#!/usr/bin/python2

#common.py - a Bippy module - 6 April 2004 - 0.0.1
#an original script written by Bill Allen for Python 2+
#this script has no price, limitations, or warranty - use at your own risk

"""
This module has non-GUI functions and classes used by various scripts
  written by the author: <ballen@3dartist.com> SUBJECT: Python

common functions
----------------
fixPath - normalize path name, optionally concatenate path & file names

common classes
--------------

history
0.0.1 - first version 6 April 2004
"""

#--- setup ---

import os

#--- constants ---

arrayTypeCode = {
  'b':'signed 1-byte integer',
  'B':'unsigned 1-byte integer',
  'C':'1-byte character',
  'd':'8-byte double-precision',
  'f':'floating point 4 bytes',
  'h':'signed 2-byte integer',
  'H':'unsigned 2-byte integer',
  'i':'signed 2-byte integer',
  'I':'unsigned 2-byte integer',
  'l':'signed 4-byte long integer',
  'L':'unsigned 4-byte long integer'}
  #Python array types
  #Python 2.0 note: I & L are retrieved as signed 4-byte long integer

#--- common functions ---

def fixPath(pname,fname=''):
    if fname: pname = os.path.join(pname,fname) #get correct concatenation
    return os.path.abspath(pname)               #make whole path be correct

#--- common classes ---

#--- testing ---

if __name__ == '__main__':
    print """
This module (common.py) is not a standalone program. It is a module
that contains functions and classes used by other scripts.
"""

### end module ###