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"""Utilities to build and view class hierarchy represntations in Python"""
def build_class_hierarchy(base_class, dot_paths=False):
    """
    Given any (base) class, produces a nested dictionary
    representation of the hierarchy formed by all descendents
    of the class, with the given `base_class` forming the root
    of the hierarchy.
    
    :param base_class: The parent-most class on which the 
        hierarchy will be based

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"""
Simple decorator that prevents a function from finishing faster than a given number of seconds.
Useful if you're fairly confident that your function should finish in a certain amount of time,
but you want to make the return time constant (eg. to prevent constant-time attacks).

For example, if I know that my password reset function always takes about 1 second to execute
if the given email address is valid but if the email address is invalid, it usually finishes much faster, 
I can ensure that it always takes 2 seconds to execute whenever it's called.

The usefulness here goes out the window if your function's normal execution time is subject

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#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""Easily put time restrictions on things

Note: Requires Python 3.x

Usage as a context manager:
```
with timeout(10):
    something_that_should_not_exceed_ten_seconds()
```