Find good acronyms for keeping up with TODOs when booking events

event_acronym_generator.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3

from pathlib import Path
from itertools import product
from sys import argv


def replacen(s, *args, **kwargs):
    new = args.pop()
    olds = args
    for old in olds:
        s2 = s.replace(old, new, **kwargs)
        if s2 != s:
            return s2
    raise ValueError('none of the substrings were present')


def acronyms():
    categories = [
        ['stay', 'accomodation', 'lodging'],
        ['travel/transit'],
        ['registration'],
        ['eli', 'cat', 'pets'],
        ['absence'],
        ['merch'],
        ['dj', 'show/stage', 'performance'],
    ]
    for words in product(*categories):
        sorted_acronym = ''.join(sorted(word[0] for word in words))
        if len(set(sorted_acronym)) != len(sorted_acronym):
            continue
        yield (words, sorted_acronym)


english_wordlist_path = argv[1]
sorted_to_english = {}
with Path(english_wordlist_path).open('r') as f:
    for line in f:
        v = line.strip()
        k = ''.join(sorted(v))
        try:
            vs = sorted_to_english[k]
        except KeyError:
            vs = set()
            sorted_to_english[k] = vs
        vs.add(v)

for words, sorted_acronym in acronyms():
    try:
        vs = sorted_to_english[sorted_acronym]
        print(words)
        for v in vs:
            print('\t', v)
    except KeyError:
        continue

results.txt

('stay', 'travel/transit', 'registration', 'eli', 'absence', 'merch', 'dj')
	 smarted
('stay', 'travel/transit', 'registration', 'eli', 'absence', 'merch', 'performance')
	 tampers
	 stamper
	 restamp
('lodging', 'travel/transit', 'registration', 'eli', 'absence', 'merch', 'show/stage')
	 smalter
	 tramels
	 armlets
	 lamster
('lodging', 'travel/transit', 'registration', 'eli', 'absence', 'merch', 'performance')
	 templar
	 trample
	 lampret