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"""Helper functions for dealing with URLs."""

__docformat__ = "reStructuredText"

import posixpath
import urllib


def file_url(path):
    return "file://" + pathname2url(path)

def pathname2url(path):
    urlpart = urllib.pathname2url(path)
    # On Windows, pathname2url() returns too many slashes, or it
    # returns too few on Unix.  This makes everything conform to the
    # expectations for Unix.
    if urlpart.startswith("///"):
        urlpart = urlpart[2:]
    return posixpath.normpath(urlpart)