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-# Copyright (C) 2009 by the Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-#
-# This file is part of GNU Mailman.
-#
-# GNU Mailman is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
-# the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
-# Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option)
-# any later version.
-#
-# GNU Mailman is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
-# ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
-# FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for
-# more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
-# GNU Mailman.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-
-"""String utilities."""
-
-from __future__ import absolute_import, unicode_literals
-
-__metaclass__ = type
-__all__ = [
-    'expand'
-    ]
-
-
-import logging
-from string import Template
-
-log = logging.getLogger('mailman.error')
-
-
-
-def expand(template, substitutions, template_class=Template):
-    """Expand string template with substitutions.
-
-    :param template: A PEP 292 $-string template.
-    :type template: string
-    :param substitutions: The substitutions dictionary.
-    :type substitutions: dict
-    :param template_class: The template class to use.
-    :type template_class: class
-    :return: The substituted string.
-    :rtype: string
-    """
-    # Python 2.6 requires ** dictionaries to have str, not unicode keys, so
-    # convert as necessary.  Note that string.Template uses **.  For our
-    # purposes, keys should always be ascii.  Values though can be anything.
-    cooked = substitutions.__class__()
-    for key in substitutions:
-        if isinstance(key, unicode):
-            key = key.encode('ascii')
-        cooked[key] = substitutions[key]
-    try:
-        return template_class(template).safe_substitute(cooked)
-    except (TypeError, ValueError):
-        # The template is really screwed up.
-        log.exception('broken template: %s', template)