simplifying_funcs['_name'] = passthru

#### Names

_name_parts_slices_items = [

    ('first', slice(None, 1)),

    ('middle', slice(1, -1)),

    ('last', slice(-1, None)),

]

name_parts_slices = dict(_name_parts_slices_items)

name_parts = [name for name, slice_ in _name_parts_slices_items]

def _name(items, node):

    items = dict(list(conv_items(strings.ustr, items)))

    parts = []

    for part in name_parts:

        if part in items: parts.append(items[part])

    if not parts: return None # pass None values through; handle no name parts

    return ' '.join(parts)

funcs['_name'] = _name