Committin a 'working' checkpoint before I break more stuff.

src/exceptions_generic.py

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+"""
+This module contains exceptions used throughout the server
+"""
+class GenericException(Exception):
+    """
+    The custom exception class from which all other exceptions are derived.
+    """
+    def __init__(self, value):
+        self.value = value
+    def __str__(self):
+        return repr(self.value)

src/flags.py

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+"""
+Everything related to flags and flag management.
+"""
+import defines_global
+
+def is_unsavable_flag(flagname):
+    """
+    Returns TRUE if the flag is an unsavable flag.
+    """
+    return flagname.upper() in defines_global.NOSAVE_FLAGS
+
+def is_modifiable_flag(flagname):
+    """
+    Check to see if a particular flag is modifiable.
+    """
+    if flagname.upper() not in defines_global.NOSET_FLAGS:
+        return True
+    else:
+        return False