Added getUserName.

plugins/News.py

@@ -61,21 +61,16 @@ class DbiNewsDB(plugins.DbiChannelDB):
 
             def __str__(self):
                 format = conf.supybot.humanTimestampFormat()
-                try:
-                    user = ircdb.users.getUser(int(self.by)).name
-                except ValueError:
-                    user = self.by
-                except KeyError:
-                    user = 'a user that is no longer registered'
-                if int(self.expires) == 0:
+                user = plugins.getUserName(self.by)
+                if self.expires == 0:
                     s = '%s (Subject: "%s", added by %s on %s)' % \
                         (self.text, self.subject, self.by,
-                         time.strftime(format, time.localtime(int(self.at))))
+                         time.strftime(format, time.localtime(self.at)))
                 else:
                     s = '%s (Subject: "%s", added by %s on %s, expires at %s)'
                     s = s  % (self.text, self.subject, user,
-                         time.strftime(format, time.localtime(int(self.at))),
-                         time.strftime(format, time.localtime(int(self.expires))))
+                         time.strftime(format, time.localtime(self.at)),
+                         time.strftime(format, time.localtime(self.expires)))
                 return s
 
         def __init__(self, filename):

plugins/Poll.py

@@ -71,12 +71,9 @@ class PollRecord(dbi.Record):
         ]
     def __str__(self):
         format = conf.supybot.humanTimestampFormat()
-        try:
-            user = ircdb.users.getUser(int(self.by)).name
-        except KeyError:
-            user = 'a user that is no longer registered'
+        user = plugins.getUserName(self.by)
         if self.options:
-            options = 'Options: %s' % '; '.join(map(str, self.options))
+            options = 'Options: %s' % '; '.join(self.options)
         else:
             options = 'The poll has no options, yet'
         if self.status:
@@ -84,8 +81,7 @@ class PollRecord(dbi.Record):
         else:
             status = 'closed'
         return 'Poll #%s: %s started by %s. %s.  Poll is %s.' % \
-               (self.id, utils.quoted(self.question), user,
-                options, status)
+               (self.id, utils.quoted(self.question), user, options, status)
 
 class SqlitePollDB(object):
     def __init__(self, filename):

plugins/Quotes.py

@@ -63,12 +63,7 @@ class QuoteRecord(dbi.Record):
         ]
     def __str__(self):
         format = conf.supybot.humanTimestampFormat()
-        try:
-            user = ircdb.users.getUser(int(self.by)).name
-        except ValueError:
-            user = self.by
-        except KeyError:
-            user = 'a user that is no longer registered'
+        user = plugins.getUserName(self.by)
         return 'Quote %s added by %s at %s.' % \
                (utils.quoted(self.text), user,
                 time.strftime(format, time.localtime(float(self.at))))

plugins/__init__.py

@@ -355,6 +355,15 @@ class ChannelUserDB(ChannelUserDictionary):
         raise NotImplementedError
 
 
+def getUserName(id):
+    if isinstance(id, int):
+        try:
+            return ircdb.users.getUser(id).name
+        except KeyError:
+            return 'a user that is no longer registered'
+    else:
+        return id
+
 class ChannelIdDatabasePlugin(callbacks.Privmsg):
     class DB(DbiChannelDB):
         class DB(dbi.DB):
@@ -470,10 +479,7 @@ class ChannelIdDatabasePlugin(callbacks.Privmsg):
                            additional(rest('glob'))])
 
     def showRecord(self, record):
-        try:
-            name = ircdb.users.getUser(record.by).name
-        except KeyError:
-            name = 'a user that is no longer registered'
+        name = getUserName(record.by)
         at = time.localtime(record.at)
         timeS = time.strftime(conf.supybot.humanTimestampFormat(), at)
         return '%s #%s: %s (added by %s at %s)' % \