Package Halberd :: Module util

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## Module Halberd.util

Miscellaneous functions.

Function Summary
`tuple` | ``addresses`(host)` Get the network addresses to which a given host resolves to.
`str` | ``hostname`(url)` Get the hostname part of an URL.
| `utctime()`

Variable Summary
`str` | `table`: Translation table for normalizing strings.

Function Details

### addresses(host)

Get the network addresses to which a given host resolves to.

  Parameters:
    `host` - Hostname we want to resolve.
    (type=`str`)
  Returns:
    Network addresses.
    (type=`tuple`)

### hostname(url)

Get the hostname part of an URL.

  Parameters:
    `url` - A valid URL (must be preceded by scheme://).
    (type=`str`)
  Returns:
    Hostname corresponding to the URL or the empty string in case of failure.
    (type=`str`)

Variable Details

### table

Translation table for normalizing strings.

  Type:
    `str`
  Value:

        '________________________________________________0123456789_______ABCD\
        EFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ______abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz________________\
        ______________________________________________________________________\
        _______________________________________________'

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