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+class PythonAT2 < Formula
+  desc "Interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language"
+  homepage "https://www.python.org/"
+  url "https://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.7.14/Python-2.7.14.tar.xz"
+  sha256 "71ffb26e09e78650e424929b2b457b9c912ac216576e6bd9e7d204ed03296a66"
+  head "https://github.com/python/cpython.git", :branch => "2.7"
+
+  keg_only :versioned_formula
+
+  # Please don't add a wide/ucs4 option as it won't be accepted.
+  # More details in: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew/pull/32368
+  option "with-quicktest", "Run `make quicktest` after the build (for devs; may fail)"
+  option "with-tcl-tk", "Use Homebrew's Tk instead of macOS Tk (has optional Cocoa and threads support)"
+  option "with-poll", "Enable select.poll, which is not fully implemented on macOS (https://bugs.python.org/issue5154)"
+
+  # sphinx-doc depends on python, but on 10.6 or earlier python is fulfilled by
+  # brew, which would lead to circular dependency.
+  if MacOS.version > :snow_leopard
+    option "with-sphinx-doc", "Build HTML documentation"
+    depends_on "sphinx-doc" => [:build, :optional]
+  end
+
+  deprecated_option "quicktest" => "with-quicktest"
+  deprecated_option "with-brewed-tk" => "with-tcl-tk"
+
+  depends_on "pkg-config" => :build
+  depends_on "readline" => :recommended
+  depends_on "sqlite" => :recommended
+  depends_on "gdbm" => :recommended
+  depends_on "openssl"
+  depends_on "tcl-tk" => :optional
+  depends_on "berkeley-db@4" => :optional
+
+  resource "setuptools" do
+    url "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/6c/54/f7e9cea6897636a04e74c3954f0d8335cc38f7d01e27eec98026b049a300/setuptools-38.5.1.zip"
+    sha256 "6425484c08e99a98a42209c25c3d325f749230b55284d66192784f941a7e6628"
+  end
+
+  resource "pip" do
+    url "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/11/b6/abcb525026a4be042b486df43905d6893fb04f05aac21c32c638e939e447/pip-9.0.1.tar.gz"
+    sha256 "09f243e1a7b461f654c26a725fa373211bb7ff17a9300058b205c61658ca940d"
+  end
+
+  resource "wheel" do
+    url "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/fa/b4/f9886517624a4dcb81a1d766f68034344b7565db69f13d52697222daeb72/wheel-0.30.0.tar.gz"
+    sha256 "9515fe0a94e823fd90b08d22de45d7bde57c90edce705b22f5e1ecf7e1b653c8"
+  end
+
+  # Patch to disable the search for Tk.framework, since Homebrew's Tk is
+  # a plain unix build. Remove `-lX11`, too because our Tk is "AquaTk".
+  if build.with? "tcl-tk"
+    patch do
+      url "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/patches/42fcf22/python/brewed-tk-patch.diff"
+      sha256 "15c153bdfe51a98efe48f8e8379f5d9b5c6c4015e53d3f9364d23c8689857f09"
+    end
+  end
+
+  def lib_cellar
+    prefix/"Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7"
+  end
+
+  def site_packages_cellar
+    lib_cellar/"site-packages"
+  end
+
+  # The HOMEBREW_PREFIX location of site-packages.
+  def site_packages
+    HOMEBREW_PREFIX/"lib/python2.7/site-packages"
+  end
+
+  # setuptools remembers the build flags python is built with and uses them to
+  # build packages later. Xcode-only systems need different flags.
+  pour_bottle? do
+    reason <<~EOS
+      The bottle needs the Apple Command Line Tools to be installed.
+        You can install them, if desired, with:
+          xcode-select --install
+    EOS
+    satisfy { MacOS::CLT.installed? }
+  end
+
+  def install
+    if build.with? "poll"
+      opoo "The given option --with-poll enables a somewhat broken poll() on macOS (https://bugs.python.org/issue5154)."
+    end
+
+    # Unset these so that installing pip and setuptools puts them where we want
+    # and not into some other Python the user has installed.
+    ENV["PYTHONHOME"] = nil
+    ENV["PYTHONPATH"] = nil
+
+    args = %W[
+      --prefix=#{prefix}
+      --enable-ipv6
+      --datarootdir=#{share}
+      --datadir=#{share}
+      --enable-framework=#{frameworks}
+      --without-ensurepip
+    ]
+
+    # See upstream bug report from 22 Jan 2018 "Significant performance problems
+    # with Python 2.7 built with clang 3.x or 4.x"
+    # https://bugs.python.org/issue32616
+    # https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/issues/22743
+    if DevelopmentTools.clang_build_version >= 802 &&
+       DevelopmentTools.clang_build_version < 1000
+      args << "--without-computed-gotos"
+    end
+
+    args << "--without-gcc" if ENV.compiler == :clang
+
+    cflags   = []
+    ldflags  = []
+    cppflags = []
+
+    unless MacOS::CLT.installed?
+      # Help Python's build system (setuptools/pip) to build things on Xcode-only systems
+      # The setup.py looks at "-isysroot" to get the sysroot (and not at --sysroot)
+      cflags   << "-isysroot #{MacOS.sdk_path}"
+      ldflags  << "-isysroot #{MacOS.sdk_path}"
+      cppflags << "-I#{MacOS.sdk_path}/usr/include" # find zlib
+      # For the Xlib.h, Python needs this header dir with the system Tk
+      if build.without? "tcl-tk"
+        cflags << "-I#{MacOS.sdk_path}/System/Library/Frameworks/Tk.framework/Versions/8.5/Headers"
+      end
+    end
+
+    # Avoid linking to libgcc https://code.activestate.com/lists/python-dev/112195/
+    args << "MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=#{MacOS.version}"
+
+    # We want our readline and openssl! This is just to outsmart the detection code,
+    # superenv handles that cc finds includes/libs!
+    inreplace "setup.py" do |s|
+      s.gsub! "do_readline = self.compiler.find_library_file(lib_dirs, 'readline')",
+              "do_readline = '#{Formula["readline"].opt_lib}/libhistory.dylib'"
+      s.gsub! "/usr/local/ssl", Formula["openssl"].opt_prefix
+      s.gsub! "/usr/include/db4", Formula["berkeley-db@4"].opt_include
+    end
+
+    if build.with? "sqlite"
+      inreplace "setup.py" do |s|
+        s.gsub! "sqlite_setup_debug = False", "sqlite_setup_debug = True"
+        s.gsub! "for d_ in inc_dirs + sqlite_inc_paths:",
+                "for d_ in ['#{Formula["sqlite"].opt_include}']:"
+
+        # Allow sqlite3 module to load extensions:
+        # https://docs.python.org/library/sqlite3.html#f1
+        s.gsub! 'sqlite_defines.append(("SQLITE_OMIT_LOAD_EXTENSION", "1"))', ""
+      end
+    end
+
+    # Allow python modules to use ctypes.find_library to find homebrew's stuff
+    # even if homebrew is not a /usr/local/lib. Try this with:
+    # `brew install enchant && pip2 install pyenchant`
+    inreplace "./Lib/ctypes/macholib/dyld.py" do |f|
+      f.gsub! "DEFAULT_LIBRARY_FALLBACK = [", "DEFAULT_LIBRARY_FALLBACK = [ '#{opt_lib}',"
+      f.gsub! "DEFAULT_FRAMEWORK_FALLBACK = [", "DEFAULT_FRAMEWORK_FALLBACK = [ '#{opt_frameworks}',"
+    end
+
+    if build.with? "tcl-tk"
+      tcl_tk = Formula["tcl-tk"].opt_prefix
+      cppflags << "-I#{tcl_tk}/include"
+      ldflags  << "-L#{tcl_tk}/lib"
+    end
+
+    args << "CFLAGS=#{cflags.join(" ")}" unless cflags.empty?
+    args << "LDFLAGS=#{ldflags.join(" ")}" unless ldflags.empty?
+    args << "CPPFLAGS=#{cppflags.join(" ")}" unless cppflags.empty?
+
+    system "./configure", *args
+
+    # HAVE_POLL is "broken" on macOS. See:
+    # https://trac.macports.org/ticket/18376
+    # https://bugs.python.org/issue5154
+    if build.without? "poll"
+      inreplace "pyconfig.h", /.*?(HAVE_POLL[_A-Z]*).*/, '#undef \1'
+    end
+
+    system "make"
+    if build.with?("quicktest") || build.bottle?
+      system "make", "quicktest", "TESTPYTHONOPTS=-s", "TESTOPTS=-j#{ENV.make_jobs} -w"
+    end
+
+    ENV.deparallelize do
+      # Tell Python not to install into /Applications
+      system "make", "install", "PYTHONAPPSDIR=#{prefix}"
+      system "make", "frameworkinstallextras", "PYTHONAPPSDIR=#{pkgshare}"
+    end
+
+    # Fixes setting Python build flags for certain software
+    # See: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew/pull/20182
+    # https://bugs.python.org/issue3588
+    inreplace lib_cellar/"config/Makefile" do |s|
+      s.change_make_var! "LINKFORSHARED",
+        "-u _PyMac_Error $(PYTHONFRAMEWORKINSTALLDIR)/Versions/$(VERSION)/$(PYTHONFRAMEWORK)"
+    end
+
+    # Any .app get a " 2" attached, so it does not conflict with python 3.x.
+    Dir.glob("#{prefix}/*.app") { |app| mv app, app.sub(/\.app$/, " 2.app") }
+
+    # Prevent third-party packages from building against fragile Cellar paths
+    inreplace [lib_cellar/"_sysconfigdata.py",
+               lib_cellar/"config/Makefile",
+               frameworks/"Python.framework/Versions/Current/lib/pkgconfig/python-2.7.pc"],
+              prefix, opt_prefix
+
+    # A fix, because python and python@2 both want to install Python.framework
+    # and therefore we can't link both into HOMEBREW_PREFIX/Frameworks
+    # https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew/issues/15943
+    ["Headers", "Python", "Resources"].each { |f| rm(prefix/"Frameworks/Python.framework/#{f}") }
+    rm prefix/"Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/Current"
+
+    # Symlink the pkgconfig files into lib/pkgconfig so they're accessible.
+    (lib/"pkgconfig").install_symlink Dir[frameworks/"Python.framework/Versions/Current/lib/pkgconfig/*"]
+
+    # Remove the site-packages that Python created in its Cellar.
+    site_packages_cellar.rmtree
+
+    (libexec/"setuptools").install resource("setuptools")
+    (libexec/"pip").install resource("pip")
+    (libexec/"wheel").install resource("wheel")
+
+    if MacOS.version > :snow_leopard && build.with?("sphinx-doc")
+      cd "Doc" do
+        system "make", "html"
+        doc.install Dir["build/html/*"]
+      end
+    end
+
+    # Remove commands shadowing system python.
+    {
+      "2to3" => "2to3-2",
+      "idle" => "idle2",
+      "pydoc" => "pydoc2",
+      "python" => "python2",
+      "python-config" => "python2-config",
+      "pythonw" => "pythonw2",
+      "smtpd.py" => "smtpd2.py",
+    }.each do |unversioned_name, versioned_name|
+      rm_f bin/unversioned_name
+      (libexec/"bin").install_symlink bin/versioned_name => unversioned_name
+    end
+
+    # Avoid conflict with python3's unversioned man page
+    rm_f man1/"python.1"
+  end
+
+  def post_install
+    # Fix up the site-packages so that user-installed Python software survives
+    # minor updates, such as going from 2.7.0 to 2.7.1:
+
+    # Create a site-packages in HOMEBREW_PREFIX/lib/python2.7/site-packages
+    site_packages.mkpath
+
+    # Symlink the prefix site-packages into the cellar.
+    site_packages_cellar.unlink if site_packages_cellar.exist?
+    site_packages_cellar.parent.install_symlink site_packages
+
+    # Write our sitecustomize.py
+    rm_rf Dir["#{site_packages}/sitecustomize.py[co]"]
+    (site_packages/"sitecustomize.py").atomic_write(sitecustomize)
+
+    # Remove old setuptools installations that may still fly around and be
+    # listed in the easy_install.pth. This can break setuptools build with
+    # zipimport.ZipImportError: bad local file header
+    # setuptools-0.9.5-py3.3.egg
+    rm_rf Dir["#{site_packages}/setuptools*"]
+    rm_rf Dir["#{site_packages}/distribute*"]
+    rm_rf Dir["#{site_packages}/pip[-_.][0-9]*", "#{site_packages}/pip"]
+
+    setup_args = ["-s", "setup.py", "--no-user-cfg", "install", "--force",
+                  "--verbose",
+                  "--single-version-externally-managed",
+                  "--record=installed.txt",
+                  "--install-scripts=#{bin}",
+                  "--install-lib=#{site_packages}"]
+
+    (libexec/"setuptools").cd { system "#{bin}/python2", *setup_args }
+    (libexec/"pip").cd { system "#{bin}/python2", *setup_args }
+    (libexec/"wheel").cd { system "#{bin}/python2", *setup_args }
+
+    mv bin/"wheel", bin/"wheel2"
+    {
+      "easy_install" => "easy_install-2.7",
+      "pip" => "pip2",
+      "wheel" => "wheel2",
+    }.each do |unversioned_name, versioned_name|
+      rm_f bin/unversioned_name
+      (libexec/"bin").install_symlink bin/versioned_name => unversioned_name
+    end
+
+    # Help distutils find brewed stuff when building extensions
+    include_dirs = [HOMEBREW_PREFIX/"include", Formula["openssl"].opt_include]
+    library_dirs = [HOMEBREW_PREFIX/"lib", Formula["openssl"].opt_lib]
+
+    if build.with? "sqlite"
+      include_dirs << Formula["sqlite"].opt_include
+      library_dirs << Formula["sqlite"].opt_lib
+    end
+
+    if build.with? "tcl-tk"
+      include_dirs << Formula["tcl-tk"].opt_include
+      library_dirs << Formula["tcl-tk"].opt_lib
+    end
+
+    cfg = lib_cellar/"distutils/distutils.cfg"
+    cfg.atomic_write <<~EOS
+      [install]
+      prefix=#{HOMEBREW_PREFIX}
+
+      [build_ext]
+      include_dirs=#{include_dirs.join ":"}
+      library_dirs=#{library_dirs.join ":"}
+    EOS
+  end
+
+  def sitecustomize
+    <<~EOS
+      # This file is created by Homebrew and is executed on each python startup.
+      # Don't print from here, or else python command line scripts may fail!
+      # <https://docs.brew.sh/Homebrew-and-Python>
+      import re
+      import os
+      import sys
+
+      if sys.version_info[0] != 2:
+          # This can only happen if the user has set the PYTHONPATH for 3.x and run Python 2.x or vice versa.
+          # Every Python looks at the PYTHONPATH variable and we can't fix it here in sitecustomize.py,
+          # because the PYTHONPATH is evaluated after the sitecustomize.py. Many modules (e.g. PyQt4) are
+          # built only for a specific version of Python and will fail with cryptic error messages.
+          # In the end this means: Don't set the PYTHONPATH permanently if you use different Python versions.
+          exit('Your PYTHONPATH points to a site-packages dir for Python 2.x but you are running Python ' +
+               str(sys.version_info[0]) + '.x!\\n     PYTHONPATH is currently: "' + str(os.environ['PYTHONPATH']) + '"\\n' +
+               '     You should `unset PYTHONPATH` to fix this.')
+
+      # Only do this for a brewed python:
+      if os.path.realpath(sys.executable).startswith('#{rack}'):
+          # Shuffle /Library site-packages to the end of sys.path and reject
+          # paths in /System pre-emptively (#14712)
+          library_site = '/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages'
+          library_packages = [p for p in sys.path if p.startswith(library_site)]
+          sys.path = [p for p in sys.path if not p.startswith(library_site) and
+                                             not p.startswith('/System')]
+          # .pth files have already been processed so don't use addsitedir
+          sys.path.extend(library_packages)
+
+          # the Cellar site-packages is a symlink to the HOMEBREW_PREFIX
+          # site_packages; prefer the shorter paths
+          long_prefix = re.compile(r'#{rack}/[0-9\._abrc]+/Frameworks/Python\.framework/Versions/2\.7/lib/python2\.7/site-packages')
+          sys.path = [long_prefix.sub('#{site_packages}', p) for p in sys.path]
+
+          # LINKFORSHARED (and python-config --ldflags) return the
+          # full path to the lib (yes, "Python" is actually the lib, not a
+          # dir) so that third-party software does not need to add the
+          # -F/#{HOMEBREW_PREFIX}/Frameworks switch.
+          try:
+              from _sysconfigdata import build_time_vars
+              build_time_vars['LINKFORSHARED'] = '-u _PyMac_Error #{opt_prefix}/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/Python'
+          except:
+              pass  # remember: don't print here. Better to fail silently.
+
+          # Set the sys.executable to use the opt_prefix
+          sys.executable = '#{opt_bin}/python2.7'
+    EOS
+  end
+
+  def caveats; <<~EOS
+    This formula installs a python2 executable to #{opt_bin}
+    If you wish to have this formula's python executable in your PATH then add
+    the following to #{shell_profile}:
+      export PATH="#{opt_libexec}/bin:$PATH"
+
+    Pip and setuptools have been installed. To update them
+      pip2 install --upgrade pip setuptools
+
+    You can install Python packages with
+      pip2 install <package>
+
+    They will install into the site-package directory
+      #{site_packages}
+
+    See: https://docs.brew.sh/Homebrew-and-Python
+    EOS
+  end
+
+  test do
+    # Check if sqlite is ok, because we build with --enable-loadable-sqlite-extensions
+    # and it can occur that building sqlite silently fails if OSX's sqlite is used.
+    system "#{bin}/python2", "-c", "import sqlite3"
+    # Check if some other modules import. Then the linked libs are working.
+    system "#{bin}/python2", "-c", "import Tkinter; root = Tkinter.Tk()"
+    system "#{bin}/python2", "-c", "import gdbm"
+    system bin/"pip2", "list", "--format=columns"
+  end
+end