old_contents: """
  sentry.utils.strings
  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  
  :copyright: (c) 2010-2014 by the Sentry Team, see AUTHORS for more details.
  :license: BSD, see LICENSE for more details.
  """
  from __future__ import absolute_import
  
  import base64
  import six
  import zlib
  
  from django.utils.encoding import smart_unicode
  
  
  def truncatechars(value, arg):
      """
      Truncates a string after a certain number of chars.
  
      Argument: Number of chars to truncate after.
      """
      try:
          length = int(arg)
      except ValueError:  # Invalid literal for int().
          return value  # Fail silently.
      if len(value) > length:
          return value[:length - 3] + '...'
      return value
  
  
  def compress(value):
      return base64.b64encode(zlib.compress(value))
  
  
  def decompress(value):
      return zlib.decompress(base64.b64decode(value))
  
  
  def gunzip(value):
      return zlib.decompress(value, 16 + zlib.MAX_WBITS)
  
  
  def strip(value):
      if not value:
          return ''
      if not isinstance(value, six.string_types):
          return smart_unicode(value)  # fuck it
      return smart_unicode(value).strip()
  
new_contents: """
  sentry.utils.strings
  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  
  :copyright: (c) 2010-2014 by the Sentry Team, see AUTHORS for more details.
  :license: BSD, see LICENSE for more details.
  """
  from __future__ import absolute_import
  
  import base64
  import zlib
  
  from django.utils.encoding import smart_unicode
  
  
  def truncatechars(value, arg):
      """
      Truncates a string after a certain number of chars.
  
      Argument: Number of chars to truncate after.
      """
      try:
          length = int(arg)
      except ValueError:  # Invalid literal for int().
          return value  # Fail silently.
      if len(value) > length:
          return value[:length - 3] + '...'
      return value
  
  
  def compress(value):
      return base64.b64encode(zlib.compress(value))
  
  
  def decompress(value):
      return zlib.decompress(base64.b64decode(value))
  
  
  def gunzip(value):
      return zlib.decompress(value, 16 + zlib.MAX_WBITS)
  
  
  def strip(value):
      if not value:
          return ''
      return smart_unicode(value).strip()
  
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