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diff --git a/manifold/util/misc.py b/manifold/util/misc.py
index 4494dcf3..2ec3d029 100644
--- a/manifold/util/misc.py
+++ b/manifold/util/misc.py
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 import os, glob, inspect
-
-
-# Define the inclusion operator
-class contains(type): pass
+from types import StringTypes
 
 def find_local_modules(filepath):
     modules = []
@@ -11,3 +8,59 @@ def find_local_modules(filepath):
         if name != '__init__':
             modules.append(name)
     return modules 
+
+def make_list(elt):
+    if not elt or isinstance(elt, list):
+        return elt
+    if isinstance(elt, StringTypes):
+        return [elt]
+    if isinstance(elt, (tuple, set, frozenset)):
+        return list(elt)
+
+
+# FROM: https://gist.github.com/techtonik/2151727
+# Public Domain, i.e. feel free to copy/paste
+# Considered a hack in Python 2
+
+import inspect
+ 
+def caller_name(skip=2):
+    """Get a name of a caller in the format module.class.method
+    
+       `skip` specifies how many levels of stack to skip while getting caller
+       name. skip=1 means "who calls me", skip=2 "who calls my caller" etc.
+       
+       An empty string is returned if skipped levels exceed stack height
+    """
+    stack = inspect.stack()
+    start = 0 + skip
+    if len(stack) < start + 1:
+      return ''
+    parentframe = stack[start][0]    
+    
+    name = []
+    module = inspect.getmodule(parentframe)
+    # `modname` can be None when frame is executed directly in console
+    # TODO(techtonik): consider using __main__
+    if module:
+        name.append(module.__name__)
+    # detect classname
+    if 'self' in parentframe.f_locals:
+        # I don't know any way to detect call from the object method
+        # XXX: there seems to be no way to detect static method call - it will
+        #      be just a function call
+        name.append(parentframe.f_locals['self'].__class__.__name__)
+    codename = parentframe.f_code.co_name
+    if codename != '<module>':  # top level usually
+        name.append( codename ) # function or a method
+    del parentframe
+    return ".".join(name)
+
+def is_sublist(x, y, shortcut=None):
+    if not shortcut: shortcut = []
+    if x == []: return (True, shortcut)
+    if y == []: return (False, None)
+    if x[0] == y[0]:
+        return is_sublist(x[1:],y[1:], shortcut)
+    else:
+        return is_sublist(x, y[1:], shortcut + [y[0]])