def get_high_scores():
"""Returns an array of the top NUM_HIGH_SCORES high scores."""
# make sure this is the user' first time playing
q = db.GqlQuery(GQL_HIGH_SCORES)
hscores = q.fetch(NUM_HIGH_SCORES)
# pad out the list with junk if we don't have the min # of high scores yet
num_missing = NUM_HIGH_SCORES - len(hscores)
if num_missing > 0:
junk_entry = HighScore()
junk_entry.name = '???'
junk_entry.date = None
junk_entry.score = 0
hscores += (num_missing * [junk_entry])
return hscores
