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+# Copyright (c) 2004-2006 The Regents of The University of Michigan
+# All rights reserved.
+#
+# Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+# modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are
+# met: redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+# notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer;
+# redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
+# notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
+# documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution;
+# neither the name of the copyright holders nor the names of its
+# contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from
+# this software without specific prior written permission.
+#
+# THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
+# "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+# LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
+# A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
+# OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
+# SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+# LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
+# DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
+# THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
+# (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
+# OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+#
+# Authors: Steve Reinhardt
+#          Nathan Binkert
+
+#############################
+#
+# Utility classes & methods
+#
+#############################
+
+class Singleton(type):
+    def __call__(cls, *args, **kwargs):
+        if hasattr(cls, '_instance'):
+            return cls._instance
+
+        cls._instance = super(Singleton, cls).__call__(*args, **kwargs)
+        return cls._instance
+
+# Apply method to object.
+# applyMethod(obj, 'meth', <args>) is equivalent to obj.meth(<args>)
+def applyMethod(obj, meth, *args, **kwargs):
+    return getattr(obj, meth)(*args, **kwargs)
+
+# If the first argument is an (non-sequence) object, apply the named
+# method with the given arguments.  If the first argument is a
+# sequence, apply the method to each element of the sequence (a la
+# 'map').
+def applyOrMap(objOrSeq, meth, *args, **kwargs):
+    if not isinstance(objOrSeq, (list, tuple)):
+        return applyMethod(objOrSeq, meth, *args, **kwargs)
+    else:
+        return [applyMethod(o, meth, *args, **kwargs) for o in objOrSeq]
+
+def crossproduct(items):
+    if not isinstance(items, (list, tuple)):
+        raise AttributeError, 'crossproduct works only on sequences'
+
+    if not items:
+        yield None
+        return
+
+    current = items[0]
+    remainder = items[1:]
+
+    if not hasattr(current, '__iter__'):
+        current = [ current ]
+
+    for item in current:
+        for rem in crossproduct(remainder):
+            data = [ item ]
+            if rem:
+                data += rem
+            yield data
+
+def flatten(items):
+    if not isinstance(items, (list, tuple)):
+        yield items
+        return
+
+    for item in items:
+        for flat in flatten(item):
+            yield flat