"""
General catchall for functions that don't make sense as methods.
"""
import hashlib
import operator
import asyncio
[docs]async def gather_dict(dic):
cors = list(dic.values())
results = await asyncio.gather(*cors)
return dict(zip(dic.keys(), results))
[docs]def digest(string):
if not isinstance(string, bytes):
string = str(string).encode('utf8')
return hashlib.sha1(string).digest()
[docs]def shared_prefix(args):
"""
Find the shared prefix between the strings.
For instance:
sharedPrefix(['blahblah', 'blahwhat'])
returns 'blah'.
"""
i = 0
while i < min(map(len, args)):
if len(set(map(operator.itemgetter(i), args))) != 1:
break
i += 1
return args[0][:i]
[docs]def bytes_to_bit_string(bites):
bits = [bin(bite)[2:].rjust(8, '0') for bite in bites]
return "".join(bits)