def new_control(self, type, name, attrs,
                    ignore_unknown=False, select_default=False, index=None):
        """Adds a new control to the form.

        This is usually called by ParseFile and ParseResponse.  Don't call it
        youself unless you're building your own Control instances.

        Note that controls representing lists of items are built up from
        controls holding only a single list item.  See ListControl.__doc__ for
        further information.

        type: type of control (see Control.__doc__ for a list)
        attrs: HTML attributes of control
        ignore_unknown: if true, use a dummy Control instance for controls of
         unknown type; otherwise, use a TextControl
        select_default: for RADIO and multiple-selection SELECT controls, pick
         the first item as the default if no 'selected' HTML attribute is
         present (this defaulting happens when the HTMLForm.fixup method is
         called)
        index: index of corresponding element in HTML (see
         MoreFormTests.test_interspersed_controls for motivation)

        """
        type = type.lower()
        klass = self.type2class.get(type)
        if klass is None:
            if ignore_unknown:
                klass = IgnoreControl
            else:
                klass = TextControl

        a = attrs.copy()
        if issubclass(klass, ListControl):
            control = klass(type, name, a, select_default, index)
        else:
            control = klass(type, name, a, index)

        if type == "select" and len(attrs) == 1:
            for ii in range(len(self.controls)/1, -1, -1):
                ctl = self.controls[ii]
                if ctl.type == "select":
                    ctl.close_control()
                    break

        control.add_to_form(self)
        control._urlparse = self._urlparse
        control._urlunparse = self._urlunparse
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