code: def fromtama(file, coltype = lal.LIGOTimeGPS):
  	
  	segmentpat = re.compile(r"\A\s*\S+\s+\S+\s+\S+\s+([\d.+-eE]+)\s+([\d.+-eE]+)")
  	l = segments.segmentlist()
  	for line in file:
  		try:
  			[tokens] = segmentpat.findall(line)
  			l.append(segments.segment(map(coltype, tokens[0:2])))
  		except ValueError:
  			break
  	return l
docs: Read a segmentlist from the file object file containing TAMA
  	locked-segments data.  Parsing stops on the first line that cannot
  	be parsed (which is consumed).  The segmentlist will be created
  	with segments whose boundaries are of type coltype, which should
  	raise ValueError if it cannot convert its string argument.
  
  	NOTE:  TAMA locked-segments files contain non-integer start and end
  	times, so the default column type is set to LIGOTimeGPS.
  
  	NOTE:  the output is a segmentlist as described by the file;  if
  	the segments in the input file are not coalesced or out of order,
  	then thusly shall be the output of this function.  It is
  	recommended that this function's output be coalesced before use.