[Python-Dev] Slash and burn in Tools/scripts. Objections?

[Skip Montanaro]

    >> "Traverse, maybe modify and replace" is a non-trivial but
    >> non-excruciating blob of code that gets reinvented repeatedly, so
    >> pointless variations are bound to creep in.
    >> 
    >> 'Twould be nice to factor that out into a common, consistent utility.

    Trent> Any pointers on which script might have the best crack at that?
    Trent> reindent.py?  tabnanny.py? another?

Mailman has a script called 'withlist' that implements the basic "loop over
everything in the list".  The caller provides the name of a callable object
that is called, more or less like os.path.walk.  Might be a good place to
look.

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