"""
This script scans the current working directory for changes to .go files and 
runs `go test` in each folder where *_test.go files are found. It does this 
indefinitely or until a KeyboardInterrupt is raised (<Ctrl+c>). This script 
passes the verbosity command line argument (-v) to `go test`.
"""

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package regexps

import (
	"fmt"
	"regexp"
	"testing"

	. "github.com/smartystreets/goconvey/convey"
)

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