When they're not builtins, they're boltons.
Functionality that should be in the standard library. Like builtins, but Boltons.
Otherwise known as, "everyone's util.py," but cleaned up and tested.
Contains over 250 BSD-licensed utility types and functions that can be
used as a package or independently. Extensively documented on Read the Docs <http://boltons.readthedocs.org>
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