--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/vixm/stats.py	Sun Nov 05 19:25:30 2006 -0500
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+NEW_SONGS_SYNC = 2
+
+class statsengine:
+	def __init__(self, statsfile):
+		self.__fname = statsfile
+		try:
+			self.__stats = eval(open(statsfile, "r").read())
+		except:
+			self.__stats = {}
+		self.__new_songs = 0
+
+		self.current = None
+	
+	def __del__(self):
+		self.sync()
+	
+	def sync(self):
+		f = open(self.__fname, "w")
+		f.write(repr(self.__stats))
+		f.close()
+
+		self.__new_songs = 0
+
+	def played(self):
+		s = str(self.current)
+
+		if not self.__stats.has_key(s):
+			self.__stats[s] = 0
+
+		self.__stats[s] += 1
+
+		self.__new_songs += 1
+		if self.__new_songs >= NEW_SONGS_SYNC:
+			self.sync()
+