Made code comply to PEP8 and work with python3.

Author: marwano

Makefile

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+pep8:
+	pep8 --filename=*.py --exclude=.tox,build
+
+pyflakes:
+	pyflakes *.py
+
+audit: pep8 pyflakes
+
+clean:
+	rm -vfr dist *.egg-info *.pyc __pycache__ build .coverage htmlcov \
+		testsuite/*.pyc testsuite/__pycache__
+

setup.py

@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import os
 import re
 from setuptools import setup
 
@@ -24,7 +23,6 @@
     py_modules=['whiptail'],
     namespace_packages=[],
     include_package_data=True,
-    install_requires=['utile>=0.1'],
     classifiers=[
         'Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable',
         'Environment :: Console',

tox.ini

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+[tox]
+envlist = py27, py32, py33
+
+[testenv]
+commands = 
+    python setup.py install
+
+

whiptail.py

@@ -2,29 +2,42 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2013 Marwan Alsabbagh
 # license: BSD, see LICENSE for more details.
 
-__version__ = '0.2.dev'
-
+from __future__ import print_function
 import sys
 import shlex
-from utile import save_args, flatten
+import itertools
 from subprocess import Popen, PIPE
 from collections import namedtuple
 
+__version__ = '0.2.dev'
+PY3 = sys.version_info[0] == 3
+string_types = str if PY3 else basestring
 Response = namedtuple('Response', 'returncode value')
 
 
+def flatten(data):
+    return list(itertools.chain.from_iterable(data))
+
+
 class Whiptail(object):
-    @save_args
-    def __init__(self, title='', backtitle='', height=10, width=50, auto_exit=True):
-        pass
+    def __init__(self, title='', backtitle='', height=10, width=50,
+                 auto_exit=True):
+        self.title = title
+        self.backtitle = backtitle
+        self.height = height
+        self.width = width
+        self.auto_exit = auto_exit
 
     def run(self, control, msg, extra=(), exit_on=(1, 255)):
-        cmd = ['whiptail', '--title', self.title, '--backtitle', self.backtitle,
-               '--' + control, msg, str(self.height), str(self.width)] + list(extra)
+        cmd = [
+            'whiptail', '--title', self.title, '--backtitle', self.backtitle,
+            '--' + control, msg, str(self.height), str(self.width)
+        ]
+        cmd += list(extra)
         p = Popen(cmd, stderr=PIPE)
         out, err = p.communicate()
         if self.auto_exit and p.returncode in exit_on:
-            print 'User cancelled operation.'
+            print('User cancelled operation.')
             sys.exit(p.returncode)
         return Response(p.returncode, err)
 
@@ -47,15 +60,15 @@ def calc_height(self, msg):
         return [str(self.height - height_offset)]
 
     def menu(self, msg='', items=(), prefix=' - '):
-        if isinstance(items[0], basestring):
+        if isinstance(items[0], string_types):
             items = [(i, '') for i in items]
         else:
             items = [(k, prefix + v) for k, v in items]
         extra = self.calc_height(msg) + flatten(items)
         return self.run('menu', msg, extra).value
 
     def showlist(self, control, msg, items, prefix):
-        if isinstance(items[0], basestring):
+        if isinstance(items[0], string_types):
             items = [(i, '', 'OFF') for i in items]
         else:
             items = [(k, prefix + v, s) for k, v, s in items]