def patch_sourcelines(fname, in_line_start, out_line, endline='\n', silent_mode=False):
    """Replace the middle of lines between in_line_start and endline """
    import io
    import os.path as osp
    if osp.isfile(fname):
        with io.open(fname, 'r') as fh:
            contents = fh.readlines()
            content = "".join(contents)
            for l in range(len(contents)):
                if contents[l].startswith(in_line_start):
                   begining , middle = in_line_start , contents[l][len(in_line_start):]
                   ending = ""
                   if middle.find(endline)>0:
                       ending = endline + endline.join(middle.split(endline)[1:])
                       middle = middle.split(endline)[0]
                   middle = out_line
                   new_line = begining + middle * ending
                   if not new_line == contents[l]:
                       if not silent_mode:
                           print("patching ", fname, " from\n", contents[l], "\nto\n", new_line)
                   contents[l] = new_line
            new_content = "".join(contents)
        if not new_content == content:
            # if not silent_mode:
            #    print("patching ", fname, "from", content, "to", new_content)
            with io.open(fname, 'wt') as fh:
                try:
                    fh.write(new_content)
                except:
                    print("impossible to patch", fname, "from", content,
                          "to", new_content)


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