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#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
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"""Module to deal with different types and uses of segmentation"""

#XXX: This module is now deprecated: Use language specific segmenters in the
# lang package (character_iter, word_iter, sentence_iter, etc.).

punctuation = u".,;:!?-@#$%^*_()[]{}/\\'\"<>‘’‚‛“”„‟′″‴‵‶‷‹›«»±³¹²°¿©®×£¥"


def character_iter(text):
    """Returns an iterator over the characters in text."""
    #We don't return more than one consecutive whitespace character
    prev = 'A'
    for c in text:
        if c.isspace() and prev.isspace():
            continue
        prev = c
        if not (c in punctuation):
            yield c.lower()


def characters(text):
    """Returns a list of characters in text."""
    return [c for c in character_iter(text)]


def word_iter(text):
    """Returns an iterator over the words in text."""
    #TODO: Consider replacing puctuation with space before split()
    for w in text.split():
        yield w.strip(punctuation).lower()


def words(text):
    """Returns a list of words in text."""
    return [w for w in word_iter(text)]


def sentence_iter(text):
    """Returns an iterator over the senteces in text."""
    #TODO: This is very naïve. We really should consider all punctuation,
    #and return the punctuation with the sentence.
    #TODO: Search for capital letter start with next sentence to avoid
    #confusion with abbreviations. And remember Afrikaans "'n" :-)
    for s in text.split(". "):
        yield s.strip()


def sentences(text):
    """Returns a list of senteces in text."""
    return [s for s in sentence_iter(text)]
