attach tohou titles to developer roles

gistfile1.txt

#!/usr/bin/env python

import random

class ThCredits:
    """ Attaches fancy titles to developer roles """

    _epithets = [
                     "nine-tailed %s",
                     "ordinary %s",
                     "perfect and elegant %s",
                     "%s hiding in the darkness",
                     "the %s of knowledge and shade",
                     "hyperactive monster %s",
                     "superficially busy %s",
                     "%s that lurks in the boundary",
                     "traditional %s of fantasy",
                     "%s of the riverside mist",
                     "supreme %s of paradise",
                     "horizontal thinking %s"
                 ]

    @classmethod
    def attach(self, developers):
        """ Returns developrs list with titles attached """
        epithet_index = 0
        previous_epithet_index = 0
        epithets_number = len(self._epithets) - 1

        for name in developers:
            while True:
                epithet_index = random.randint(0, epithets_number)
                if (epithet_index != previous_epithet_index):
                  developers[name] = self._epithets[epithet_index] % developers[name]
                  previous_epithet_index = epithet_index
                  break

        return developers
            
# Usage example:
# developers = {"Joe": "architect", "Fred": "programmer", "Mary": "QA specialist", "Alice": "technical writer"}
# developers = ThCredits.attach(developers)
# print developers