Module blt

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This module contains functions for reading and writing .blt files.

Functions

Election

read_blt(path)
Parse a .blt file or use a cached version and return an Election instance.

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write_blt(path, election)
Write a "simplified" .blt file from the election.

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Variables
	__package__ = `'elections'`

Function Details

read_blt(path)

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Parse a .blt file or use a cached version and return an Election instance.

If the file is 'foo/bar.blt', check for the existence of 'foo/bar.pickle'. If it exists and it is newer than the .blt, use that. Otherwise, parse the .blt and update the .pickle.

Parameters:

path (string) - Path to the .blt.

Returns: Election

An Election representing the ballots at path.

write_blt(path, election)

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Write a "simplified" .blt file from the election.

Parameters:

path (string) - The path to the .blt file to write.
election (Election) - The election to write out.