reorganize package inorder to emphasize freebase-api as the main one

git-svn-id: http://freebase-python.googlecode.com/svn/trunk@88 5914aa95-5b3a-0410-a3b5-7b719e7fe9b2

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diff --git a/freebase/__init__.py b/freebase/__init__.py
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+import sys
+
+from freebase.api.session import HTTPMetawebSession
+import sandbox
+
+__all__ = ["HTTPMetawebSession", "sandbox"]
+
+base = HTTPMetawebSession("freebase.com")
+
+# we want to add base's functions to __init__.py
+# so that we can say freebase.func() and really
+# just call base.func()
+
+# a little trick to refer to __init__
+# self isn't defined because __init__ is in
+# a world in and of itself 
+self = sys.modules[__name__]
+
+for funcname in dir(base):
+    
+    # we only want the 'real' functions
+    if not funcname.startswith("_"):
+        func = getattr(base, funcname)
+        
+        # let's make sure we're getting functions
+        # instead of constants or whatever
+        if callable(func):
+            
+            # we're setting these functions
+            # so that they can be called like
+            # freebase.funcname -> base.func()
+            setattr(self, funcname, func)
+            
+            # make sure we import the base's
+            # functions if we import freebase
+            __all__.append(funcname)
+
+# we don't want any self-referencing
+# business going. Plus, this is cleaner.
+del self