utils.py

"""
    The MIT License (MIT)

    Copyright (c) 2014 Vivek Jha

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    SOFTWARE.

"""
import six
import re
import sys

def byte_adaptor(fbuffer):
    """ provides py3 compatibility by converting byte based
    file stream to string based file stream

    Arguments:
        fbuffer: file like objects containing bytes

    Returns:
        string buffer
    """
    if six.PY3:
        strings = fbuffer.read().decode('latin-1')
        fbuffer = six.StringIO(strings)
        return fbuffer
    else:
        return fbuffer


def js_adaptor(buffer):
    """ convert javascript objects like true, none, NaN etc. to
    quoted word.

    Arguments:
        buffer: string to be converted

    Returns:
        string after conversion
    """
    buffer = re.sub('true', 'True', buffer)
    buffer = re.sub('false', 'False', buffer)
    buffer = re.sub('none', 'None', buffer)
    buffer = re.sub('NaN', '"NaN"', buffer)
    return buffer