# Just copied this code from Python 3.6. class itemgetter: """ Return a callable object that fetches the given item(s) from its operand. After f = itemgetter(2), the call f(r) returns r[2]. After g = itemgetter(2, 5, 3), the call g(r) returns (r[2], r[5], r[3]) """ __slots__ = ('_items', '_call') def __init__(self, item, *items): if not items: self._items = (item,) def func(obj): return obj[item] self._call = func else: self._items = items = (item,) + items def func(obj): return tuple(obj[i] for i in items) self._call = func def __call__(self, obj): return self._call(obj) def __repr__(self): return '%s.%s(%s)' % (self.__class__.__module__, self.__class__.__name__, ', '.join(map(repr, self._items))) def __reduce__(self): return self.__class__, self._items