# Copyright (c) 2013 Paul Tagliamonte <paultag@debian.org>
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import sys


if sys.version_info[0] >= 3:
    str_type = str
else:
    str_type = unicode


def flatten_literal_list(entry):
    for e in entry:
        if type(e) == list:
            for x in flatten_literal_list(e):
                yield x  # needs more yield-from
        else:
            yield e