# Copyright (c) 2010, Alexander Cherniuk (ts33kr@gmail.com)
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from types import *
from glib import GError

def remove(sequence, target):
    if isinstance(sequence, ListType):
        if target in sequence:
            sequence.remove(target)
    elif isinstance(sequence, DictType):
        if target in sequence:
            del sequence[target]

def gconf(path):
    try:
        from gconf import client_get_default
        client = client_get_default()
        return client.get_string(path)
    except ImportError, GError:
        pass