"""This module contains common utilities for the rest of the package. """ import random LOREM = """Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Aenean sit amet nulla id mi imperdiet condimentum. \ Vestibulum ac consequat lorem, eu tempus felis. Maecenas eget purus in nisi blandit volutpat. Aenean \ bibendum eros sit amet ex rhoncus, eu porta magna sodales. Sed venenatis sapien sit amet tempor euismod. \ Ut a neque purus. Vestibulum quis tortor non leo eleifend interdum.""" try: from loremipsum import get_sentence except ImportError: def get_sentence(): """This keeps the mess of dealing with the loremipsum library out of the shredding code. Until the maintainer of the loremipsum package uploads a version that works with Python 3 to pypi, it is necessary to provide a drop-in replacement. The current solution is to return a static text string unless the operating system has a word list. If that is the case, use it instead. """ words = LOREM.split() random.shuffle(words) return " ".join(words)