try:
    import qpy

    class qpy_TemplateIO(object):
        # The only difference between this and quixote.html.TemplateIO is
        # the .getvalue() method and the location of stringify.  
        # We redefine the class from scratch only because a subclass can't inherit
        # .__iadd__ apparently: you get a TypeError that the class is not the
        # parent type.

        __slots__ = ['html', 'data']

        def __init__(self, html=False):
            self.html = html
            self.data = []

        def __iadd__(self, other):
            if other is not None:
                self.data.append(other)
            return self

        def __repr__(self):
            return ("<%s at %x: %d chunks>" %
                    (self.__class__.__name__, id(self), len(self.data)))

        def __str__(self):
            return qpy.stringify(self.getvalue())

        def getvalue(self):
            klass = self.html and qpy.h8 or qpy.u8
            return klass.from_list(self.data)
except ImportError:
    pass