root/galaxy-central/eggs/bx_python-0.5.0_dev_f74aec067563-py2.6-macosx-10.6-universal-ucs2.egg/bx/misc/__init__.py

"""
Various utilities.
"""

import bz2, gzip

def open_compressed( filename, mode='r' ):
    if filename.endswith( ".bz2" ):
        return bz2.BZ2File( filename, mode )
    elif filename.endswith( ".gz" ):
        return gzip.GzipFile( filename, mode )
    else:
        return file( filename, mode )