old_contents: # Copyright (c) 2010 Witchspace <witchspace81@gmail.com>
  # 
  # Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  # of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
  # in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
  # to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
  # copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
  # furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
  # 
  # The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
  # all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
  # 
  # THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
  # IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
  # FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
  # AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
  # LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
  # OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
  # THE SOFTWARE.
  """
  bitcoin-python - Easy-to-use Bitcoin API client
  """
  def connect_to_local():
      """
      Connect to default bitcoin instance owned by this user, on this machine.
      
      Returns a :class:`~bitcoin.connection.BitcoinConnection` object.
      """
      from bitcoin.connection import BitcoinConnection
      from bitcoin.config import read_default_config    
  
      cfg = read_default_config()
      port = int(cfg.get('rpcport', '8332'))
      return BitcoinConnection(cfg['rpcuser'],cfg['rpcpassword'],'localhost',port)
      
  def connect_to_remote(user, password, host='localhost', port=8332):
      """
      Connect to remote or alternative local bitcoin client instance.
  
      Returns a :class:`~bitcoin.connection.BitcoinConnection` object.
      """
      return BitcoinConnection(user, password, host, port)
  
  
new_contents: # Copyright (c) 2010 Witchspace <witchspace81@gmail.com>
  # 
  # Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  # of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
  # in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
  # to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
  # copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
  # furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
  # 
  # The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
  # all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
  # 
  # THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
  # IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
  # FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
  # AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
  # LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
  # OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
  # THE SOFTWARE.
  """
  bitcoin-python - Easy-to-use Bitcoin API client
  """
  def connect_to_local():
      """
      Connect to default bitcoin instance owned by this user, on this machine.
      
      Returns a :class:`~bitcoin.connection.BitcoinConnection` object.
      """
      from bitcoin.connection import BitcoinConnection
      from bitcoin.config import read_default_config    
  
      cfg = read_default_config()
      port = int(cfg.get('rpcport', '8332'))
      return BitcoinConnection(cfg['rpcuser'],cfg['rpcpassword'],'localhost',port)
      
  def connect_to_remote(user, password, host='localhost', port=8332):
      """
      Connect to remote or alternative local bitcoin client instance.
  
      Returns a :class:`~bitcoin.connection.BitcoinConnection` object.
      """
      from bitcoin.connection import BitcoinConnection
  
      return BitcoinConnection(user, password, host, port)
  
  
subject: Add import BitcoinConnection to connect_to_remote()