def _explain_to(self, message):
        if isinstance(message, MaildirMessage):
            labels = set(self.get_labels())
            if 'unseen' in labels:
                message.set_subdir('cur')
            else:
                message.set_subdir('cur')
                message.add_flag('S')
            if 'forwarded' in labels or 'resent' in labels:
                message.add_flag('P')
            if 'answered' in labels:
                message.add_flag('R')
            if 'deleted' in labels:
                message.add_flag('T')
        elif isinstance(message, _mboxMMDFMessage):
            labels = set(self.get_labels())
            if 'unseen' not in labels:
                message.add_flag('RO')
            else:
                message.add_flag('O')
            if 'deleted' in labels:
                message.add_flag('D')
            if 'answered' in labels:
                message.add_flag('A')
        elif isinstance(message, MHMessage):
            labels = set(self.get_labels())
            if 'unseen' in labels:
                message.add_sequence('unseen')
            if 'answered' in labels:
                message.add_sequence('replied')
        elif isinstance(message, BabylMessage):
            message.set_visible(self.get_visible())
            for label in self.get_labels():
                message.add_label(label)
        elif isinstance(message, Message):
            pass
        else:
            raise TypeError('Cannot convert to specified type: %s' %
                            type(message))
Copy Babyl-specific state to message insofar as possible.
dataset/ETHPy150Open babble/babble/include/jython/Lib/mailbox.py/BabylMessage._explain_to