def is_show_uncategorized(self, request):
        """Return the result of the "?show_uncategorized" query string param"""

        show_uncategorized = request.GET.get('show_uncategorized', False)
        if show_uncategorized is True or show_uncategorized == 'true':
            return True
        return False
def trapped_signals(cls, new_signal_handler):
        """A contextmanager which temporarily overrides signal handling.

        NB: This method calls signal.signal(), which will crash if not called from the main thread!
        """
        previous_signal_handler = cls.reset_signal_handler(new_signal_handler)
        try:
            yield
        finally:
            cls.reset_signal_handler(previous_signal_handler)