# A more or less complete user-defined wrapper around list objects class UserList: def __init__(self, list = None): self.data = [] if list is not None: if type(list) == type(self.data): self.data[:] = list else: self.data[:] = list.data[:] def __repr__(self): return repr(self.data) def __cmp__(self, list): if type(list) == type(self.data): return cmp(self.data, list) else: return cmp(self.data, list.data) def __len__(self): return len(self.data) def __getitem__(self, i): return self.data[i] def __setitem__(self, i, item): self.data[i] = item def __delitem__(self, i): del self.data[i] def __getslice__(self, i, j): userlist = UserList() userlist.data[:] = self.data[i:j] return userlist def __setslice__(self, i, j, list): if type(list) == type(self.data): self.data[i:j] = list else: self.data[i:j] = list.data def __delslice__(self, i, j): del self.data[i:j] def __add__(self, list): if type(list) == type(self.data): return self.__class__(self.data + list) else: return self.__class__(self.data + list.data) def __radd__(self, list): if type(list) == type(self.data): return self.__class__(list + self.data) else: return self.__class__(list.data + self.data) def __mul__(self, n): return self.__class__(self.data*n) __rmul__ = __mul__ def append(self, item): self.data.append(item) def insert(self, i, item): self.data.insert(i, item) def remove(self, item): self.data.remove(item) def count(self, item): return self.data.count(item) def index(self, item): return self.data.index(item) def reverse(self): self.data.reverse() def sort(self, *args): apply(self.data.sort, args)