import logging

# http://code.google.com/p/python-nameparser/issues/detail?id=10

log = logging.getLogger('HumanName')

try:

log.addHandler(logging.NullHandler())

except AttributeError:

class NullHandler(logging.Handler):

def emit(self, record):

pass

log.addHandler(NullHandler())

log.setLevel(logging.ERROR)

import sys

if sys.version_info[0] < 3:

text_type = unicode

binary_type = str

def u(x, encoding=None):

if encoding:

return unicode(x, encoding)

else:

return unicode(x)

else:

text_type = str

binary_type = bytes

def u(x, encoding=None):

return text_type(x)

text_types = (text_type, binary_type)

def lc(value):

"""Lower case and remove any periods to normalize for comparison."""

if not value:

return ''

return value.lower().strip('.')