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"""An example module to show autodoc style.

Contains an example constant, :class:`Storage` class for storing objects and
helper function :func:`store_integers` for storing only integers.

"""

import datetime


#: Example integer constant.
INT_CONSTANT = 1
#: Example integer constant.
STR_CONSTANT = 'string'


class Storage(object):

    """A class for storing objects.

    This is an example class to show autodoc style.

    It stores a list of objects and saves date of last appended item.
    Example usage::

        >>> storage = Storage(['foo', 'bar'])
        >>> storage.items
        ['foo', 'bar']
        >>> storage.last_updated
        datetime.datetime(2013, 8, 15, 13, 41, 38, 515797)
        >>> storage.add_item('baz')
        >>> storage.items
        ['foo', 'bar', 'baz']
        >>> storage.last_updated
        datetime.datetime(2013, 8, 15, 13, 41, 40, 595544)

    :param items:
        Optional list of items to start with.

    """

    def __init__(self, items=None):
        #: List of items, add new item using :meth:`add_item`.
        self.items = items or []
        #: :py:class:`datetime.datetime` of last item update, will be set
        #: to :py:meth:`datetime.datetime.now` on object instantiation.
        self.last_updated = datetime.datetime.now()

    def add_item(self, item):
        """Append item to the list.

        :attr:`last_updated` will be set to :py:meth:`datetime.datetime.now`.

        :param item:
            Something to append to :attr:`items`.

        """
        self.items.append(item)
        self.last_updated = datetime.datetime.now()


def store_integers(items, allow_zero=True):
    """Store integers from the given list in a storage.

    This is an example function to show autodoc style.

    Return :class:`Storage` instance with integers from the given list.

    Examples::

        >>> storage = store_integers([1, 'foo', 2, 'bar', 0])
        >>> storage.items
        [1, 2, 0]
        >>> storage = store_integers([1, 'foo', 2, 'bar', 0], allow_zero=False)
        >>> storage.items
        [1, 2]

    :param items:
        List of objects of any type, only :class:`int` instances will be
        stored.
    :param allow_zero:
        Boolean -- if ``False``, ``0`` integers will be skipped.
        Defaults to ``True``.

    """
    ints = [x for x in items if isinstance(x, int) and (allow_zero or x != 0)]
    storage = Storage(ints)
    return storage