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diff --git a/ranger/ext/iter_tools.py b/ranger/ext/iter_tools.py
index 462c0c22..e515fa07 100644
--- a/ranger/ext/iter_tools.py
+++ b/ranger/ext/iter_tools.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright (C) 2009, 2010  Roman Zimbelmann <romanz@lavabit.com>
+# Copyright (C) 2009, 2010, 2011  Roman Zimbelmann <romanz@lavabit.com>
 #
 # This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -21,6 +21,12 @@ def flatten(lst):
 
 	All contained tuples, lists, deques and sets are replaced by their
 	elements and flattened as well.
+
+	>>> l = [1, 2, [3, [4], [5, 6]], 7]
+	>>> list(flatten(l))
+	[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
+	>>> list(flatten(()))
+	[]
 	"""
 	for elem in lst:
 		if isinstance(elem, (tuple, list, set, deque)):
@@ -36,9 +42,18 @@ def unique(iterable):
 	This function assumes that:
 	type(iterable)(list(iterable)) == iterable
 	which is true for tuples, lists and deques (but not for strings)
+
+	>>> unique([1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, 4, 2, 3, 4, 1, 1, 2])
+	[1, 2, 3, 4]
+	>>> unique(('w', 't', 't', 'f', 't', 'w'))
+	('w', 't', 'f')
 	"""
 	already_seen = []
 	for item in iterable:
 		if item not in already_seen:
 			already_seen.append(item)
 	return type(iterable)(already_seen)
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+	import doctest
+	doctest.testmod()