1 files changed, 26 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/dedup/hashing.py b/dedup/hashing.py
index 70f6268..1061c00 100644
--- a/dedup/hashing.py
+++ b/dedup/hashing.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import itertools
+import string
 
 class HashBlacklist(object):
     """Turn a hashlib-like object into a hash that returns None for some
@@ -179,3 +180,28 @@ class HashedStream(object):
 
     def hexdigest(self):
         return self.hashobj.hexdigest()
+
+class RateBinary(object):
+    """Compute the ratio of printable characters the total number of
+    characters. Not a hash really."""
+    printable = set(string.printable)
+    name = "ratebinary"
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.length = 0
+        self.good = 0
+
+    def update(self, data):
+        self.length += len(data)
+        printable = self.printable
+        self.good += len([c for c in data if c in printable])
+
+    def hexdigest(self):
+        if not self.length:
+            return "NaN"
+        return "%0.3f" % (float(self.good) / float(self.length))
+
+    def copy(self):
+        new = RateBinary()
+        new.length = self.length
+        new.good = self.good