Returns given string separated by sep as list

    :param obj:

    :param sep:

    :param strip:

    """

    if isinstance(obj, (basestring)):

        lst = obj.split(sep)

        if strip:

            lst = [v.strip() for v in lst]

        return lst

    elif isinstance(obj, (list, tuple)):

        return obj

    elif obj is None:

        return []

    else:

        return [obj]

def convert_line_endings(line, mode):

    """

    Converts a given line  "line end" accordingly to given mode

    Available modes are::

        0 - Unix

        1 - Mac

        2 - DOS

    :param line: given line to convert

    :param mode: mode to convert to

    :rtype: str

    :return: converted line according to mode

    """

    from string import replace

    if mode == 0:

            line = replace(line, '\r\n', '\n')

            line = replace(line, '\r', '\n')

    elif mode == 1:

            line = replace(line, '\r\n', '\r')

            line = replace(line, '\n', '\r')

    elif mode == 2:

            line = re.sub("\r(?!\n)|(?<!\r)\n", "\r\n", line)

    return line

def detect_mode(line, default):

    """

    Detects line break for given line, if line break couldn't be found

    given default value is returned

    :param line: str line

    :param default: default

    :rtype: int

    :return: value of line end on of 0 - Unix, 1 - Mac, 2 - DOS

    """

    if line.endswith('\r\n'):

        return 2

    elif line.endswith('\n'):

        return 0

    elif line.endswith('\r'):

        return 1

    else:

        return default

def generate_api_key(username, salt=None):

    """

    Generates unique API key for given username, if salt is not given

    it'll be generated from some random string

    :param username: username as string

    :param salt: salt to hash generate KEY

    :rtype: str

    :returns: sha1 hash from username+salt

    """

    from tempfile import _RandomNameSequence

    import hashlib

    if salt is None:

        salt = _RandomNameSequence().next()

    return hashlib.sha1(username + salt).hexdigest()

def safe_int(val, default=None):

    """

    Returns int() of val if val is not convertable to int use default

    instead

    :param val:

    :param default:

    """

    try:

        val = int(val)

        val = default

    return val

def safe_unicode(str_, from_encoding=None):

    """

    safe unicode function. Does few trick to turn str_ into unicode

    In case of UnicodeDecode error we try to return it with encoding detected

    by chardet library if it fails fallback to unicode with errors replaced

    :param str_: string to decode

    :rtype: unicode

    :returns: unicode object

    """

    if isinstance(str_, unicode):

        return str_

    if not from_encoding:

        import rhodecode

        DEFAULT_ENCODINGS = aslist(rhodecode.CONFIG.get('default_encoding',

                                                        'utf8'), sep=',')

        from_encoding = DEFAULT_ENCODINGS

    if not isinstance(from_encoding, (list, tuple)):

        from_encoding = [from_encoding]

    try:

        return unicode(str_)

    except UnicodeDecodeError:

        pass

    for enc in from_encoding:

        try:

            return unicode(str_, enc)

        except UnicodeDecodeError:

            pass

    try:

        import chardet

        encoding = chardet.detect(str_)['encoding']

        if encoding is None:

            raise Exception()

        return str_.decode(encoding)

    except (ImportError, UnicodeDecodeError, Exception):

        return unicode(str_, from_encoding[0], 'replace')

def safe_str(unicode_, to_encoding=None):

    """

    safe str function. Does few trick to turn unicode_ into string

    In case of UnicodeEncodeError we try to return it with encoding detected

    by chardet library if it fails fallback to string with errors replaced

    :param unicode_: unicode to encode

    :rtype: str

    :returns: str object

    """

    # if it's not basestr cast to str

    if not isinstance(unicode_, basestring):

        return str(unicode_)

    if isinstance(unicode_, str):

        return unicode_

    if not to_encoding:

        import rhodecode

        DEFAULT_ENCODINGS = aslist(rhodecode.CONFIG.get('default_encoding',

                                                        'utf8'), sep=',')

        to_encoding = DEFAULT_ENCODINGS

    if not isinstance(to_encoding, (list, tuple)):

        to_encoding = [to_encoding]

    for enc in to_encoding:

        try:

            return unicode_.encode(enc)

        except UnicodeEncodeError:

            pass

    try:

        import chardet

        encoding = chardet.detect(unicode_)['encoding']

        if encoding is None:

            raise UnicodeEncodeError()

        return unicode_.encode(encoding)

    except (ImportError, UnicodeEncodeError):

        return unicode_.encode(to_encoding[0], 'replace')

    return safe_str