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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+import hashlib
+import os
+import pickle
+import requests
+import tarfile
+
+def requires_scratch(f):
+    '''Decorator that ensures the scratch dir exists before calling the decorated function.'''
+    def _wrapped(*args, **kwargs):
+        _ensure_scratch_path()
+        return f(*args, **kwargs)
+    _wrapped.__name__ = f.__name__
+    _wrapped.__doc__ = f.__doc__
+    return _wrapped
+
+#
+# Dataset getters
+#
+
+class CIFAR10:
+    def __init__(self, path):
+        self.path = path
+
+    @property
+    def batch1(self):
+        return self._do_batch(1)
+
+    @property
+    def batch2(self):
+        return self._do_batch(2)
+
+    @property
+    def batch3(self):
+        return self._do_batch(3)
+
+    @property
+    def batch4(self):
+        return self._do_batch(4)
+
+    @property
+    def batch5(self):
+        return self._do_batch(5)
+
+    def _do_batch(self, idx):
+        attr = '__batch{}'.format(idx)
+        if not getattr(self, attr, None):
+            path = os.path.join(self.path, 'data_batch_{}'.format(idx))
+            setattr(self, attr, self._unpickle(path))
+        return getattr(self, attr)
+
+    def _unpickle(self, path):
+        with open(path, 'rb') as f:
+            data = pickle.load(f, encoding='bytes')
+        return data
+
+
+@requires_scratch
+def cifar10():
+    '''Download, extract, and return the CIFAR-10 archive.'''
+    url = 'http://www.cs.toronto.edu/~kriz/cifar-10-python.tar.gz'
+    file_md5 = 'c58f30108f718f92721af3b95e74349a'
+
+    archive_path = os.path.join(_scratch_path(), 'cifar10.tar.gz')
+
+    if not os.path.exists(archive_path):
+        # Download the file to our scratch path.
+        print('Downloading from {}'.format(url))
+        r = requests.get(url)
+        r.raise_for_status()
+        with open(archive_path, 'wb') as f:
+            print('Writing to {}'.format(archive_path))
+            f.write(r.content)
+    else:
+        print('Archive exists, proceeding: {}'.format(archive_path))
+
+    # TODO: Validate MD5 sum
+
+    root = os.path.join(_scratch_path(), 'cifar-10-batches-py')
+    if not os.path.isdir(root):
+        with tarfile.open(archive_path) as f:
+            print('Extracting')
+            f.extractall(_scratch_path())
+
+    return CIFAR10(root)
+
+#
+# Scratch helpers
+#
+
+def _ensure_scratch_path():
+    try:
+        os.makedirs(_scratch_path())
+    except OSError as exc:
+        if exc.errno != os.errno.EEXIST:
+            raise
+
+def _scratch_path():
+    return os.path.join(_script_path(), 'scratch')
+
+def _script_path():
+    return os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))