* Add file for misc tools, now containing make_iter to ensure something is iteratable.

diff --git a/tools/misc.py b/tools/misc.py
new file mode 100644 (file)
index 0000000..110c370
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+++ b/tools/misc.py
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+"""
+Makes an iteratable object out of the given value. If value is already
+iterable, it is simply returned. An exception is made for strings, which
+are treated as non-iterable (It is assumed that you never want to have a
+list of characters). For non iteratable values or strings, a list
+containing only value is returned.
+"""
+def make_iter(value):
+    if (not isinstance(value, basestring)):
+        try:
+            iter(value)
+            return value
+        except TypeError:
+            pass
+    return [value]