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Dhananjay Balan 58b20109cf Convert from old categories to tags
import sys
import yaml

with open(sys.argv[1]) as fp:
    data = fp.read()

if not data.find("---") == 0:
    # no head
    print("NO YAML HEAD FOUND")
    sys.exit(-1)

data = data[3:]
head_end = data.find("---")

head = data[0:head_end]
data = data[head_end+3:]

metadata = yaml.safe_load(head)

cats = metadata.pop('categories', None)
if cats != None:
    if type(cats) == list:
        tags = cats
    elif type(cats) == str:
        tags = cats.split()

    tags = list(map(lambda t: t.lower(), tags))

    metadata["tags"] = ", ".join(tags)
    new_data = f"---\n{yaml.dump(metadata, default_flow_style=False)}---{data}"
    # write it
    print(f"coverted: categories to tags: {tags} - {sys.argv[1]}")
    with open(sys.argv[1], "w") as fp:
        fp.write(new_data)
    sys.exit(0)

if not metadata.get("tags", None):
    metadata["tags"] = "untagged"
    new_data = f"---\n{yaml.dump(metadata, default_flow_style=False)}---{data}"
    print(f"untagged: {sys.argv[1]}")
    # write it
    with open(sys.argv[1], "w") as fp:
        fp.write(new_data)
    sys.exit(0)

print("No changes needed")
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true 2015-08-22 00:28 post haskell, recursion, fibonacci numbers Recursion
fibonacci :: [Integer]
fibonacci = 1:1:(zipWith (+) fibonacci (tail fibonacci))

Above is a simple function that generates an infinite stream of fibonacci numbers. Its written in haskell.

This is a piece of code that made me think a lot lately, it make clever use of recursion to define the stream and computes with a linear number of additions. I think its pretty damn sexy!

Notes:

  • Many thanks to a co-worker who helped me figure this out.
  • I hear that there are more efficient ways to compute fibonacci numbers (namley O(logn)). - should investigate this