def splitFragP(uriref, punct=0):
    """split a URI reference before the fragment

    Punctuation is kept.

    e.g.

    >>> splitFragP("abc#def")
    ('abc', '#def')

    >>> splitFragP("abcdef")
    ('abcdef', '')

    """
    i = uriref.rfind('#')
    if i >= 0:
        return uriref[:i], uriref[i:]
    else:
        return uriref, ''
