# -*- coding: UTF-8 -*-

# Copyright (c) 2007 - 2009, VEB IT

# See COPYING for distribution information.

# package initialization code

#

import os

import re

import locale

from constants.VERSION import *

import constants.ERROR as ERR

# Set all of the locales according to the current environment variables

# and get the character encoding.

locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, '')

ENCODING = locale.nl_langinfo(locale.CODESET)

def w_std(*args):

    """Writes each arg of args, encoded in the current ENCODING, to stdout and

    appends a newline."""

    _write = os.sys.stdout.write

    for arg in args:

        _write(arg.encode(ENCODING, 'replace'))

        _write('\n')

def w_err(code, *args):

    """Writes each arg of args, encoded in the current ENCODING, to stderr and

    appends a newline.

    This function additional interrupts the program execution and uses 'code'

    system exit status."""

    _write = os.sys.stderr.write

    for arg in args:

        _write(arg.encode(ENCODING, 'replace'))

        _write('\n')

    os.sys.exit(code)

__all__ = [

        # imported modules

        'os', 're', 'locale',

        # version information from VERSION

        '__author__', '__date__', '__version__',

        # error codes

        'ERR',

        # defined stuff

        'ENCODING', 'w_std', 'w_err'

        ]

# EOF