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import types

def changeFunctionName(f, name, doc=None):
    if doc is None:
        doc = f.__doc__
    newf = types.FunctionType(f.func_code, f.func_globals, name,
                              f.func_defaults, f.func_closure)
    newf.__doc__ = doc
    return newf

class Object(object):
    def __ne__(self, other):
        return not self == other
    

class TupleSubclass(type):
    def __new__(cls, name, bases, dict):
        assert tuple in bases
        assert '__attrs__' in dict
        for (i, attr) in enumerate(dict['__attrs__']):
            dict[attr] = property(lambda self, i=i: self[i])
        del dict['__attrs__']
        # XXX Check the length of the iterable given.
        return super(TupleSubclass, cls).__new__(cls, name, bases, dict)
        
        
class Acquire(object):
    # Mixin for acquiring attributes from parents.
    def __init__(self, attr):
        self.__parent = attr

    def __getattr__(self, attr):
        return getattr(self.__parent, attr)
    
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