gajim-plural/gajim/command_system/tools.py

# Copyright (c) 2010, Alexander Cherniuk (ts33kr@gmail.com)
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def remove(sequence, target):
    if isinstance(sequence, list):
        if target in sequence:
            sequence.remove(target)
    elif isinstance(sequence, dict):
        if target in sequence:
            del sequence[target]