"""Calculate LOC (lines of code) for a given package directory."""

import os
import re

def loc(path, pattern="^.*\.py$"):
    """Return the number of lines of code for all files in the given path.
    
    If the 'pattern' argument is provided, it must be a regular expression
    against which each filename will be matched. By default, all filenames
    ending in ".py" are analyzed.
    """
    lines = 0
    for root, dirs, files in os.walk(path):
        for name in files:
            if re.match(pattern, name):
                f = open(os.path.join(root, name), 'rb')
                for line in f:
                    line = line.strip()
                    if line and not line.startswith("#"):
                        lines += 1
                f.close()
    return lines