_structure(): A handy little debugging aid that I don't (yet) intend

to make public, but that others might still find useful.

diff --git a/Lib/email/Iterators.py b/Lib/email/Iterators.py
index a6ddceb053d751c44cb5c72010418014672e0ff4..5253710deeeb5566faa88dd94e5548d8ec54d3b3 100644 (file)
--- a/Lib/email/Iterators.py
+++ b/Lib/email/Iterators.py
@@ -9,3 +9,13 @@ try:
 except SyntaxError:
     # Python 2.1 doesn't have generators
     from email._compat21 import body_line_iterator, typed_subpart_iterator
+
+
+\f
+def _structure(msg, level=0):
+    """A handy debugging aid"""
+    tab = ' ' * (level * 4)
+    print tab + msg.get('content-type', msg.get_default_type())
+    if msg.is_multipart():
+        for subpart in msg.get_payload():
+            _structure(subpart, level+1)