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+#!/usr/bin/python
+
+from geneticone import helper
+
+"""Some obsolete functions from geneticone.helper."""
+
+def old_export_to_dictionaries (list_of_packages):
+	'''DEPRECATED:
+	Exports some of the intrinsic data of a list of Package objects to a list of dictionaries.
+	This is meant to transmit data back to the genetic-client, just by eval()-uating the output.'''
+	dictionaries=[]
+	keys=['name','version','category','cpv','runtime_deps','compiletime_deps','postmerge_deps','is_installed', 'is_overlay', 'is_masked','mask_status', 'package_path', 'size','use_flags_when_installed','all_useflags','set_useflags']
+	package_methods=['get_name','get_version','get_category','get_cpv','get_runtime_deps', 'get_compiletime_deps','get_postmerge_deps','is_installed','is_overlay','is_masked','get_mask_status','get_package_path','size','get_use_flags','get_all_useflags','get_set_useflags']
+	
+	for item in list_of_packages:
+		dictionaries.append({})
+		for key,method in zip(keys,package_methods):
+			try:
+				dictionaries[-1][key]=eval('item.'+method+'()')
+			except AttributeError: #this may happen if, for example, package is not installed and I look for the path...
+				dictionaries[-1][key]=None
+	return dictionaries
+
+def export_to_dictionaries (packages):
+	'''Exports some of the intrinsic data of a list of Package objects to a list of dictionaries.
+	This is meant to transmit data back to the genetic-client, just by eval()-uating the output.'''
+	dictionaries=[]
+
+	for item in packages:
+		dictionaries.append({})
+		for method in dir(item):
+			if (method.startswith('get_') or method.startswith('is_'))\
+					and method != 'get_dependants': # bug in gentoolkit.Package.get_dependants --> see bug #137783
+				key = method[method.index('_')+1:] # the key is everything after the first underscore
+				try:
+					dictionaries[-1][key] = eval("item."+method+"()")
+				except AttributeError: # this may happen if, for example, package is not installed and I look for the path...
+					dictionaries[-1][key] = None
+				except TypeError:
+					pass # this method takes an argument - ignore it
+				except NotImplementedError:
+					pass # this method is not implemented - ignore
+				except "Not implemented yet!":
+					pass
+	return dictionaries